Bodhi
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Here they go again, one man with SUSPECTED covid caused hearing loss and its a headline.
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Covid may cause sudden, permanent hearing loss – UK study
Study team says Covid-19 patients in intensive care should be asked about hearing losswww.theguardian.com
It's unlikely to be COVID, and more likely to be one of the treatments that gets used in ICU:

A type of antibiotics can cause hearing loss - and now we know why
Hair cells in the inner ear are damaged by some antibiotics Some life-saving antibiotics can cause hearing loss, and we may now know why. A study in mice suggests it is all down to the effects of inflammation, which is the body’s response to infection. This causes ion channels in the sensory...
Gentamicin is recommended for use in patients who have severe hospital acquired pneumonia, see below:
GGC Medicines - Management of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Infection
handbook.ggcmedicines.org.uk
Sadly "Patient suffers from rare side effect of treatment" is a bit less scary than blaming it on the 'rona.