Exploring the Prevalence of Tinnitus and Ear-Related Symptoms in China After the COVID-19 Pandemic: Online Cross-Sectional Survey

Di Wang   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Peifan Li   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MS ;   Xiaoling Huang   ^{4 *} , BS ;   Yixuan Liu   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , MS ;   Shihang Mao   ^{1, 2, 3 *} , BS ;   Haoning Yin   ⁵ , HS ;   Na Wang   ⁶ , MD ;   Yan Luo   ¹ , MS ;   Shan Sun   ^{1, 2, 3, 7, 8 *} , PhD

¹ Research Service Office, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

² NHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine Research, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

³ State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁴ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

⁵ No.2 High School Of East China Normal University, Shanghai, China

⁶ School of Public Health, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁷ Tinnitus Hyperacusis Center, Otolaryngology Research Institute, Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

⁸ Clinical Research Unit of the Eye & ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

*these authors contributed equally