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Hollow echo distortion in ear? Scared

Posted by lissas @lissas, Mar 17, 2021

What is this metallic echo.. hollow in my head?
My ear sounds like there's a actual hollow in my head. Like it's a metal bucket. There's a metallic echo to my own footsteps, tapping teeth, tapping head, male voices, bass sounds.
Anyone else heard of this? It's really frightening to have this develop after a noise damage. ENT has no clue. Please tell me others experience this or know what it is? Thanks!

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jbross7007 | @jbross7007 | 4 days ago
In reply to @willows "If I touch the left side of my head I get a sudden increase in my..." + (show)
@willows

If I touch the left side of my head I get a sudden increase in my tinnitus in the left ear. Have no idea why that is the case because I can touch the right side of my head and the tinnitus in that ear does not react at all. Anyway it makes styling my hair on the left side a pain in the —-.

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HI
I was told by my ENT that, it is my ear trying to overcorrect the loss of hearing. It's way of try to compensate the damage.

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jbross7007 | @jbross7007 | 4 days ago
In reply to @jbross7007 "HI I was told by my ENT that, it is my ear trying to overcorrect the..." + (show)
@jbross7007

HI
I was told by my ENT that, it is my ear trying to overcorrect the loss of hearing. It's way of try to compensate the damage.

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The Tinitus I mean.
I got a severe ear infection in both ears in January. After the antibiotic were done, I had loss My hearing I My left ear and the tinitus kicked in. My new doctor, Dr, Kittaca, didn't take it seriously, I had to wait to see the ENT for over two months. The ENT said this should have been addressed right away.
Because so much time has passed, it is probably too late to save my hearing.
I tried early on to get Dr. Kittaca to get me in sooner. He ignored me.
I have a new family doctor.

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