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2 vaccinations 19 coded responses 22 check-ins 19 free-text entries 2 call cases

Sex: Female
Age at first dose: 46-50
ZIP prefix: 190 / PA
Registered: 2021-02-27

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

2021-02-25
Dose 1 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-02-27
Registered in v-safe
2021-02-27
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Ear ringing

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-02-28
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Ringing in the ears

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-01
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Ear, nose and throat examination, Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

Free text: Systemic reaction (other): Ears ringing since vaccine · Healthcare visit (other): ENT visit to check ears

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-01
Report sent to call center — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair

Free text: ringing in the ears

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-03
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Ringing in my ears

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-04
Survey response — day 7, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair

Free text: Ringing in the ears

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-11
Survey response — day 14, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ringing in the ears is still continuing and getting louder

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-18
Survey response — day 21, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: I have constant ringing in my ears. Its high to moderate pitch. Started after first dose was administered and it hasnt stopped. I have Hashimotos thyroiditis. Not sure if the vaccine gets along with it.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-25
Survey response — day 28, dose 1
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · 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: The ear ringing is still constant. Left ear. Since first dose. All day everyday.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-03-25
Report sent to call center — day 28, dose 1
Be unable to do your normal daily activities · Get care from a doctor or other healthcare professional

1 call case(s)
2021-03-31
Dose 2 — Pfizer-BioNTech
2021-04-01
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Dizziness, Tinnitus — Feeling: Poor · Site: Pain, Swelling · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness, Nausea · Be unable to work, Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Dizziness and ringing in left ear

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-02
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Good · Headache, Joint pains, Muscle or body aches, Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to work

Free text: Ringing of my left ear

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-03
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Good

Free text: Left ear ringing still

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-04
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Fatigue or tiredness · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ringing in the left ear since first dose. All day everyday.

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-06
Survey response — days 1–6 daily, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ringing in my left ear

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-07
Survey response — day 7, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ringing in the ear (left ear)

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-14
Health check-in — day 14, dose 2
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-04-23
Survey response — day 21, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: My left ear is ringing (high pitched ring) since I got the first dose on feb 25, 2021

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-04-28
Survey response — day 28, dose 2
MedDRA: Ear infection, Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ear ringing left ear. Persistent

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-05
Survey response — day 35, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ringing in left ear

MedDRA releases: 2021-09,2023-04,2024-11 · check-in free text available
2021-05-12
Health check-in — day 42, dose 2
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-07-02
Health check-in — 3 months, dose 2
Feeling: Fair

Adult check-in
2021-09-21
Call 1 — Left Voicemail
2021-09-29
Survey response — 6 months, dose 2
MedDRA: Tinnitus — Feeling: Fair · Be unable to do your normal daily activities

Free text: Ringing in left ear still. Since first dose 2/2021

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

Vaccinations

Dose	Date	Manufacturer	Co-administered
1	2021-02-25	Pfizer-BioNTech
2	2021-03-31	Pfizer-BioNTech

Call center

2 call center cases

2 unsuccessful

VAERS report filed, before or during a call: 2

1 wait over 3 months for a first call

See the call center timeline

Free text

Release 4 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-02-27

Systemic reaction (other): Ear ringing

2021-02-28

Systemic reaction (other): Ringing in the ears

2021-03-01

Systemic reaction (other): Ears ringing since vaccine

Healthcare visit (other): ENT visit to check ears

2021-03-02

Systemic reaction (other): ringing in the ears

Release 5 — days 1–6 daily, dose 1

2021-03-03

Systemic reaction (other): Ringing in my ears

Release 5 — day 7, dose 1

2021-03-04

Systemic reaction (other): Ringing in the ears

Release 5 — day 14, dose 1

2021-03-11

Symptoms: Ringing in the ears is still continuing and getting louder

Release 5 — day 21, dose 1

2021-03-18

Symptoms: I have constant ringing in my ears. Its high to moderate pitch. Started after first dose was administered and it hasnt stopped. I have Hashimotos thyroiditis. Not sure if the vaccine gets along with it.

Release 6 — day 28, dose 1

2021-03-25

Symptoms: The ear ringing is still constant. Left ear. Since first dose. All day everyday.

Release 6 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-04-01

Systemic reaction (other): Dizziness and ringing in left ear

2021-04-02

Systemic reaction (other): Ringing of my left ear

2021-04-03

Systemic reaction (other): Left ear ringing still

2021-04-04

Systemic reaction (other): Ringing in the left ear since first dose. All day everyday.

Release 7 — days 1–6 daily, dose 2

2021-04-06

Systemic reaction (other): Ringing in my left ear

Release 7 — day 7, dose 2

2021-04-07

Systemic reaction (other): Ringing in the ear (left ear)

Release 7 — day 21, dose 2

2021-04-23

Symptoms: My left ear is ringing (high pitched ring) since I got the first dose on feb 25, 2021

Release 8 — day 28, dose 2

2021-04-28

Symptoms: Ear ringing left ear. Persistent

Release 8 — day 35, dose 2

2021-05-05

Symptoms: Ringing in left ear

Release 9 — 6 months, dose 2

2021-09-29

Symptoms: Ringing in left ear still. Since first dose 2/2021

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	Ear, nose and throat examination	✓	✓	✓
SD	Ear infection	✓	✓	✓
SD	Tinnitus	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Dizziness	✓	✓	✓
SRO	Tinnitus	✓	✓	✓

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