Age: 67.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: COVID19
Symptoms: Acoustic stimulation tests, Balance disorder, Deafness, Ear inflammation, Malaise
Clinical narrative: Has affected his balance; Not feeling well; Ear blown up, inflamed; Hearing loss; This is a spontaneous report received from contactable reporter(s) (Consumer or other non HCP), Program ID.  A 67-year-old male patient received BNT162b2 (BNT162B2), on 06Mar2021 as dose 1, single (Lot number: EN6199, NDC number and Expiry Date are Unknown) at the age of 67 years, in left arm for covid-19 immunisation. The patient's relevant medical history included: "Diabetes" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Diabetes, the reporter states that her husband has had this condition for quite a long time. States he goes to the doctor regularly for it and it is controlled; "Stents in heart" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: stents placed few years ago. He goes to doctor regularly related to this and it is controlled; "Stents in heart" (unspecified if ongoing), notes: Comments: Stents in heart, the reporter states that her husband had these stents placed quite a few years ago. States that he goes to the doctor regularly related to this and it is controlled. Concomitant medication(s) included: FLU VACCINE VII taken for immunisation as dose number unknown, single. The following information was reported: MALAISE (non-serious) with onset Mar2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Not feeling well"; EAR INFLAMMATION (non-serious) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Ear blown up, inflamed"; DEAFNESS (medically significant) with onset 2021, outcome "unknown", described as "Hearing loss"; BALANCE DISORDER (non-serious), outcome "unknown", described as "Has affected his balance". The patient underwent the following laboratory tests and procedures: Acoustic stimulation tests: (2021) Lost hearing in one ear; 50% in the other ear.  Clinical Course: The reporter is calling on behalf of her husband (patient). Her husband got the Covid 19 Vaccine last March and after that he started to lose his hearing. The reporter also mentioned that her husband took the Booster dose last December and one of her husband's ears is having problems also. The reporter states that it all started when her husband got the first vaccine in Mar2021. States that her husband was fine before that. After that, he started not feeling well then it started with his ear. His ear was blown up half the size of the other ear. They went to the ENT, and they weren't sure what it was, so they did different tests. They found that the reporters husband had lost hearing completely in that particular ear and the other ear was at like fifty percent. He's losing more and more per the caller. The reporter states that her husband is getting to the point now that he can hardly hear, even with his hearing aids. Caller states that it has also affected her husband's balance, he is going to a specialist on 31Oct2022 to take some tests and see what they can do for that. The reporter states that her husband won't get another shot. They know there is another booster, but he said he is not getting anymore. The reporter states that she does not have her husband's ENT's information available. She just knows they are at (name-withheld) Ear Nose and Throat. Not feeling well:  States that this occurred right after the first dose of the vaccine. Ear blown up, inflamed: Unable to provide exact date for this particular event. Caller states that it took them a while to get an ENT appointment, it was around May2021 or Jun2021 that they went to the ENT and her husband's ear was inflamed then. Hearing loss: Caller states that they don't really know when this started occurring either. States that they had to wait on the ENT appointment to take the tests to see how much hearing her husband had actually lost. The reporter states that she does not have all of the paperwork for her husband in front of her at this time, she only knows that the events mostly occurred in the same time frame between May2021 and Jul2021. Time the vaccination was given was Not Provided. Vaccination Facility Type was Workplace. The reporter states that her husband received the first two doses of the vaccine at his work. Additional vaccines administered on same date of the pfizer suspect are unknown. The reporter states that she knows her husband received a flu shot, but date and lot number for that flu shot are unknown by the caller. Prior Vaccinations (within 4 weeks) If applicable, list any other vaccinations within four weeks prior to the first administration date of the suspect vaccine(s) were Unknown; the reporter states that she knows her husband received a flu shot, but date and lot number for that flu shot are unknown by the caller. AE(s) following prior vaccinations were None.; Sender's Comments: Linked Report(s) : US-PFIZER INC-202201253334 same patient, same product/AE and different dose;US-PFIZER INC-202201253335 same patient, same product/AE and different dose;