Unilateral Tinnitus, Severe Hearing Loss — Could Dental Filling Have Caused This?

[upsy]

Hi everyone.

A bit of back story, any help or advice would be welcome.

I'm 37 and healthy, no meds or health problems, no loud concerts or work places.

I woke up one morning in September with a ringing in my right ear, didn't think much about it, fast forward a few days and I realise that my hearing in the same ear is a bit off. I can only describe the sound like having a conversation with someone on a bad phone line.

I went to the doctors a few times who said they can't see anything so likely I have fluid behind my eardrum and sent me away with nasal spray, saying I need to give it time to work.

I finally got fed up and went to the audiologists to get my hearing checked. I was told I have severe hearing loss in my right ear and will likely need a hearing aid but I need to go back to the doctor to find out what caused it.

Returned to my doctor who viewed the test results and told me to go to A+E , I went and was told that I will get an urgent referral to ENT as too much time has passed for it to be treated as an emergency (it was 5.30pm on a Friday).

Anyway I'm trying to think of what could have caused it. I had a filling on my right side top tooth at the end of August, no issues during the dental appointment or afterwards but it's the only connection I can think of.

I googled it but can't really find a clear link between tinnitus and dental fillings, I wonder if anyone's tinnitus was caused by dental procedures?

 

[Candy]

I know my mum's neighbour's tinnitus was caused by a dental procedure, they seem to think it was the anaesthetic... not sure about hearing loss though.

It's not uncommon to have sudden hearing loss, the tinnitus can result from that... hope things improve. The fact that there is a long time lag between makes it seem unlikely.