Hi all, I've experienced ringing in my ears for as long as I can remember, I think I was about 3 when I first noticed it. I used to call it "the sound of silence" because I thought it was normal. It doesn't bother me, it's just the norm now. I'm not sure what caused it but I've had it nearly all of my life. Honestly I wish I could hear that ringing now.
Recently, I caught a particularly nasty strain of flu which started off with fever, blocked nose, sore throat etc, but then quickly I developed a whooshing/hissing noise in my right ear which hasn't gone away since. The next day I got a very sharp severe pain in my left ear, which was followed by a kind of crackling noise and then the pain went away and hasn't come back.
Last night, my hearing became very noticeably worse. My environment sounds much quieter, I have to make more of an effort to listen to people and even when my devices are on full volume, I'm still struggling to hear. After this, I started having a whooshing noise in my left ear, too. So now I'm left with a loud whooshing sound in both ears, almost like a strong wind/hairdryer blowing into them, and muffled hearing, which makes my own voice sound particularly strange.
I went to the GP and he said my ears were red and inflamed (Ear infection) and prescribed me antibiotics, without asking me any questions or considering the noise/hearing loss. I'm not convinced that they will help as I'm 100% sure it's a viral ear infection, as most are.
I'm still ill so I'm going to try and get better and hope for this best, but this really is causing me a lot of emotional distress, will this noise ever go away?
Recently, I caught a particularly nasty strain of flu which started off with fever, blocked nose, sore throat etc, but then quickly I developed a whooshing/hissing noise in my right ear which hasn't gone away since. The next day I got a very sharp severe pain in my left ear, which was followed by a kind of crackling noise and then the pain went away and hasn't come back.
Last night, my hearing became very noticeably worse. My environment sounds much quieter, I have to make more of an effort to listen to people and even when my devices are on full volume, I'm still struggling to hear. After this, I started having a whooshing noise in my left ear, too. So now I'm left with a loud whooshing sound in both ears, almost like a strong wind/hairdryer blowing into them, and muffled hearing, which makes my own voice sound particularly strange.
I went to the GP and he said my ears were red and inflamed (Ear infection) and prescribed me antibiotics, without asking me any questions or considering the noise/hearing loss. I'm not convinced that they will help as I'm 100% sure it's a viral ear infection, as most are.
I'm still ill so I'm going to try and get better and hope for this best, but this really is causing me a lot of emotional distress, will this noise ever go away?
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