Seeking an ENT Doctor in Maryland

Seeking a good ENT that understands Tinnitus who is located in Maryland but near DC. The previous ENT doctors just told to stay away from noise.

 

Hi @reggie green

If your tinnitus was caused by "loud noise" exposure and you have already had tests at ENT, then you should be seeing a Hearing Therapist or Audilogist that specialises in the treatment and managment of tinnitus & Hyperacusis. ENT doctors usually treat tinnitus when there is an underlying medical problem causing it.

When you have the time, go to my "started threads" and read my article: Tinnitus, A Personal View, as I believe you'll find it helpful.
All the best
Michael

 

@reggie green - If you can make it into DC proper, I recommend Dr. Briggs at Medstar Health over by Howard Uni. Here's here info: https://www.medstarhealth.org/doctor/dr-selena-e-briggs-md/

Good luck.

 

ok. someone recommend a Audilogist in the Washington DC

 

I have to agree on this one. I have had more help from my audiologist/hearing doctor, than an actual ENT. ENTs are great...when you have an ear infection.

 

@reggie green - I can provide my audiologist (who's also in DC) but I wouldn't recommend them, personally. The audiologist basically told me to live with it, and gave me a brochure for hearing aids. Even though my hearing test after tinnitus was better than a test over 2 years ago and my hearing loss is minimal for my age.

University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) in Baltimore has a tinnitus and hyperacusis treatment program if you want to research that further: https://www.umms.org/ummc/health-services/hearing-balance/services/tinnitus/tinnitus-treatment

If you find a good audiologist or any other useful info related to tinnitus, please update this thread. There's quite a few people in the DMV area on this website and we could all benefit from sharing info.

 

For anyone who wishes to pursue the TRT method, Pawel Jastreboff runs a hearing clinic in Columbia, Maryland called the Jastreboff Hearing Disorders Foundation (JHDF). If you go there, you will get the classic, full TRT method from Dr. Jastreboff, who created TRT and trains all the audiologists that offer TRT.

JHDF Clinic
5570 Sterrett Place, Suite 209
Columbia, MD 21044

443-218-4004
JHDFclinic@gmail.com

Full disclosure: TRT is a very controversial approach to treating tinnitus. There are several threads on Tinnitus Talk discussing the efficacy of TRT. Personally, I tried it and it did not help.

 

@reggie green

Another thought - the next meeting of the combined Washington, D.C. and Maryland ATA (American Tinnitus Association) support group is on April 26, 2018 at 7:00 pm. You could attend and get recommesdions on ENTs and audiologists from people there. Exchanging recommendations for ENTs and audiologists among group members is very common. There will be snacks served too!

The location of the support group meeting is:

Potomac Audiology
11300 Rockville Pike, Suite 105
Rockville, MD 20852

To join the email distribution list announcing future meetings:

https://dcareatinnitus.blogspot.com/

 

Thanks everyone, I have had my T for 20 years, it got bad lately when I turned my music up while in the car. I'm hoping it's just spike the last spike last for a 2 weeks. I'm praying it's not permanent.

 

I have had tinnitus for 22 years so you are a veteran to this condition as I am . I'm surprised that you have been affected in this way someone with your experience but it can happen. It happened to me back in 2008, when listening to my HI-FI and turned up the volume. The next day my tinnitus spiked and got louder over the following days.

Loud sound and tinnitus do not go well together so please be careful. I advise that you do not listen to music through headphones even at low volume.

Below are links to posts that I've written about tinnitus that you might find helpful.

All the best
Michael

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-a-personal-view.18668/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/hyperacusis-as-i-see-it.19174/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/is-positivity-important.23150/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-and-the-negative-mindset.23705/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/acquiring-a-positive-mindset.23969/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/the-ent-doctor-and-hearing-therapist.24047/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/inspiration.22894/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/can-tinnitus-counselling-help.22366/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/the-habituation-process.20767/

https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/a-change-of-lifestyle.20643/