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. 2021 Jul 1;147(7):674-676.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2021.0869.

Preliminary Analysis of Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Sudden Hearing Loss Using US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Data

Eric J Formeister  1 , Wade Chien  1 , Yuri Agrawal  1 , John P Carey  1 , C Matthew Stewart  1 , Daniel Q Sun  1
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Preliminary Analysis of Association Between COVID-19 Vaccination and Sudden Hearing Loss Using US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Data

Eric J Formeister et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the national incidence of sudden sensorineural hearing loss after COVID-19 vaccination using data from the CDC Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.. Comparison of Estimated Incidence Range of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) That Occurred After COVID-19 Vaccination
Based on Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) reports of known SSNHL incidence, with an associated sensitivity analysis underlying determination of incidence estimates for the COVID-19 vaccine cohort.
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