my hearing test came back normal however i’m having issues with my left ear where i can’t differentiate speech from background noise and everything sounds a bit lower but because my hearing is normal it keeps getting shrugged off. how do i cope and live with this? i’m constantly on reddit looking for comfort but it doesn’t help knowing that im basically hearing impaired but i dont “qualify” for it
my audiograms come back normal yet in my bad tinnitus ear the quality is a bit different which is annoying. if i cover my good ear people sound like they’re mumbling in my bad ear. i think it’s insane how im only 20 and a few concerts can do this as it takes others years to develop even slight hearing loss. i keep trying to convince myself that it is what it is and part of me thinks its etd bc the doctor found mucus on my eustchian tube in my bad ear but i highly doubt it.
i even tried the weber test and i failed it so yeah :P
if your tinnitus was due to an ear infection then this might be the solution to reducing the volume:
So i noticed when i pulled at my earlobe my ear would crackle, and it was always on the side where my tinnitus was bad. Well today i pulled on it not necessarily hard but enough to where i heard a loud crackle in my ear and all of a sudden my ear fullness reduced tremendously and my tinnitus went from a ringing to a hiss and i can barely hear it in a quiet room. I’m supposed to go to the ent again because i keep getting frequent ear infections so im thinking about getting tubes but after this happened to me i got so much relief instantly. ive tried researching but only seen a few cases where other people have done the same.
i can say im definitely satisfied now because for 9 months straight i was dealing with a loud sound in my ear. from now on i will protect what i have because im grateful it reduced this much honestly
20F
idk what it is but recently i got diagnosed with acute otitis media again, i also work for amazon delivery , and i just drank caffeine so my tinnitus is going off like a bell
it’s frustrating and ive been laying in bed all day because of it
i try not to put background music or anything bc i want my ears to rest but being in silence is almost debilitating. i’ve had tinnitus for 8 months now and i habituated like 6 months in but now i feel like it’s gotten worse.
my question is tho.. for a lot of people it takes years of exposure to get to debilitating tinnitus? but i feel like mine has gotten worse within a span of the 8 months ive had it? and i’ve been more careful with exposing myself to loud noises. but now i feel like my ears are so sensitive to anything and i don’t have hyperacusis. idk i just want something positive as im only 20 YEARS OLD. i would understand if im elderly with this problem i dont think id complain as bad honestly
3 times this year i was diagnosed with acute otitis media and everytime i go to an ENT they tell me im fine… From this point on im not sure what to do because urgent care always refers me to an ENT but because im younger i feel dismissed for my issues. has anyone else had the same issues? what was the solution?
i’ve worked at kfc as a manager for way less money($16) yet they only took out $60 a check. i’m frustrated because i’m a 20 year old who lives alone and make 18.10 at amazon as a helper. is there any way i can change this
i don’t want to get dismissed because i know how this sub is when it comes to normal audiograms. i genuinely struggle to hear in semi loud environments, and it’s bad to the point where i just zone out or give up into hearing what the person is saying. i keep getting denied for hearing aids because my tests keep coming back normal and i’m so confused because my hearing loss isn’t even mild it’s in normal range yet i know some people who’s hearing is a tad worse than mine but seem to have zero issues. this is all self inflicted because i decided to go on a cruise that had a club and i ended up losing my earplugs on the second day. since then i feel like my ears have been different. and idk why mine are so sensitive to noise???? everyone on that cruise was at the club every night longer than i was yet my ears ended up the ones that had issues. please, someone explain this to me, i plan on going to another audiologist but they’re probably gonna tell me the same thing, im tired of spending money and people telling me “your hearing is normal” when i struggle to keep up in conversations. im only 20F. it’s frustrating.
it’s been 6 months and i’m genuinely grateful for my tinnitus because it has motivated me to pick up hobbies and not dwell in my thoughts. something i hated was having nothing to fill in the gaps of silence and being left to stare at a wall and just let time pass. mine is only mild so i can only speak for myself but it does fluctuate frm time to time.
i think its best to be hopeful because after researching i saw that recently there was a successful treatment for genetic hearing loss, and so with that baseline within the next 5-10 years there will definitely be something to treat tinnitus + hearing loss. i used to dwell in this sub but its so depressing for me personally, i tell myself constantly it could be worse.
i could be blind with tinnitus, or i could be paralyzed from the waist down with no ability to talk; i could have chronic pain etc
idk i just wanted to provide hope for those that also have mild cases or are new to this condition. it’s genuinely not that bad IF you have a mild case