5EY-27691-60575

1 vaccination 8 coded responses 8 check-ins 8 free-text entries 4 call cases

Sex: Male
Age at first dose: 51-55
ZIP prefix: 216 / MD
Registered: 2021-05-11

Relationship: Self
Race: White
Ethnicity: Not Hispanic or Latino

Timeline

Registration Vaccinations Survey responses Call reports Cases without a report Call attempts Call successful Pregnancy survey

2021-04-22
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-05-11
Registered in v-safe
2021-05-11
Survey response — day 14, dose 1
MedDRA: Balance disorder, Ear pain, Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Pain in ear. Pressure in ears. Ringing in ear. Disequilibrium.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-13
Survey response — day 21, dose 1
MedDRA: Acoustic stimulation tests, Ear discomfort, Ear pain, Hyperacusis, Tinnitus, Unevaluable event, Vertigo — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Hyperacusis, vertigo, pressure and pain In Ears, tinnitus · Healthcare visit (other): Hearing test

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-13
Report sent to call center — day 21, dose 1
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-05-20
Survey response — day 28, dose 1
MedDRA: Autonomic nervous system imbalance, Depression, Ear discomfort, Ear pain, Headache, Hyperacusis, Insomnia, Thinking abnormal, Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Hyperacusis. Insomnia. Dysautonomia. Ear pressure and pain. Severe headaches. Trouble thinking clearly. Tinnitus. Depression.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-27
Survey response — day 35, dose 1
MedDRA: Ear pain, Eye pain, Hyperacusis, Vertigo — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Pain in my ears when I hear normal sounds. Sound sensitivity. Background sounds are unbearable. Cant shower because the water is too loud. This sucks! Never had this before the vaccine. Still have vertigo- like Im on a boat. Cant watch tv eyes hu

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-09
Survey response — day 42, dose 1
MedDRA: Autonomic nervous system imbalance, Balance disorder, Hyperacusis, Nausea, Office visit, Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Symptoms: Much worse ringing in ears. Severe hyperacusis. Disequilibrium. Nausea. Dysautonomia. · Healthcare visit (other): Family Doctor putting me on steroids

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-06-09
Report sent to call center — day 42, dose 1
Be unable to work · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-07-15
Call successful
Completed over the phone
2021-07-22
Survey response — 3 months, dose 1
MedDRA: Heavy menstrual bleeding, Menstruation irregular, Oligomenorrhoea, Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation, Emergency room or emergency department visit

Free text: I finally had my first menstrual cycle since I was vaccinated. I usually cycle monthly. This is the most heavy and long lasting menstrual cycle Ive ever had in my life. Also my tinnitus has risen significantly to the point where I am seeking help

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-07-22
Report sent to call center — 3 months, dose 1
Be unable to work or attend school · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare pr

1 call case(s)
2021-07-28
Call successful
Reported to VAERS during previous contact from GDIT
2021-10-23
Survey response — 6 months, dose 1
MedDRA: Headache, Migraine, Office visit, Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities, Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional · Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation

Free text: Symptoms: Much worse tinnitus, almost unbearable. Daily headaches. · Healthcare visit (other): Doctors appointment got migraine medicine also went to (b)(6) medical center tinnitus treatment center for first appointment

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-10-23
Report sent to call center — 6 months, dose 1
Be unable to work or attend school · Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare pr

Telehealth, virtual health, or email health consultation · 1 call case(s)
2021-10-26
Call successful
Reported to VAERS voluntarily prior to GDIT contact
2022-04-22
Survey response — 12 months, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · Be unable to work or attend school, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Horrible and steadily increasing tinnitus

MedDRA releases: 2024-11 · check-in free text available

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-04-22	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

4 call center cases

4 successful

VAERS report filed, before or during a call: 4

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Free text

Release 8 — day 14, dose 1

2021-05-11

Symptoms: Pain in ear. Pressure in ears. Ringing in ear. Disequilibrium.

Release 8 — day 21, dose 1

2021-05-13

Symptoms: Hyperacusis, vertigo, pressure and pain In Ears, tinnitus

Healthcare visit (other): Hearing test

Release 8 — day 28, dose 1

2021-05-20

Symptoms: Hyperacusis. Insomnia. Dysautonomia. Ear pressure and pain. Severe headaches. Trouble thinking clearly. Tinnitus. Depression.

Release 8 — day 35, dose 1

2021-05-27

Symptoms: Pain in my ears when I hear normal sounds. Sound sensitivity. Background sounds are unbearable. Cant shower because the water is too loud. This sucks! Never had this before the vaccine. Still have vertigo- like Im on a boat. Cant watch tv eyes hu

Release 9 — day 42, dose 1

2021-06-09

Symptoms: Much worse ringing in ears. Severe hyperacusis. Disequilibrium. Nausea. Dysautonomia.

Healthcare visit (other): Family Doctor putting me on steroids

Release 9 — 3 months, dose 1

2021-07-22

Symptoms: I finally had my first menstrual cycle since I was vaccinated. I usually cycle monthly. This is the most heavy and long lasting menstrual cycle Ive ever had in my life. Also my tinnitus has risen significantly to the point where I am seeking help

Release 10 — 6 months, dose 1

2021-10-23

Symptoms: Much worse tinnitus, almost unbearable. Daily headaches.

Healthcare visit (other): Doctors appointment got migraine medicine also went to (b)(6) medical center tinnitus treatment center for first appointment

redacted (b)(6)

Release 11 — 12 months, dose 1

2022-04-22

Symptoms: Horrible and steadily increasing tinnitus

Each entry is dated by the survey it was written in (the CDC re-sent the releases with survey dates in 2025); click a date to see that survey response. The CDC cut some text off at about 250 characters: symptoms in every release, and the other two fields in releases 9-12. Those entries are marked "cut off by CDC".

MedDRA terms by release

Field	Preferred term	2021-09	2023-04	2024-11
HCVO	Acoustic stimulation tests	○	✓	○
HCVO	Migraine	·	·	✓
HCVO	Office visit	✓	✓	✓
HCVO	Tinnitus	·	·	✓
HCVO	Unevaluable event	✓	·	✓
SD	Autonomic nervous system imbalance	✓	✓	✓
SD	Balance disorder	✓	✓	✓
SD	Depression	✓	✓	✓
SD	Ear discomfort	✓	✓	✓
SD	Ear pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Eye pain	✓	✓	✓
SD	Headache	✓	✓	✓
SD	Heavy menstrual bleeding	·	·	✓
SD	Hyperacusis	✓	✓	✓
SD	Insomnia	✓	✓	✓
SD	Menstruation irregular	·	·	✓
SD	Nausea	✓	✓	✓
SD	Oligomenorrhoea	·	·	✓
SD	Thinking abnormal	✓	✓	✓
SD	Tinnitus	✓	✓	✓
SD	Vertigo	✓	✓	✓

✓ active code · ○ coded but marked inactive · blank = not in that release