Investigation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on audiology students in Turkey: A cross-sectional survey study in the COVID-19 era

Abstract

In early 2020, after December 2019 outbreak in China, the World Health Organization (WHO) identified SARS-CoV-2 as a new type of coronavirus (COVID-19) (1). The COVID-19 announced as pandemic that occur severe acute respiratory syndrome and has not been previously identified in humans (1). Researches show that person-to-person transmission can occur via direct contact or through droplets spread by coughing or sneezing from an infected individual. All countries of the world have taken precautions against this virus, which has no effective treatment and spreads rapidly (2).