The WHO has announced that it is examining cases of people suffering from sudden hearing loss and tinnitus after vaccination against Covid-19.
A recent report from the WHO (World Health Organization) examines a possible causal relationship between vaccination against Covid-19 and the onset of sudden hearing loss or tinnitus in some people.
In question, several testimonies reporting hearing problems just moments after an injection against the coronavirus. Cases, for the moment few in number, but which the organization has chosen to study to understand the appearance of these disorders, relay our colleagues from the Independent.
The WHO speaks here not of an alert but of a “signal”. “Awareness of this possible link can help healthcare professionals and vaccine recipients monitor symptoms and seek treatment, if needed. As there are still only limited data in research providing evidence for this link, further monitoring is needed,” explains the WHO.
No lab in particular
According to the WHO, no vaccine against Covid-19 is particularly affected by these disorders. The cases have indeed been reported after different injections from most laboratories.
As a reminder, out of more than eleven billion doses administered worldwide, 31,000 cases of tinnitus have been identified as a result of coronavirus vaccines and more than a thousand involve sudden hearing loss.