Prevalence of New-Onset Tinnitus after COVID-19 Vaccination with Comparison to Other Vaccinations.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate how often patients are diagnosed with new-onset tinnitus within 21 days after COVID-19 vaccination in comparison to after three other common vaccinations: influenza, Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis), and polysaccharide pneumococcus.

Methods

The TriNetX Analytics Network, a federated health research network that aggregates the de-identified electronic health record (EHR) data of over 78 million patients, was queried for patients receiving each vaccination. Instances of new-onset tinnitus within 21 days of vaccination were recorded and reported.

Results

Out of 2,575,235 patients receiving a first dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine without any prior tinnitus diagnosis, 0.038% (95% CI: 0.036%-0.041%) of patients had a new diagnos

SUBMITTER: Dorney I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539087 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature