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Hearing Loss | Last Active: Mar 30 2:26pm | Replies (202)

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@windyshores It truly amazes me that ENTs behave this way. When I had my acoustic trauma and was suffering from a confirmed 5-10 db loss in my right ear with hyperacusis, my ENT said that I had better hearing in my left ear than he did, so I should consider myself lucky given that I was 12 years older than him. He then told me that my hyperacusis was likely a mental health issue, and I should go to therapy. Needless to say, I got a new ENT who, quite frankly, is only a lesser jerk, so I’m still shopping. Luckily, I’ve noticed an improvement in the hyperacusis over the months since, so I haven’t yet tried taurine. I live in NYC, so I wear earplugs or headphones outside and in loud stores, but not in my home, except when doing dishes or vacuuming. I only notice tinnitus in the wee hours when I can’t sleep. Then it’s pretty loud, but not during the day.

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@cudabinacontenda the implication that there is a mental health component stunned me. Is this what docs do when they cannot solve a problem? Like you, I had a major noise trauma just a few weeks before I saw the ENT. Yet they focused on "stress" as a factor, suggested a mouthguard, and that I see a psychiatrist for clonazepam (I brought a study showing clonazepam helped tinnitus). We all feel a little desperate when tinnitus arrives or gets worse. I have never been told by anyone else that I have a stress issue.

Does anyone else have trouble using ear plugs? The change in pressure when I take them out causes pain, dizziness, and may worsen tinnitus. I told ENT that and no response. I do pull on earlobe and put my finger in to slowly break the seal. Suggestions?

I am dizzy again today and they just say it is "vestibular migraine." What about my inner ear?