r/hearing

May 11th: I came down with a common cold
May 14th: Sharp ear pain began at night
May 15th: Ear pain became unbearable. Did not sleep more than 1 hour.
May 16th: Went to urgent care and got amoxicillin.
May 17th: Pain subsided

Today is my last day on amoxicillin and my ear still feels so clogged but the sharp pain is gone.

I can’t stand the clogged feeling anymore. Any suggestions?

My grandmother (94), Can’t hear much. She has progressively lost her hearing a since her 50’s. She has (supposed) some of the best hearing aids from Costco but they don’t help. I’ve taken her to multiple hearing appointments and the audiologist and doctors just keep saying this is the best hearing aids for her, but she’s so old has slight dementia and can’t hear and communicating with her becomes a very difficult so I’m reaching out to see if anybody has any sort of ideas on options to communicate with her either different hearing aids or assisted device where she can read when I’m speaking. It is also gonna be frustrating in conversations to be kept up being let out.

I have been sick for the last week or so and have been extremely congested. Yesterday, I was on the couch and yawned. When the yawn was over, my left ear was muffled, kind of similar to the feeling after my ear pops when I'm on a plane. I tried not to panic and wen to bed that night. This morning, I woke up and noticed it slightly improved but it still felt "blocked." I went to work and about an hour in, I yawned AGAIN and my ear reset back to that congested blocked feeling. Now, I'm freaking out especially after reading about eustachian tube dysfunction. I am a musician and cannot stand the idea of losing hearing, even partially. I'm going to try to make an ENT appointment but what can I do in the meantime?

I have about 20 days until I can see a specialist for my outer ear infection, which I've been dealing with for about a month and a half now. I've already visited a clinic, and urgent care, both have prescribed me anti biotics which have worked, but neither prescription finished off my infection.

In these 20 days, what am I to do? I can see and feel it getting worse, and I'd rather it not get to the point where I'm in unbearable pain again.

Hi guys I've had ETD since I was 19 I'm now 23 and the daily fullness / clicking / popping / thumping is starting to get to me, I thought I could just adjust but no luck.

I randomly woke up one day and my shoulder was in so much pain I couldn't move it, it ached bad then I got this horrible electric shock to my ear and then it was blocked no infection I was ill at the time though. I had no fluid and still don't. I don't know what to do to make this any better, ENTS have been useless, I've also got TTTS after a panic attack :/

I've tried nasal sprays, steam. Everytime I swallow my ears crackle and I have tinnitus too

Any advice please. I'm at a loss

I used one of those earwax removal scopes, long story short, I ruptured my own ear drum, lots of blood and pain!

I came here looking if this has happened to anyone else?!

hello everyone i’m genuinely terrified rn😭😭 so my left ear has been muffled for the past month this is not unusual to me this has happened frequently and it’ll usually pop but it’s been a while and it hasn’t popped. today i woke up and now my right ear is muffled. i’ve cleaned my ears out with hydrogen peroxide and nothing I couldn’t go to urgent care today but im definitely gonna go in the morning but can you guys tell me what hearing loss feels/sounds like thank you.

She says she has perfect hearing. But she doesn’t! Eg It forever leads to arguments as she blames others for not speaking clearly or having a strong accent. She doesn’t hear stove timers or her phone pinging unless she’s standing right besides them. She says of course she doesn’t hear them when she’s a room away (never mind my dad or I have to tell her they’re pinging when we’re three rooms away.

Do we have to live with constant arguments (she’s insistent it’s never “her fault” she didn’t hear something) or is there a way to persuade her to get her hearing tested, and the further step of her actually wearing hearing aids?

One thing that’s holding me back is I’m worried everything will sound weird or robotic with lower-cost hearing aids. Is that actually true or are newer budget/OTC ones decent enough for normal conversations?