In 2023 (the same year as the first “normal” audiogram), I was acutely hospitalised with a syndrome that matched — in every described respect — the published case definition of Havana Syndrome / Anomalous Health Incidents (sudden onset severe ear pain, pressure, directional sound, vertigo, cognitive impairment, persistent vibrotactile sensations, and subsequent intractable unilateral tinnitus). Despite these classic red-flag symptoms, no neurological workup (no MRI inner-ear protocol, no vestibular testing, no directed neurocognitive assessment) was performed. Instead I was involuntarily admitted to a psychiatric ward and the episode was dismissed as psychogenic. I have suffered extreme, left-lateralised tinnitus every single day since that event, now accompanied by objectively documented progressive bilateral (especially left-sided) sensorineural hearing loss with an extremely unusual configuration.

This combination — acute Havana-Syndrome-like onset in 2023 followed by rapid, atypical progressive cochleovestibular damage — is not consistent with simple noise exposure, age, or primary psychiatric illness. It strongly justifies urgent re-evaluation in a specialised neuro-otology/tertiary tinnitus centre with full inner-ear MRI, extended high-frequency audiometry, otoacoustic emissions, vestibular testing, and consideration of directed neurological and immunological workup.

The report written up by the doctor.

This picture shows my audiometry result from 2023 at the UMC Utrecht.

This picture shows my audiometry result from 2025 at Audika.

Right ear:

From completely normal → mild high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss (average 15–20 dB worsening 3–8 kHz, plus ~10 dB shift even in lows and mids).

Left ear (tinnitus ear):

• From essentially normal (only a 20 dB notch at 6 kHz) → highly atypical U-shaped pattern with new 25 dB low-frequency loss (125–250 Hz)
• preserved mid-frequencies
• new 25 dB high-frequency loss (6–8 kHz)
• Average worsening ≈20 dB across affected bands in only 2 years.

This rate and pattern of progression is objectively abnormal for a (now) 40-year-old and far exceeds normal age-related change. Obviously this is neural damage from directed energy weapons, as seen in Havana Syndrome.