Hello all,
Have recently been more aware of a high pitched tone what felt like in the middle of my head.
I've always been aware there has been hissing and occasionally whining but I've always managed to ignore it and sleep.
Not long before Christmas, it ramped up seemingly out of nowhere. From the beginning of this week it's been like a dentist drill sitting in my head at all times. My GP checked for wax and could see a build up on one side. Gave me a referral to ENT but could be several months.
I made an appointment with a private hearing clinic to have a look. That morning I did in fact have a very good sleep with the help of an antihistamine, a fan blowing and white noise in the background. I fell asleep on my back and woke up on my back.
At the clinic, they removed wax from both ears (left some present, right was completely clogged) and did a hearing test. The technician mentioned my hearing was fine. I left and noticed there was a remarkable difference throughout the day, the tone had gone from 7/10 to 0.5/10. Ignoreable and felt great.
This morning, I woke up after 4 hours, it has now flared up again, possibly slightly louder than before. This time however it feels more notably on my left side, and I'm feeling like my hearing soundscape has been affected.
The tone is back, sitting more 70/30 on my left side, and feels like my audible 'radar' is affected, so to speak. Hearing from my left ear feels somewhat dulled apart from the high pitched whine, even though I can still hold a conversation over the phone.
The day after, I fell asleep unassisted and after 4 hours, I woke up on my right side where the tone had noticeably returned.
I'm somewhat convinced that I might have a problem with my neck/spine and my posture, even though I haven't jarred it recently. I had a few problems with posture several years ago, and my sleep patterns are a bit erratic recently, what with a young son who doesn't sleep well himself.
But the whole high pitched ringing is very much a new ordeal for me, and so prevalent its hard to ignore.
Have recently been more aware of a high pitched tone what felt like in the middle of my head.
I've always been aware there has been hissing and occasionally whining but I've always managed to ignore it and sleep.
Not long before Christmas, it ramped up seemingly out of nowhere. From the beginning of this week it's been like a dentist drill sitting in my head at all times. My GP checked for wax and could see a build up on one side. Gave me a referral to ENT but could be several months.
I made an appointment with a private hearing clinic to have a look. That morning I did in fact have a very good sleep with the help of an antihistamine, a fan blowing and white noise in the background. I fell asleep on my back and woke up on my back.
At the clinic, they removed wax from both ears (left some present, right was completely clogged) and did a hearing test. The technician mentioned my hearing was fine. I left and noticed there was a remarkable difference throughout the day, the tone had gone from 7/10 to 0.5/10. Ignoreable and felt great.
This morning, I woke up after 4 hours, it has now flared up again, possibly slightly louder than before. This time however it feels more notably on my left side, and I'm feeling like my hearing soundscape has been affected.
The tone is back, sitting more 70/30 on my left side, and feels like my audible 'radar' is affected, so to speak. Hearing from my left ear feels somewhat dulled apart from the high pitched whine, even though I can still hold a conversation over the phone.
The day after, I fell asleep unassisted and after 4 hours, I woke up on my right side where the tone had noticeably returned.
I'm somewhat convinced that I might have a problem with my neck/spine and my posture, even though I haven't jarred it recently. I had a few problems with posture several years ago, and my sleep patterns are a bit erratic recently, what with a young son who doesn't sleep well himself.
But the whole high pitched ringing is very much a new ordeal for me, and so prevalent its hard to ignore.
