Can Pain from Hyperacusis Occur AFTER Exposure to Noise?

[RonnieThailand]

A month ago my right ear was exposed to a loud sound in an earbud, which caused aching. Doctor made me do an ear cleaning 4 days later so they could see my eardrum. After the cleaning is when my tinnitus started in both ears.

I've been protecting both ears when going out, but last night I only covered my bad ear (the one still aching a month later) and the good ear was exposed to traffic for about 10 minutes. I just thought I'd see if it helped anything. I woke up this morning and my good ear, the one that was exposed yesterday, is actually hurting for the first time and a lot more than my bad ear.

Is this hyperacusis in my good ear? I had no pain in that ear when walking around or immediately after, only the next day.

 

[Aaron91]

Oh dear, welcome to the club you never asked to join.

Negligent ENTs strike again: dangerously loud microsuctioning used to examine an already damaged ear.

I'm really sorry. The best thing you can do now is to take a complete break from sound and load up on supplementation — particularly liquid magnesium. Calm by Natural Vitality is a good one. Intratympanic steroids could also help but you are really on limited time — ideally need it done within 72 hours of trauma, so not sure how much benefit you'd see from it now.

 

[RonnieThailand]

@Aaron91, I did start oral Prednisone 2 days afterwards for 15 days but it didn't work, even if it reduced the sound while on them.

I should have gone with the injection but being a month into this now, and after oral steroids, it's probably much too late.

I have been taking Magnesium and a whole range of other things (NAC, Nicergoline, Pycnogenol, Nicotinamide Riboside, B vitamins, Ginkgo biloba etc.). I have Vinpocetine but have been hesitant to take it since I have read some negative reports, and probably well outside the window for that now too.

I will look for the liquid Magnesium. Thanks. Sorry you have to deal with this as well.

 

[Juan]

I only covered my bad ear (the one still aching a month later) and the good ear was exposed to traffic for about 10 minutes.

Use hearing protection in both ears (earplugs or earmuffs).

 

[RonnieThailand]

Use hearing protection in both ears (earplugs or earmuffs).

I do now. I've had two major setbacks in one week, and noises outside like construction nearby or even just car doors shutting are really setting me off now. It's like a combination of loudness hyperacusis (startle reflex to everything) and pain hyperacusis. When I made this post, I only had loudness hyperacusis and wasn't this extreme. It turned into on and off again pain hyperacusis in both ears since then.

The aching I had in my ear when this all started wasn't hyperacusis. I now clearly know the difference as I have delayed pain and severe burning now. Looking back on this post a month later, I can see this incident, where I didn't wear the earplug in the non-aching ear, is when my hyperacusis changed from loudness to pain hyperacusis.

 

[Vicki14]

Oh dear, welcome to the club you never asked to join.

Negligent ENTs strike again: dangerously loud microsuctioning used to examine an already damaged ear.

I'm really sorry. The best thing you can do now is to take a complete break from sound and load up on supplementation — particularly liquid magnesium. Calm by Natural Vitality is a good one. Intratympanic steroids could also help but you are really on limited time — ideally need it done within 72 hours of trauma, so not sure how much benefit you'd see from it now.

@RonnieThailand I agree with what @Aaron91 said. My tinnitus went off the scale and I developed hyperacusis as a result after microsuction. Like you, I recently had a noise trauma which has caused ear pain and fullness and new high pitched tones. Happy days eh? X