Hearing Loss reported after COVID Vaccination, though infrequently
Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) is a national repository of incident reports associated with adverse reactions that occur after any vaccination which is maintained by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In a recent preliminary report, researchers have identified sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL) after people received COVID-19 vaccines, but it appeared to occur less frequently than expected. The report has been published in the JAMA Otolaryngol Head & Neck Surgery on May 20, 2021.
Many vaccine-related adverse events are associated with otolaryngologic manifestations. Anecdotal reports are rapidly emerging from the otolaryngology community of SSNHL occurring after inoculation by SARS-CoV-2 vaccines that are currently in use in the US under US Food and Drug Administration Emergency Use Authorizations. Therefore, researchers of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Maryland, conducted a study to estimate the national incidence of SSNHL after the COVID-19 vaccination using data from the VAERS and compared this with the expected incidence of SSNHL in the wider population.
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