Docs/RNs/preferrably ENTs please. I have reached a dead-end. What can I do now?!
Question: Docs/RNs/preferrably ENTs please!. I have reached a dead-end!. What can I do now!?
Hi!. I'm looking for an anonymous medical opinion (though reach out please if you are an ENT around DC!)!.
I have tinnitus, hearing loss, steadily worsening otalgia!. The symptoms fluctuate, and started around October of '07!. I had a bad habit of drying/cleaning my ears with a soft tissue daily, sometimes multiple times a day!. After a while I connected the dots and stopped that, and while the symptoms have been reduced, they are still present!. Recently, after neomycin/cortisone drops, I have developed more otalgia around the mastoid!.
I have seen two GPs, two ENTs, and an ENT P/A!. Diagnoses have varied (SNHL, TMJ, OE, in that order, with allergies interspersed)!. However, no one has done much diagnostic work beyond a cursory otoscopy, tympanometer (A-type, 10/07), and hearing test (slight HF loss)!. I keep hearing my right eardrum (the symptomatic ear) "looks fine!." Can looks deceive here!? This is awful! Where can I go from here on this!? Is it too much to ask for more diagnostics!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have tinnitus, hearing loss, steadily worsening otalgia!. The symptoms fluctuate, and started around October of '07!. I had a bad habit of drying/cleaning my ears with a soft tissue daily, sometimes multiple times a day!. After a while I connected the dots and stopped that, and while the symptoms have been reduced, they are still present!. Recently, after neomycin/cortisone drops, I have developed more otalgia around the mastoid!.
I have seen two GPs, two ENTs, and an ENT P/A!. Diagnoses have varied (SNHL, TMJ, OE, in that order, with allergies interspersed)!. However, no one has done much diagnostic work beyond a cursory otoscopy, tympanometer (A-type, 10/07), and hearing test (slight HF loss)!. I keep hearing my right eardrum (the symptomatic ear) "looks fine!." Can looks deceive here!? This is awful! Where can I go from here on this!? Is it too much to ask for more diagnostics!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I suggest that you check with the Deaf Independent Living Association!. They not only want to help the deaf, but to help prevent the loss of hearing!. They are not far from DC!. They are in Salisbury, MD!. I spoke with the residential health director, Ramona Bradley this morning!. She is a Registgered Nurse!. It was at the Delmarva Chicken Festival!
Web site is: www!.dila!.org
Phone number and email contact info is on web site!.
I hope she has suggestion to share with you!. Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Web site is: www!.dila!.org
Phone number and email contact info is on web site!.
I hope she has suggestion to share with you!. Good luck!Www@Answer-Health@Com
see an ear, nose, and throat doctor!. you need surgical advice, not hearing test!.
There could be other underlying distress such as loud music, construction site noise, dirt or chemical interference, ear structure, body quirks relative to your uniqueness!. Tinnitus isn't likely to go away!. hearing loss isn't likely to come back!. hearing aids may not work (amplification vs!. ability to actually hear the sound)!. could be the sound hairs have eroded off (irreplaceable)!. The Ear Nose and throat doctor is the key specialist that can give you the truth- look for a board certified doctor!.
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There could be other underlying distress such as loud music, construction site noise, dirt or chemical interference, ear structure, body quirks relative to your uniqueness!. Tinnitus isn't likely to go away!. hearing loss isn't likely to come back!. hearing aids may not work (amplification vs!. ability to actually hear the sound)!. could be the sound hairs have eroded off (irreplaceable)!. The Ear Nose and throat doctor is the key specialist that can give you the truth- look for a board certified doctor!.
could also be a symptom of menieresWww@Answer-Health@Com