Ok i am making this a separate thread because it will get all the info and accounts i have observed since suffering with this strange and in my case seemingly specialist-baffling-condition.
I started to play the game GTA5 and in doing so got a bluetooth in ear headset (just goes over one ear/in one ear) it was in my left ear to begin with. It was super, super quiet this thing even with the volume turned to max, however when it was on max you could hear the sort of 'white noise' hiss that some technology makes when on max volume, though this hiss was not loud in any way.
After playing for a few hours and removing the device the hiss sort of 'stuck' in my ear, but not bad. I repeated this over a week or so and the hiss would get slightly louder, but it was more what its like when you have been on the phone for a few hours to someone, not painful or even noticeable really in most cases.
I then switched the ear i used it on because i was concerned of damage. So i switched to my right ear but only for a few days and then stopped playing altogether. I also went on a training course with work which involved being on a moor which was seriously cold, my ears were painfully cold (as was my nose!) but nothing bad happened,or so it would seem.
Since that time the sound gradually got louder over a period of 4 days or so (after i had stopped playing), mainly in my left ear until it got to a point where it was scary in its volume, a high pitched screeching (reminds me of the bits in saving private ryan or the bit on copland when he gets deafened)
I went to my GP who said it was a huge amount of wax, and not to worry at all. I was booked in for syrnging however not for almost another month! so i couldn't bare it after 10 days (in that time i used olive oil as a treatment) it was very bad in my left ear and less severe in my right so both needed doing.
Went to a specialist who used a suction, went very well and cleared 100% of wax out of my ears, told me my ears are healthy and free of wax. The sound went by 70-80%. Until i got home some 2hrs later, when it returned full blast.
However now my ears would get hot, especially the right one, really hot! So i then went to another doc whom said my left ear had a perforated ear drum that had healed however it was a very old injury! (i had previously had that ear syrnged some 3 years ago but with no problems) and my right ear had redness and swelling! In the day its fine, i can cope, in the evening the sound is unbearable. My ear gets hot and then the sound comes. What is also strange is the ringing has shifted from my left ear to my right, same intensity just a different ear, has been this way for 3 days straight now. My left ear feels free of sound, though when i use my headphones to go to sleep with rain sounds etc i can still hear it ringing, just less noticeable than the right one.
As a point of note, stress/anxiety does not seem to effect it, the sound will vary in intensity as does the heat in my right ear (no longer my left) and does not seem to be effected by either hot or cold temperatures.
My fiancé is certain that this is a result of an impacted wisdom tooth (i did have some pain in my mouth in october this year and swelling/sort of infection in my gum from a wisdom tooth coming through on my right hand side of my mouth) but i don't want to cling to hope that may not be there. I also find myself grinding my teeth in my sleep a lot. For this to be the case would be a coincidence that the ringing started when i used the headset then i suddenly get wax AND wisdom tooth pain? lots of coincidence!
Every doc has said something different to me, the word 'rare' has been used lots as well as puzzlement and confusion and its getting me very angry and confused. I don't read any stories on the net or of patients having gone through what i am in terms of the cause, these things seem unique and strange to the docs I've spoken to about this issue:
- no trauma
- no loud noises
- no illness
- a gradual build up in noise (not seen anyone else say this!)
- hot ear
- ringing switching sides
Seing my 6 th doc tomorrow and going to the dentist to request a mouth guard and X-ray. Beyond that i am lost. Can anyone relate to this story, or have anything they can understand about it? As i type this, just so you know, the sound is almost gone, its very very quiet! the quietest its ever been...
I started to play the game GTA5 and in doing so got a bluetooth in ear headset (just goes over one ear/in one ear) it was in my left ear to begin with. It was super, super quiet this thing even with the volume turned to max, however when it was on max you could hear the sort of 'white noise' hiss that some technology makes when on max volume, though this hiss was not loud in any way.
After playing for a few hours and removing the device the hiss sort of 'stuck' in my ear, but not bad. I repeated this over a week or so and the hiss would get slightly louder, but it was more what its like when you have been on the phone for a few hours to someone, not painful or even noticeable really in most cases.
I then switched the ear i used it on because i was concerned of damage. So i switched to my right ear but only for a few days and then stopped playing altogether. I also went on a training course with work which involved being on a moor which was seriously cold, my ears were painfully cold (as was my nose!) but nothing bad happened,or so it would seem.
Since that time the sound gradually got louder over a period of 4 days or so (after i had stopped playing), mainly in my left ear until it got to a point where it was scary in its volume, a high pitched screeching (reminds me of the bits in saving private ryan or the bit on copland when he gets deafened)
I went to my GP who said it was a huge amount of wax, and not to worry at all. I was booked in for syrnging however not for almost another month! so i couldn't bare it after 10 days (in that time i used olive oil as a treatment) it was very bad in my left ear and less severe in my right so both needed doing.
Went to a specialist who used a suction, went very well and cleared 100% of wax out of my ears, told me my ears are healthy and free of wax. The sound went by 70-80%. Until i got home some 2hrs later, when it returned full blast.
However now my ears would get hot, especially the right one, really hot! So i then went to another doc whom said my left ear had a perforated ear drum that had healed however it was a very old injury! (i had previously had that ear syrnged some 3 years ago but with no problems) and my right ear had redness and swelling! In the day its fine, i can cope, in the evening the sound is unbearable. My ear gets hot and then the sound comes. What is also strange is the ringing has shifted from my left ear to my right, same intensity just a different ear, has been this way for 3 days straight now. My left ear feels free of sound, though when i use my headphones to go to sleep with rain sounds etc i can still hear it ringing, just less noticeable than the right one.
As a point of note, stress/anxiety does not seem to effect it, the sound will vary in intensity as does the heat in my right ear (no longer my left) and does not seem to be effected by either hot or cold temperatures.
My fiancé is certain that this is a result of an impacted wisdom tooth (i did have some pain in my mouth in october this year and swelling/sort of infection in my gum from a wisdom tooth coming through on my right hand side of my mouth) but i don't want to cling to hope that may not be there. I also find myself grinding my teeth in my sleep a lot. For this to be the case would be a coincidence that the ringing started when i used the headset then i suddenly get wax AND wisdom tooth pain? lots of coincidence!
Every doc has said something different to me, the word 'rare' has been used lots as well as puzzlement and confusion and its getting me very angry and confused. I don't read any stories on the net or of patients having gone through what i am in terms of the cause, these things seem unique and strange to the docs I've spoken to about this issue:
- no trauma
- no loud noises
- no illness
- a gradual build up in noise (not seen anyone else say this!)
- hot ear
- ringing switching sides
Seing my 6 th doc tomorrow and going to the dentist to request a mouth guard and X-ray. Beyond that i am lost. Can anyone relate to this story, or have anything they can understand about it? As i type this, just so you know, the sound is almost gone, its very very quiet! the quietest its ever been...
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