clogged Eustachian tubes

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[slobake]

For the past 10 years I've been suffering from tinnitus in my right ear. Just under 2 weeks ago I woke up one morning and discovered that I had lost almost all of the hearing in that ear. I freaked out, went to see my GP and he told me the Eustachian tube in that ear was blocked and it would open up by itself in 3-6 weeks. Well not accepting that I went to my ENT doctor that I've been seeing since I developed the tinnitus and he immediately tested my hearing and discovered that I'm deaf in that ear. He's not sure why yet but he's put me on a short prescription of prednisone for 3 weeks to see if it has any effect on reversing the loss.

I'm booked to see him again next Monday and I know he's going to have another hearing test done to see where we're at. If my hearing doesn't come back, I'm going to have to try a hearing aid to see if that will help.

I've pick up my basses a number of times and played them to see what the impact of only being able to hear out of one ear is. I've noticed that it's very difficult to hear and distinguish between flat and sharp notes which concerns me greatly plus everything is distorted. It's like having the right channel of your stereo fail and trying to listen to music through it and it sucks.

Got my fingers crossed that this is only temporary cause I'm to young to give up playing bass.

TD

Wow sorry to read this. I hope and pray your hearing comes back in that ear.

 

[slobake]

As soon as I made an appointment with an E.N.T my ear opened up. Sprayed Flonase into my E tubes as per the link in the OP. I use the technique the link says is difficult. Ten minutes later I hear a quiet pop in that ear. I pinched my nose and blew then heard a loud pop. All of a sudden everything sounded real loud. My hearing is back !

 

[f.c.geil]

As soon as I made an appointment with an E.N.T my ear opened up. Sprayed Flonase into my E tubes as per the link in the OP. I use the technique the link says is difficult. Ten minutes later I hear a quiet pop in that ear. I pinched my nose and blew then heard a loud pop. All of a sudden everything sounded real loud. My hearing is back !

Generally, this (IME) is temporary, as the eustachian tubes will refill. However, if you continue using the Valsalva maneuver frequently, you can prevent a reoccurrence, or at least mitigate the effects.

 

[slobake]

Generally, this (IME) is temporary, as the eustachian tubes will refill. However, if you continue using the Valsalva maneuver frequently, you can prevent a reoccurrence, or at least mitigate the effects.

YIKES! How soon do they fill again? I have never had this problem before. So far my ears are still clear.

 

[f.c.geil]

You're lucky. Mine generally fill again within minutes, and will do so repeatedly for days until I finally get all the fluid cleared.

 

[Haji]

I now have a bionic ear after they took out the two inner ear bones that had fused to my skull and replaced them with a titanium prosthesis. Only drawback so far is I have to carry a card in case I have to have an MRI. Titanium in the ear and an MRI tube could be a very painful mix. My hearing, however, is definitely better in that ear post procedure.

Best ears for metal are best ears of metal.