Age: 28.0
Sex: F
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Pain, Tinnitus
Clinical narrative: and had pain; The caller thought the patient had allergies,; SEVERE hearing loss; ringing and pressure in her ears; ringing and pressure in her ears; This is a spontaneous report from contactable consumers (including patient herself and her mother). A 28-year-old female patient received BNT162B2 (PFIZER-BIONTECH COVID-19 VACCINE) via an unspecified route of administration, administered in left deltoid on 05Apr2021 (Batch/Lot Number: ER8733) as 1st dose, single for COVID-19 immunisation. The patient's medical history was not reported. There were no concomitant medications. Patient was not diagnosed with COVID-19 prior to vaccination. The patient had no health issues and was "perfectly healthy." The patient didn't want to get the vaccine but her mother said she needed to get it, so the patient got the shot. On 09Apr2021, four days after receiving the vaccine, the patient had ringing in her ears, then it was hard to hear, and had pain out of nowhere. She started having ringing and pressure in her ears, then lost hearing in one year. She went to the doctor and had a hearing test. She had 50% hearing loss in her left ear. The doctor ordered an MRI with contrast and without contrast and came out negative. Patient's mother thought the patient had allergies, although the patient never has allergies, so the patient took some Afrin nose spray and saline spray. They waited. Then it was the other ear. Patient started having trouble hearing/ can't hear out of ear. The patient's ears got worse then the patient started losing her hearing. Today, the patient felt that something was not right so she went to see and Ear, Nose and Throat doctor diagnosed the patient with severe hearing loss. The doctor kept asking the patient when she received the COVID vaccine because he had seen this in other patients who have received the vaccine. The doctor believes that the hearing loss was because of the vaccine because it started right after the patient received the vaccine. The doctor prescribed the patient a high dose of cortisone for 12 days and now he wants an MRI of the patient's brain with and without contrast. There was not a question that loss of hearing is a side effect of the vaccine. The doctor had seen this before and mother just wanted to know if she has to spend thousands of dollars, what happens? Does she need to go to the news? She wants to know what to do. Is the hearing loss temporary? What percentage had the reaction recovered from it? The patient's insurance was going to run out at the end of April and she will not be able to afford the treatment of this. What is going on? The event was so bad that the patient said she will not live like this- its a ringing and pressure in the patient's head and its driving the patient crazy, now its gone but she can't hear. The doctor had seen this before and patient's mother just wanted to know if the patient has to spend thousands of dollars, what happens? Does the caller need to go to the news? The caller wants to know what to do. She stated "I did my own research. Every time I googled hearing loss, it's everywhere about ringing in the ears. My daughter left her job and now we have medical bills and she has no insurance. Pfizer has not been very good with getting back to me. I need help for my daughter. I need financial help. They're thinking about killing themselves because of the noise in their head. This should really be out there to say that there's a good chance that you may lose your hearing and have sounds in your head that drive you crazy. People need to be educated to make the right decision for them. This should really be out there to say that there's a good chance that you may lose your hearing and have sounds in your head that drive you crazy. People need to be educated to make the right decision for them. My daughter left her job and now we have medical bills and she has no insurance." There has not been a new event. Patient had a MRI of the brain with and without contrast and it was negative. She used steroids and was not better. Outcome of hearing loss was not recovered, of ringing and pressure in her ears recovered on an unspecified date, of remaining events was unknown. The patient had not been tested for COVID-19 since the vaccination.