Hi From The USA

This is my first post, and I got my tinnitus from an ototoxic med (glipizide), which resulted in a bi-lateral inner ear infection.

A few months later, the doctor gave me a prescription for Remeron, for sleep, and just 2 mg of this med resulted in partial deafness in my left ear, and damage in my right ear too.

In January, I had my teeth cleaned at the dentist's office, and their ultrasonic scaler caused acoustic trauma to both ears.

You'd think by now that I would have screaming tinnitus, but thankfully it is not. The acoustic trauma has been the toughest part of it all. High pitched sounds like frying chicken, or listening to a shower head can aggravate my hearing and tinnitus.

 

Hi JM, welcome to the boards. I am sorry to hear about your experience with the ototoxic medications. I have T which is permanent in my right ear but sometimes becomes an all-head thing, if you will. It has been about six weeks so I am still hoping that it will subside with care but am, of course, skeptical about my chances on that front.

I am also thankful that your T isn't screaming. Again, welcome!

Brandon

 

Thanks, Brandon.

I hope the very best for you.

 

Thanks for the warm welcome, Karen.

I am unemployed, and I have no health insurance except for limited free healthcare through the county's health.net network. There is no ENT or audiologist in the network, so I have never been able to get a proper exam in that regard.

I did manage to contact Dr. Neil Bauman online and he talked like my ears may never be fully normal again. Meaning that I would probably have to wear ear protection for things like vacuum cleaners, mowers, etc. Acoustic trauma has been the toughest thing I have ever encountered in the past few months. I think it is worse than tinnitus itself.