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Hearing Loss & Valsalva Maneuver: Looking for Information
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Aug 16, 2023 | Replies (53)Comment receiving replies
My otologist told me. Otology is a specialty of ENT. All this Dr. does is ears, using a large microscope (teaching hospital), surgery, etc. He told me the valsalva maneuver is potentially dangerous and can damage the ET. So far, I've been to an audiologist who was truly awful (not at the teaching hospital). I'm going to consult with him this coming week and ask about MRI with contrast dye to attempt to visualize the tubes and any potential damage but I know it's there because the popping occurs at time even if I yawn and the other symptoms of ETD are there (sudden diminished hearing accompanied by tinnitus).
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Please, if at all possible, keep us posted on your treatments and findings. I know some drs can actually place a scope into your nose right the the eustachian tube to view it. But if you go the MRI route, I'd love to know more about that. I'm seeing an otologist at MUSC (specialist) myself coming up who thinks a ballon dilation might be helpful for eustachian tube dysfunction, but no one has ever definitively diagnosed it, or actually looked AT my eustachian tubes. I have the fullness though, the pressure, and a layer of high end hearing comes back when I do Toynbee manoever (I stopped doing valasalva a few months ago). I actually try to do toynbee as few times as possible, but the pressure/fullness feeling is maddening. I really want to compare notes if we can - so again, please keep us posted and good luck with all of this!!!