Due to a concussion on the right side of my head, my left ear has had tinnitus at 14khz, 7khz other times, and hearing loss from 7khz on up. I am not deaf at these frequencies, but there is a significant difference between my ears.
About 5 weeks ago, I did a 6 day course of prednisone of 20mg/day. The sound between both ears equalized during that time and the tinnitus was brought under control for long periods of the day. But after I stopped, the tinnitus came back and the sensitivity difference between the ears returned.
I just did a sort of home audiology test with a tone generator, and as I said, 7khz and above is pretty bad for my left ear. Where I can hear the sound fine in my right, in my left I hear nothing at the same volume. The threshold difference is easily 10db, probably more.
I want to call the ENT tomorrow and ask if a longer course of prednisone could restore my hearing for good as I think it was not long enough or a high enough dose, but I am afraid it is too late and I am outside the window of possibility to do any good here. I only reported tinnitus to him and not any hearing loss at the time. Again, the damage in my case is my brain, not the ear as far as I know, as the impact was on the opposite side of my head on my auditory cortex/temporal lobe.
Is there a window to try another course of prednisone and would this possibly be effective this late in the game? 20mg/day definitely equalized my ears back in late March. I had started it 5 days after the tinnitus began.
Any advice is very much appreciated. I have an appointment with a neurologist this week, but I doubt he is going to prescribe me any prednisone or be of much use anyway as I've heard they really don't know much about concussions.
About 5 weeks ago, I did a 6 day course of prednisone of 20mg/day. The sound between both ears equalized during that time and the tinnitus was brought under control for long periods of the day. But after I stopped, the tinnitus came back and the sensitivity difference between the ears returned.
I just did a sort of home audiology test with a tone generator, and as I said, 7khz and above is pretty bad for my left ear. Where I can hear the sound fine in my right, in my left I hear nothing at the same volume. The threshold difference is easily 10db, probably more.
I want to call the ENT tomorrow and ask if a longer course of prednisone could restore my hearing for good as I think it was not long enough or a high enough dose, but I am afraid it is too late and I am outside the window of possibility to do any good here. I only reported tinnitus to him and not any hearing loss at the time. Again, the damage in my case is my brain, not the ear as far as I know, as the impact was on the opposite side of my head on my auditory cortex/temporal lobe.
Is there a window to try another course of prednisone and would this possibly be effective this late in the game? 20mg/day definitely equalized my ears back in late March. I had started it 5 days after the tinnitus began.
Any advice is very much appreciated. I have an appointment with a neurologist this week, but I doubt he is going to prescribe me any prednisone or be of much use anyway as I've heard they really don't know much about concussions.
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