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What's the Longest After a Sudden Loud Noise It's Taken for Ear Fullness/Muffled Hearing to Resolve?

What's the longest after a sudden loud noise it's taken for ear fullness/muffled hearing to resolve?

  • 1 to 2 days

    Votes: 2 5.9%
  • 3 to 4 days

    Votes: 3 8.8%
  • 5 to 7 days

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • 1-4 weeks

    Votes: 5 14.7%
  • 1-2 months

    Votes: 1 2.9%
  • 2+ months

    Votes: 4 11.8%
  • My ear fullness/muffled hearing has not resolved so far

    Votes: 12 35.3%
  • I've never experienced such ear fullness/muffled hearing

    Votes: 6 17.6%

  • Total voters
    34

Damocles

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May 27, 2021
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Tinnitus Since
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Otitis media
I'm creating this poll for another user.

Would appreciate all of you who have experienced a sudden acoustic trauma (as in: an explosion, crash, gunshot etc.), letting us know how long after it took for the feeling of muffled hearing and/or ear fullness to disappear?

Please only vote if you have experienced the circumstances outlined above ▲

In the member I'm creating this poll for's particular case, it was the slamming of a lid on some machinery he was standing next to, that created the sensation (along with his newly onset tinnitus).

His tinnitus, ear fullness and muffled hearing are ongoing, 5 weeks from the event, so he'd be grateful to know what the longest anyone who's had these symptoms eventually resolve, has suffered them for.

Many thanks.
 
I had an acoustic trauma this summer. My tinnitus significantly worsened in loudness and changed its pitch.

For now my ear fullness has not gone away completely, however it is a much less frequent sensation than it was days after the trauma. I experience it daily for short periods of time. I also experience sudden muffled hearing and fleeting tinnitus.

EDIT: The aoustic trauma was caused by fireworks explosions.
 

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