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Table 1 Patient characteristics, audiometric patterns in patients with immune mediated hearing loss

From: A pilot study on the effect of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on IL-1β-mediated inflammation in peripheral blood immune cells from AIED patients

Patient

Age

RACE/

GENDER

Diagnosis

Hearing loss post vaccination or infection

Hearing loss

Loss related to COVID?/COVID VACCINE?

Previous hearing declines unrelated to covid?

Hearing Recovery with steroids?

S01

69

WM

MD

NO

ASYMMETRIC UPSLOPING

NO

YES

YES

S02

58

WF

AIED

NO

ASYMMETRIC RECENT FLAT, DOWNSLOPING

NO

YES

NO

S03

43

WF

AIED

NO

ASYMMETRIC UPSLOPING

NO

YES

NO (Y W/ANAKINRA)

S04

32

WM

MD

NO

UNILATERAL UPSLOPING

NO

YES

NO

S05

54

WM

AIED

NO

ASYMMETRIC

NO

YES

YES

S06

65

WF

AIED

NO

ASYMMETRIC UPSLOPING

NO

YES

NO

S07

62

WM

AIED

NO

UPSLOPING

NO

YES

YES

S08

63

WF

AIED

NO

FLAT SYMMETRIC

NO

YES

NO

S09

64

WM

AIED

NO

ASYMMETRIC

NO

YES

NO

S10

65

WF

AIED/MD

NO

ASYMMETRIC FLAT

NO

YES

YES

S11

50

WM

SSNHL

YES, VACCINATION, 2 DAYS POST J & J

HF SYMMETRIC SNHL

YES

NO

NO

S12

60

WM

AIED

YES, VACCINATION, 2 WEEKS POSTJ &J

ASYMMETRIC FLAT

YES

YES

NO

S13

73

WM

AIED

YES, INFECTION, WITHIN 2 WEEKS POST COVID INFECTION

ASYMMETRIC DOWNSLOPING

YES

YES

NO

S14

52

WF

SSNHL

YES, INFECTION, POST COVID INFECTION (TESTED POSITIVE 2 DAYS AFTER HEARING LOSS)

DOWNSLOPING

YES

NO

YES

S15

72

WF

SSNHL

YES, VACCINATION, IMMED FOLLOWING 2 ND PFIZER VACCINE

ASYMMETRIC FLAT

YES

NO

NO

S16

22

WM

AIED

YES, INFECTION, COINCIDENT WITH COVID INFECTION

DOWNSLOPING

YES

YES

NO

S17

51

WF

AIED

YES, VACCINATION, 1 WEEK POST MODERNA BOOSTER

ASYMMETRIC FLAT

YES

YES

NO

S18

40

WF

AIED

YES, INFECTION, FOLLOWING FIRST PFIZER VACCINE & LATER DEVELOPED COVID WITH 2 ND DECLINE

ASYMMETRIC UPSLOPING

YES

YES

NO/NO

S19

61

WF

SSNHL

YES, VACCINATION, 3 DAYS POST 4 TH MODERNA BOOSTER

UNILATERAL FLAT

YES

NO

NO

S20

71

WM

SSNHL

YES, VACCINATION, 2 DAYS POST 2 ND PFIZER BOOSTER

DOWNSLOPING ASYMMETRIC

YES

NO

YES, BUT DELAYED

S21

48

WM

AIED

YES, VACCINATION, 2 WEEK POST PFIZER BOOSTER

ASYMMETRIC UPSLOPING

YES

YES

YES