
“I can only say that it happened an hour, hour-and-a-half after getting the vaccine.”ĬDC, FDA COLLECT TINNITUS REPORTS, NO CHANGE TO U.S. “I can't tell with absolute confidence that it was a result of the vaccine,” Dr. However, he is not willing to discount a connection between the vaccine and tinnitus because he experienced it himself. Greg Poland, Director of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group, works every day to dispel myths about the COVID-19 vaccine.


In fact, he was one of the computer programmers who created, a vaccine finder website for the entire state of Washington.ĭr. Hu, a former Microsoft employee, started a support group on Facebook, and he said he’s not anti-vaccine. Hu said his son experienced similar hearing problems post-vaccine. “My own family members didn't think that it could possibly be.” “Everybody's very skeptical in the medical community,” Hu said. George said his hearing returned after treatment with steroids, but he was left with tinnitus. “It got worse by the second day, and the third day, I literally couldn't hear anything out of it.” “The very next morning, I noticed I started having what felt like congestion in my ear,” Hu recalled. In Seattle, George Hu also had hearing issues after getting vaccinated in February “We've ruled out as many things as possible, and we're left with the vaccine played likely some role in the development of the tinnitus,” Edmonds said. Since then, Edmonds said he saw multiple specials and underwent diagnostic testing. “He tried antibiotics for an ear infection.” “I then went to a clinic, and that doctor thought he couldn't find anything wrong with my ears,” Edmonds said. He’s a federal government employee from New Mexico, and he said he developed tinnitus, along with tingling of the face and headaches, shortly after receiving his first COVID-19 vaccine shot in January. It is often associated with hearing loss.Įdmonds describes the noise as louder than his car stereo.

Tinnitus is a ringing or buzzing noise in one or both ears that may be constant or come and go. More than 10,000 Americans have reported tinnitus as a possible side effect of the COVID-19 vaccine, and some are now questioning why the FDA and CDC are not taking a deeper look into their claims about hearing problems.ĭid you experience tinnitus or other hearing issues after getting coronavirus or the COVID-19 vaccine? Contact Investigator Melissa Blasius at a constant high pitch string,” Robert Edmonds told ABC15 during a July visit to Phoenix for tinnitus-related medical care.
