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Does anyone here suffer from rheumatic arthritis? I realised recently that the symptoms I have (pain in neck/shoulder, less frequent pain in jaw/back of head, recent teary vision, all on the right side) might be signs of rheumatic arthritis. What I'm not sure is how they can affect tinnitus...

I'm going to be serving in the army soon. Part of the training is to swim. My ETD (and I guess tinnitus as well) started because I went swimming and couldn't get the water out. That was in 2015. It's been almost 4 years since I submerged my head underwater. What scares me more is the fact that...

I read some things on Wikipedia about our hearing, and it's said that a notch at 4 kHz could mean NIHL? Is this true? It's also stated that the higher frequencies will also be affected, but if you see my test results, it seems to only be 4 kHz where I'm having issues?

The title, basically. Having some sort of Middle Ear Myoclonus (MEM), and Conductive Hearing Loss (CHL) seems to be part of it. However, I also seem to not hear some higher frequency sounds as well in my affected ear, and I only noticed this loss in hearing after this issue started. I have...

Talking about Patulous Eustachian Tube, and Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. I seem to be having both in my affected ear, although I have no idea if it can be that way. Sometimes I seem to have symptoms of PET, others ETD. Can one experience both at the same time?

I'm going through Stapedial Myoclonus/Dysacusis in my right ear at the moment. A Weber Test revealed that my right ear is having conductive hearing loss. Attached is my hearing test results. My regular hearing on the right also seems to be "not so good". I recently found out that my right ear...

I was watching a YouTube video which has this static TV kind of sound in the intro. I was quite surprised to hear the sound very well in my left ear, but not so clearly in my right. I'm currently going through what seems to be Stapedial Myoclonus/Dysacusis, which may or may not be because of...

My ear aches from time to time with the (suspected) Middle Ear Myoclonus that I have. Sometimes it feels like the ear canal, sometimes it feels like something past the eardrum (Eustachian Tube, Stapedius, etc. I'm not even sure). Is there anything that this could point to?

It's been about a month and a half since I started having Middle Ear Myoclonus (MEM). Not confirmed by doctor, but signs seem to point to it. I'm having what seems to be Dysacusis because of it. Supposedly have conductive hearing loss, but I guess my MEM could be the cause. If you have or had...

Hello, I notice that sometimes, when I yawn, I am able to make my affected ear hear some ringing. This seems to be especially true if I really yawn as if I'm sooo sleepy. But when I try to simulate a yawn by opening my mouth and breathing through it, I can't seem to get the same ringing to...

Hello, I have what seems to be Stapedial Myoclonus (not confirmed, but signs seem to point to it), which leads to Dysacusis, and I have had ETD for years now. I don't know if it's still ETD or PET I'm having now though. All of this, is on my right side. Sometimes, when I breathe in through my...

Is dysacusis just hearing distortion, or is it also known to be another form of tinnitus? What I'm going through is essentially dysacusis, although Stapedial Myoclonus seems to be the reason why I have it. With that said, Can a sore/irritated/possibly injured neck/jaw cause Stapedial...

The bone behind my ear on my right side, which is the side experiencing ringing, is protruding. I read online that it could be caused by a middle ear infection. I am suspected to have Stapedial Myoclonus, though I don't know if that is a middle ear infection. At this point, I don't even know if...

I have some questions as someone who seems to be having it for the past month. Mine seems to have started quite randomly, although I may have experienced certain events that led to this happening. How did it happen to you? How long has it been? Has it gotten better? What steps do you take to...

Hello @Bill Bauer @Greg Sacramento @Michael Leigh @Contrast @Lane @Deamon22 @JohnAdams and my fellow forum members I had my ENT appointment yesterday, 27th Dec, for my current situation with my hearing. Links will be at the bottom for new readers or if any of the tagged users forgot the...

My company just had a fire drill. The fire alarm in the office wasn't bad. On the way down, they were definitely louder, but I kinda out my hand over my ear, so it wasn't that bad I guess. Then came an alarm through a corridor. Oh man, the closer I got, the more I could feel it. You know, that...

So I'm going through what is possibly reactive tinnitus/dysacusis. I visited the doctor last Friday, and the simple tests she did seem to show that I may have conductive hearing loss. My Eustachian Tube Dysfunction could be the cause or a contributing factor to this. I just bought a nasal spray...

This is a little lengthy, but I guess it's better to be more detailed for anyone who might be able to point out where my issues came from. I'm currently having a bit of an episode with my right ear right now. The ringing isn't always there, but it is there. The times I am most likely to hear it...

The below is the description of my current situation. Please give it a read. One guy said that I am on the verge of reliving the nightmare that is tinnitus. I really, really, really do not want to believe it. Someone please tell me that I am going to be fine. Please. This is quite lengthy, but...

Hello fellow Tinnitus Talk users. It's been a while since I visited this site. Hopefully all of you are doing well. My tinnitus has, for the most part, gone away for the past ~18 months. I still get fleeting rings from time to time, but I realise it's mostly due to my shoulder and neck that...

I am going through a blocked right ear right now. Now thanks to earwax, it is so bad that I can almost hear nothing at times. I took a picture, and saw that the wax is literally filling up my ear canal. I used olive oil on Saturday night, which actually might have made it worse and become the...

For months now, my right ear has been the one affected by T. Nowadays it's fairly silent, especially after I had ear syringing done. Now however, my left ear, which has been doing really well so far, started having similar sounds to T. I say that because I don't believe it's like my right ear...

Woke up in the wee hours of Thursday morning due to my right ear feeling blocked. It just got suddenly blocked, like there wasn't much sounds I could hear clearly. The only thing I could think of was ear wax. When I asked my brother to check my ear out, he said it was filled with wax. Ever since...

I'm currently waiting for my turn to see the doctor for earwax removal. Most likely, I will have to make an appointment for the actual procedure, and for the time being I'll be given an ear drop to soften the wax or somethibg like that. Will there be any side effects? My tinnitus already feels...

My right ear is feeling so blocked right now. It really feels so filled up. My ear wax has built up to that point. Obviously I can't use a cotton bud, because that would just push in the wax back deeper into my ear. Can someone please tell me if using an ear curette is safer? My brother has one...

Woke up in the middle of the night, because my left ear suddenly felt so clogged up. It's literally feeling like it suddenly got filled with something. I don't know if it's my ear canal or Eustachian Tube. I can't seem to open it up using the Valsalva, yet when I move my ear lobe around, it...

Went to a cinema last night for the first time ever since T happened to me. It was really loud, idk when was the last time I exposed myself to anything that loud. Didn't help that it was a horror movie. So far so good though, but I have had fleeting T occur over the past few hours. Really hope...

So I just recovered from a cold and a sore throat that went on for a week. My throat, which the left side was affected, still hasn't fully recovered. Sometimes my left ear feels blocked. Even when I pop my ears, my left ear will get blocked once again when I swallow my saliva for example. I...

Does it? I rarely experience it, but when it happens, my heart beats quite fast and I start to feel uncomfortable. Guess I'm just looking for people who feel the same way.

Maybe it's just me, since my T is related to Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, but my family is going to a water park and being I have to follow them, maybe even swim as well. Does it affect T badly? Anyone with experience?

As the title implies, can a slap cause any form of damage to our ears?

I just ate instant noodles as there was no food at home an it's almost midnight where I'm at. Instant noodles contain quite an amount of salt and msg, and I feel like it might make my T flare up for a while. I've never experienced a spike before. How long can a spike last? Anyone knows what...

Those with ETD, have you ever taken a flight when your Eustachian Tube is giving you trouble? The ENT I met yesterday told me that if I can't blow my nose to expand the Eustachian Tube, my eardrum might get ruptured? I'm going overseas for holiday during the Christmas period and I'm afraid. Any...

I've been reading quite a number of posts from other people on this forum. One thing I notice is that people who have T on one side, myself included, have it in the right ear. For me myself, before T started, I've always talked on the phone using my right ear. I've read up somewhere that our...

So my affected ear is my right ear, and it seems to be getting better so far. However, I am hearing some high pitched sound in my other ear. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it's happened a few times within the last couple of hours. Hopefully it's only fleeting and nothing more. However, is...

I have been wondering, but never found an answer for this. Can a movie cause Tinnitus? For those of you who have watched The Scorch Trials, you remember there was a scene where they were almost struck by lightning, and there was this high pitched noise that lasted for seconds. I watched the...

I woke up to this really, really high pitched sound in my ear. I've never had it at this high a pitch. I seriously don't know what to do. Can anyone help me?

I wanted to ask something to the guys here. I'm 18 and I'm relatively new to everything about T, so I would like to ask. Does 'wanking'/'fapping' or simply put, masturbating, affect T? I had 'wet dreams' a few nights ago in the middle of the night, and I woke up immediately after. When I...

I woke up to this low pitched, bassy sound in my left ear. Thing is, my affected ear is the right, and my left has been OK all this time. Can someone tell me what I just went through?

I have not dug my ears for some time. I'm going to use cotton buds to remove the earwax. Will it make the T worse? I'm not going to dig deeply, but idk if that might do something about my T.

I've been using a nasal spray for about three weeks after my visit to the ENT. It contains fluticasone furoate. Does anyone know if that helps with T? Or does it make it worse? I feel neutral using it. It doesn't seem to make a difference.

I've been hearing (not so) loud ringing noises in my right ear for nearly a week now. ENT doctor says it's not confirmed to be 'T' yet. So I'm an 18 y/o student, and one night this 'sound of life' decided to be a part of me. I'm new to all this, so I would like to ask questions. My first would...