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I had ear syringing done for years and never had any problems. I even had it done post tinnitus and only got a temporary spike from it. Most people are fine with these tests. They just don't have damaged hearing. When can we admit that we are susceptible to more damage? Our limits are lower but...

...may prescribe drops of a topic antibiotic to prevent infections (ciprofloxacin for example, which shouldn't be a risk topically). An ENT has other means of removing wax than syringing. He can scrap the wax directly with a curette. If he is careful, it's going to be less aggresive than syringing.

I urge people who have tinnitus to not do microsuction, ear syringing (caloric test), cvemp, acoustic reflex, ecog, etc to preform these tests, they can damage hearing and cause hyperacusis.

...disrupt the tinnitus. It surprising how I can even have those on at much lower volumes than deeper tones like say ocean waves. Here's another article that talks about syringing and tinnitus...

A difference for me with my whiplash tinnitus from over a year ago compared to my syringing tinnitus in 2010 is all the other conditions that I now have. I have syringing listed in April 2011, but it happened in April 2010. It was April 2011 that I told my employer that I will never be coming...

Absoultely agree. I did ear syringing when i had mild T, ear syrining is the caloric test and here I am with mild hearing loss and really bad Tinnitus (Severe), and it has not gotten better since Jan 17.

Hey guys. Very worried girl here. I got my left ear cleaned with a weird tube thingy (they used water pressure to take out the wax) even though I told them I was suffering from ringing. Needless to say the water was PAINFUL and my ear rang like crazy :( I’m now worried that I made my...

I'm going back to ent tomorrow And getting wax removed via syringing Then I'll see how my hearing is If it's bad I don't know what happens

@Fangen I've had this article for a few years. http://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/tinnitus-from-ear-syringing-and-middle-ear-infections-whats-the-score/

Hi friends, I need your opinion: I went to ENT due to my ears itching of last days. I was afraid I had an infection or similar. ENT said it is dermatitis, but there was a lot of skin and non-compacted wax so he recommended to clean with water. Microsuction was discarded and manual tools would...

@Agrajag364 @pathworker2017 @Michael Leigh http://hearinglosshelp.com/blog/tinnitus-from-ear-syringing-and-middle-ear-infections-whats-the-score/

Those of you who have T from syringing, is your T in only the one ear or do you perceive it in both ears/your head? Do you get spikes from loud environments? Does anyone know why the syringing can cause T? Does it disrupt the bones in the middle ear or something? My T started after a perforated...

How loud was the syringing itself? I've seen so many stories like this, I'll never let anyone muck around with syringes or god forbid suction in my ears again.

@brownbear Thanks for that. It's interesting to hear your say you see patients with T that started after syringing but not patients with T that started after microsuction. I emailed a no. of ENTs about the relative risks of worsening T with each method of ear wax removal and whilst some...

Ear wax removal via syringing has a chance of going wrong and damaging hearing - which can result in tinnitus sometimes. http://www.tinnitusjournal.com/articles/chronic-tinnitus-resulting-from-cerumen-removal-procedures.pdf

Shame I didn't know that before trusting the ENT that day...

did they use a fluid or air for your caloric test?

I've only just seen this post Shuffle. I was wondering how you had got on with the ear syringing. It sounds excellent. I'm glad you found the cause.

Thank-you. I did end up having a bit over a week between the syringing and the audiologist appointment.

Everyone is different, but it seem that both you and I had joining seats in the same stadium. Your history matches mine. If you had loud syringing directly to the ears, nerve damage is there. So you need to be careful on what meds or drugs that you take. Oxygen should not be cut off to your...

I wouldn't do syringing again that was the reason why I have tinnitus. If you can see if they can send you to an ENT instead to get it removed manually

Obviously this syringing but also ear sprays and ear drops are the worse as well. think putting anything in our ears is bad I was told by my doctor.

I recovered somewhat from the syringing ASD, but a few weeks ago, I was exposed to drill noise at the dentist. I now have a loud high pitch in both ears.

Please avoid these tests as they can make Tinnitus or Hyperacusis worse. 1) Tympanometry 2) Acoustic Reflex 3) Electrocoleography 4) Caloric Test 5) Syringing Ear Wax Removal 6) Microsuction 7) cVEMP/VEMP

Hello Xorthian, The exact same thing has just happened to me 3 days ago. Has your tinnitus shown any improvement in the days/weeks/months after the syringing/irrigation? Thanks!

...cause of T stepping to another level, maybe too loud to bear, and the removal of the earwax can solve the problem, but removing it by syringing is so risky! Ley's not forget that we are on a forum created by a person who got T because of bad syringing, and there are other members who got...

Only have an ENT doctor do it. Regardless of what statistics are given from hearing sites on ear wax and syringing it amounts to the experience of the person doing the procedure.

Are there alternatives to this procedure?

I hope you can quit your job. It sounds to me like that syringing is to blame for your tinnitus. A number of people on this forum got their tinnitus as a result of syringing... There is still hope that eventually your tinnitus will fade or even disappear. Unfortunately, ears take forever to...

...at home doing nothing on a national holiday, I might not have noticed it. Who knows? I'm still hopeful - but I always wonder what damage the syringing did. P.S. I just tried to choose a "mood" for the first time, and there's no "Hopeful" button! It seems like an oversight! Ah well. I am hopeful.

The GP/ENT will be able to see if you have wax straight away so I would just go and let them check. As you know though syringing can cause tinnitus.

I got an ear infection in one of my ears a few days ago from an ear wax removal. They used the water syringe thing to spray water into it but it didn't work out on the last try. There was pain in the ear at first. Took 2 advils for it after a few hours. Now that ear is blocked and has loud...

@Codaz Good question. I have noticed in the RTG thread that RTG has been relatively successful regardless of the reasoning. eg. noise trauma, otoxic drugs, stress, ear syringing, etc.

I see. I always though the syringing was a noisy procedure since so many people have gotten T from it and therefor thought it was noise induced T. So what you are implying is that potassium modulators probably won't have any effect on us who got T from loud noise? Well that sucks :(

Oh also it may well not have been the syringing causing your ongoing tinnitus. I got tinnitus due to an ear wax impaction that went misdiagnosed for a few months. I had my wax removed using manual tools - the tinnitus only got quieter in that my hearing was restored so it was sometimes partly...

...of your ears irrigation experience. Due to wearing earplugs, the earwax accumulated in my ear. I had my right ear (only one ear) earwax syringing done the other day in my GP office. My T was louder immediately afterward. I was a little worrying and panicky. I have done some google search...

Who did the syringing?

Ouch. I feel so bad for you. I am sure that syringing was the start of the issues with my ears. Your post was in July, so I hope all turned out well for you.

I'm glad it worked out for you, but syringing can cause an increase in tinnitus, as it's happened to a lot of users here. Good it worked out for you, but please be careful and use other methods of earwax removal. Only syringe if it gets too packed in.

He might be right, but ear syringing (as you wrote in your intro) was deemed unsafe in these draft guidelines by the NHS: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/11/27/ear-syringing-unsafe-doesnt-work-health-chiefs-warn It is specifically mentioned that: "The use of a metal syringe risks damaging the...

...audio through headphones, earbuds, AirPods or headsets, it's quite possible that the original cause of her tinnitus was noise induced. Ear syringing can also cause tinnitus, especially when it is not administered correctly or the patient did not apply ear drops (olive oil) to each ear, 3 x a...

First onset meaning it went away for you? Also, they used a spray bottle and a tube, is this what you’re referring to rather than a syringe which I assume would be about the same as a water-pick at high pressure?

...I had spent all day in the er desperately seeking some sort of relief :( i wish I hadn't done it either honestly, as I had read up on ear syringing side effects, but it was the only option given and the doctor did tell me the wax was softened after the hydrogen peroxide. And, Wax was removed...

My T got so much worse after ear syringing. I did the caloric test which is pretty much ear syringing, water irrigated into the ear and hitting the eardrum and coming back out. It caused me to have T on both ears, H on both ears, and a whole bunch of other problems. I also hear less on my left...

...was dismissive of my insistance that it was caused by this, so I started to doubt it, but then I did some research and many people have had syringing make their ears cause (or make worse) tinnitus/hyperacusis. I can't believe that professionals are unaware of this and still perform the...

...people (including me) get tinnitus/hyperacusis or make it worse by trying themselves, or having a doctor, flush their ears with water, aka syringing. Some doctors/nurses still do this, so whatever you do I warn you to never let a doctor try to remove ear wax by using this procedure. I hear...

Yeah I thought of you when I came across this headline... :(

...had issues with ear wax after starting using that. I use it twice a week. That's enough for maintenance. Indeed I got my tinnitus from syringing but it is rare. There are generally three ways to remove ear wax: irrigation (syringing), suction and curettage. I'd probably opt for the latter...

May I ask about your experience? Did you do drops in the ears before, and for how long, and what kind?

I developed tinnitus (no previous problem) after ear syringing at GP for excess wax ( symptoms blocked ear) 9 months ago. As tinnitus still present 24/7 GP has suggested MRI. Any thoughts/ feedback would be welcome. Thank you.

...However, if the doctor that is doing the microscution isn't skilled enough then they can make tinnitus worse or cause it. I have also had syringing, they now call it ear irrigation which is different from syringing and I had no problems. Again, you should still use olive oil 3x a day for 10...

@Mr_Orange_3737 Syringing is probably cause and very few cases get medically documented. I have a link as to how often it really happens, but I rather give you positive and mindful support. I assume that it's been over a month since your syringing, so hair cell damage is probably very limited...

Isn’t microsuction the safest though? No way would syringe.... that’s by far the most risky

It's very frustrating that in the UK, ear syringing is no longer available on the NHS and I suspect this will lead to a vast increase in the number of people suffering ear trauma like this, as a private solution is £70+ If it helps the OP, my tinnitus took quite a while to settle.

I had mine syringed at the doctor's office so it wasn't self-inflicted.

Hello all, I have now had tinnitus for almost two months and it has been horrible - throwing my entire world upside down. Here is my story. If you have any recommendations on what I should do please comment on my post. In early June I woke up in the middle of the night with a feeling of...