作者：辛西娅·休伯特

2025年4月24日

在从最初的感染中恢复数月甚至数年后，许多COVID幸存者仍然患有许多挥之不去的疾病。 他们的思维有时很模糊。 他们有记忆缺陷、听力和语言障碍等问题。

然而，博彩平台教员的新研究可能会带来希望。

萨克州立大学的两位教授正在研究这些症状与COVID感染之间的联系，并提供通常用于治疗脑损伤和听觉处理问题患者的治疗方法。

虽然这项研究还处于早期阶段，但这种方法似乎对一些参与者有效。

“So far, it looks really promising,” said Lisa D’Angelo, an associate professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders. “People’s scores on cognitive assessment are significantly improving.”

长冠状病毒病是一种慢性疾病，由导致2019冠状病毒病的病毒引发，该病毒在2020年引发了全球大流行。 More than 200 symptoms have been linked to long COVID, including extreme fatigue, “brain fog” and memory problems, dizziness, and changes in taste and smell.

这些症状可能会导致残疾，使一些患者无法正常工作或有效沟通。

“We are working on conditioning the brain to make new connections based on what we are teaching. It’s a matter of them practicing, working on a skill, and applying it to their everyday lives.” -- Lisa D’Angelo, associate professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders

D’Angelo and Soumya Venkitakrishnan, an assistant professor of Audiology, are focusing on cognitive, hearing and communication deficits linked to long COVID. Beyond establishing a connection, however, the study also offers treatments that may help improve patients’ lives.

“Very preliminary data suggests that management of these symptoms is helping,” Venkitakrishnan said.

Ten to 15 patients who reported fighting “brain fog” after becoming infected by COVID are taking part in the pilot study.

“These are people who are telling us that they are different from who they were before COVID,” said D’Angelo. 一些人说，由于持续的症状，他们不得不辞职。

参与者填写了一份关于他们的COVID病史和挥之不去的症状的调查，接受了听力学测试，并接受了研究人员广泛的认知和沟通评估。

教授们记录的症状包括记忆力减退、信息保留问题和无法集中注意力。 经过多次评估后，患者接受了一系列针对其个人需求的治疗。

这些课程以治疗头部创伤和听觉处理障碍患者的疗法为基础，促使大脑建立或修复神经连接，从而提高生活质量，增强独立性。 治疗过程可能包括让患者听一串单词或简单地看一幅图片，然后回忆细节。

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在其他测试中，患者听单词或句子，然后重复它们，以评估语言模式和听力问题。

“We are working on conditioning the brain to make new connections based on what we are teaching,” said D’Angelo, who has conducted research on brain injury and recovery. “It’s a matter of them practicing, working on a skill, and applying it to their everyday lives.”

D'Angelo和文基塔克里什南说，这项研究是少数几个探索与COVID相关的听力问题的研究之一。 它也是为数不多的包括治疗在内的研究之一。

萨克州立大学的教授们希望在未来扩大他们的研究，可能会使用扫描来检测治疗前后大脑的变化。

Rory Barney, a 萨克拉门托 financial advisor, contracted COVID in late 2023 and has suffered from sinus infections, hearing loss and “brain fog” since then. 虽然他加入萨克州立大学的研究是希望得到解脱，但他也希望为最终可能帮助他人的研究做出贡献。

“I have a very intellectual job, and for a while I just couldn’t do it,” Barney said. “The worst part was not being able to fulfill my obligations.”

除了对他的鼻窦和听力问题进行医疗干预外，萨克州立大学的治疗课程也产生了显著的影响。

During a recent assessment, D’Angelo measured Barney’s visual and working memory using both pictures and word sequences. 他解决了大约八个月前加入研究时无法解决的问题。

“When I started this, I was considerably impaired,” Barney said. “I consider myself slightly impaired now.” 他回到了他的高职位，感觉好多了。

“I’m still trying to get back to where I was before COVID, and I will,” Barney said. “But this has helped me a lot, and I’m very grateful.”