Something in My Ear Moving?

It's not my eustachian tubes. But it's like something hard moved in my ear. I heard it. Like it rubbed up against something. I can't tell what it was. I'm not having pain or hearing loss. I'm just confused on what it could be. Any ideas?

 

I’ve had something similar , it happened a couple nights ago and it scared the crap out of me, I don’t have a clue what it could be /:

 

Could it be some kind of a parasite? (I am a fan of the show "Monsters Inside Me" and your symptoms remind me of that show.) You wrote that your T was caused by years of headphone use. Does this mean that there was no one event that set it off, and you just assumed that your T was caused by your headphones?

You live in a warm climate where parasites are more likely compared to colder climate.

Perhaps this is a good news. If the parasite could be removed, maybe your T will end soon thereafter.

You need to see a doctor.

 

I'm getting a warm sensation in.my ear now. Did you feel anything afterwards?

 

Unless something physically got in there, it might be a spasm. If it keeps happening, maybe see a doctor.

 

Lol maybe it's an infection idk.

 

Idk it was weird like imagine a bone brushing against a bone but the vibrations to my cochlea are working perfectly fine since I hear normal. Weird?

 

It could be Tonic tensor tympani syndrome (TTTS). I had that too. I would hear a "whoosh" sound whenever I would finish talking. Did you feel the movement right after you heard some other sound?

 

I heard it it isn't TTTS. I've experienced that. It was like something hard brushing each other like a joint of a bone. I'll just wait and see till the morning.

 

Were you moving your jaw as this was happening?

 

I dont remember honestly. I hope it's my jaw. But I'm feeling warmth in my ear.

 

The warmth could be a bit of inflammation. That will generate heat.

 

Hello Bill,
Finally somebody describes with words what i want to say to my doctor. Unfortunately this "whoosh" sound haven't subsided. It's actually getting worse. Not only after talking, but with almost every sound. Except if i am outside where i cannot "feel" it. Is that TTTS. How the heck is "whoosh" in greek to tell my doc tomorrow? (Just thinking loudly) So much time spending here, i know better the terminology over tinnitus in english rather in greek.

 

How are you feeling today? Keep us updated.

 

I am pretty sure that this is TTTS. We are hearing the sound of that muscle contracting. I am not aware of any treatments for it. When I first got T, my TTTS was very bad. Gradually it got better. I had several months when I think it stopped. Unfortunately it came back recently. But it is not nearly as annoying as the sound of T. At least you can stop hear TTTS when you get to a quiet room.

It bothers me mostly in the mornings when I talk. In the early days I would hear the "whoosh" sound at the end of every phrase spoken by other people too. These days I hear that sound when an external noise is moderately loud, and after I speak (even when I whisper). I got used to it somewhat, so it doesn't bother me Too much.

Sometimes mine sounds like paper being crumpled.

If there wasn't a chance that this is what we might have to hear for the rest of our lives, it would have been funny. For people who are lucky enough not to have TTTS, imagine hearing paper crumpling in your ear at the end of Every Phrase you say! Hilarious, right? );

 

I'm feeling better. My hear is no longer warm. I was worried if my eardrum ruptured. However, considering what happened I thought it was unlikely. But it was still on my mind. I ruptured my eardrum one time a few years ago with a cotton swab (I learned not to do that anymore haha). I didn't have pain or hearing loss but I had blood.

I wonder if it was inflammation. Hmm...

 

I think you'll be ok

 

My T onset was from acoustic trauma. Largely from headphones. That was the only loud thing in my life that could have caused it. Especially since it happened once I removed my headphones.

The symptoms have gone. The movement only happened once, it was short and quick, but it caused warmth after a good 10 minutes. Therefore I was worried. I may have a little warmth left. But its barely noticeable. I just would love the reassurance that it isn't dangerous haha. That nothing in my ear has been hurt by this.

Thank you for being so well detailed and thank you for your help.

 

There are some threads on it around somewhere. It gets covered more in the Hyperacusis forum I think (including known treatments). For some its a bigger issue than tinnitus itself.

 

Thank you for clarifying Acoustic Trauma.

What happened though, it happened twice. I took out my headphones (this happened twice and I didn't listen the first time) and my hearing decreased enormously. My hearing never fully recovered back to what it was. After the 2nd time, tinnitus set in about half a week later. Then another week Hyperacusis set in.

 

Yes I did a hearing test to 8k and I had no loss. But my perception isn't the same. I can't seem to put those two together since I had no loss, but I notice a difference in my hearing.

For years I used earbuds. The ones that you insert into your ear canal. I had them on max volume, always. One day I remove them from my ears and everything is muffled. This muffled hearing happened not once, but twice (over the span of two weeks) before I began listening to my body. Over the 24 hrs after I acquired the muffled hearing much of my hearing seemed to have recovered, but not quite. When my audiogram shows no loss but my perception isn't the same. My perception believes me to think otherwise.

 

Actually, I'm doing quite well. It always does feel like there's a wall in front of my ears but I can function properly and that's all I want. I'm doing quite well in the Tinnitus and Hyperacusis regard too.

I sometimes experience dizziness or when I lay down I get a false sense of motion. It varies how long, sometimes it lasts 2 minutes, sometimes it lasts 3 hours, and the longest 3 days. I hope you can bring some light to what and why I'm experiencing the dizziness sometimes, it would be extremely helpful. One time, I had balance problems for a short time, a week ago. I was swaying everywhere, nearly falling over. As of right now I'm not experiencing any of the dizziness or balance problems.

Most of this stuff doesn't bother me anymore, at the least. But of course I get my highs and lows. When my T was louder than everything around me for about a week, that did bother me. Same goes for my Hyperacusis when the brush of the wind against the trees felt like knives. Fortunately, the past few months these symptoms have been quite mild. I am quite thankful.

Haha, National Hockey League.

 

@Samir I did forget to mention that my audiologist said there was no damage to the hairs in my cochlea. Also in noisy rooms people need to speak at a particular volume or everything they say just sounds like, as I call it "word vomit". I can't make out what they are saying.

 

The underlined text seems to imply that Had been some damage to some of those hairs...

 

The audiologist said I had none.

 

The audiologist was using the results of your hearing test to make this conclusion. It is not like the audiologist was able to count all of the individual hairs inside of your inner ear. You performed a test of your own (listening to people talking in a loud environment before and after your problems had began). Your test revealed that your hearing is not as acute as it used to be. This means hairs had been damaged... Audiologists' tests are imperfect.