I just wanted to share an experience that happened a few months ago that hopefully someone may find useful.
One day when I came home over break, I noticed a faint buzzing in just my left ear that grew in loudness and level of annoyance within the next few days. It was odd, but I also noticed that it was a relatively low-pitched buzzing, and when I heard someone's voice or music that was around the same pitch range, I wouldn't notice the sound. I tried several tactics to mask the noise -- wearing ear plugs, playing white noise in the background, etc. -- hoping that the buzzing would just go away with time. But it didn't.
So I went to my doctor who claimed it was just earwax and cleaned out my ears, but that didn't help. Then I went to an ENT specialist who couldn't detect anything wrong with my inner ear or hearing ability and said that I must be stressed/overexerted at school, but that seemed more like an excuse to me and didn't make sense because nothing was particularly different about this semester at school.
About a week later, I got a toothache on the same side of my ear buzzing and noticed my gums starting to swell. Frustrated with all these problems arising when I was an otherwise very healthy/active person, I went to my dentist, whose x-ray determined that all four of my wisdom teeth were growing in impacted. Immediately after I got my wisdom teeth extracted, the buzzing didn't really subside, and even grew in loudness from time to time due to the swelling. But right after my mouth healed, the buzzing did indeed go away! It's amazing how interconnected our bodies are.
If anyone else finds that they're experiencing similar symptoms, it might be something to look into, especially if you're a teenager around the age of getting your wisdom teeth out. Hopefully someone can find this useful!
