Ear Pain from Inserting Foam Earplug? Custom Musician Earplug No Longer Seem to Fit?

KDMG

Member
Author
Jan 28, 2022
54
Tinnitus Since
03/2021
Cause of Tinnitus
Music
Hi everyone,

Some of you may have seen my previous posts, but I have pain hyperacusis, loudness hyperacusis, and tinnitus.

When it comes to foam earplugs, I can put one in all the way into my left ear, but experience pain if I push a foam earplug all the way into my right ear.

A stranger occurrence is the fact that my custom-molded musician earplug no longer fits my right ear properly. It's like it's not going in all the way as I am experiencing emulsion in the right ear but no issues with the left ear.

Also, if I move my jaw in a certain way it's like something is catching in my right ear. It's like a rubbing sensation and it does not happen with my left ear. I tend to experience pain hyperacusis in my right ear most of the time.

Any ideas about what is going on here? Why I cannot insert a foam earplug all the way into my right ear? Why my musician earplug doesn't seem to quite fit? And what is caught from jaw movement?

I have had several doctors look into my ear using an otoscope but they do not see anything unusual.
 

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