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Had a .308 rifle go off by my ear..

Littlewolfgal

I had a rifle 308. Go off by my ear.i had very temporary ear ringing but it has felt like I have cotton in my right ear. It is better tha...

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Why does my hearing in right ear sound muffled?

Emmanuel95

Hi I'm 23, in mid November I got water stuck in my right ear which was unable to drain. I had to go to a doctor to get my ear cleaned and...

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SSHL recovery timeframe

brendajj9

at what point does a person with diagnosed SSHL, who has already been treated with oral steroids and tympanic injections of steroids, giv...

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Deaf in one ear but MRI scan says there's nothing wrong

Arnie2018

(I'm a first-timer here so I don't know if this is the right community to ask this question) Several months ago I received a violent b...

Minier's or neurological disease??

Kmkmona

My mom has experienced a terrible situation two days ago we were expecting it to be a heart attack but the doctor said her heart is ok,th...

Perforated/Torn Eardrum From Being Struck

Nebulus1986

Hello all. 3 days ago I was struck, open palm, directly on my ear, very hard. I immediately had a seeming loss of hearing with consiste...

21 answers | 4 comments

Is it really Meniere's disease?

CarltonB

I was diagnosed yesterday,after only one visit, with menieres disease. I've been miserable for the last five weeks. Dizzy, lightheaded, n...

Looking For More Info on Sporadic Hearing Loss/Possibly Cochlear Meniere's Disease

dsg1211

Hi. This is, for me, a complex situation and I would really appreciate just knowing that someone else may be going through this. I'm not ...

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Ear fullness after SSHL - does it go away?

Alan212

HI, all. I recently experienced a sudden sensorineural hearing loss event in both my ears and so I’m posting this in the hopes getting s...

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I want answers about the oxygen therapy for ssnhl !!!

Kingapollo

Hello all .. I lost hearing my left ear two weeks ago I want answers regarding the treatment of compressed oxygen .. Is there anyone who ...

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Sudden partial hearing loss and ear ringing in one ear. Lasts 5 seconds

kidsnoopy

I have had the strangest thing happening to me for years and after searching the Internet all over I came here to see if I can get an exp...

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Hearing goes out in ear for 5 seconds

PandaPuff

I’m only 16 and this has been going on for many years. My ear rings for 5 seconds loudly and my hearing goes out then the ringing slowly ...

What's wrong with my hearing???

flamingamahinga

Ok so this may be long, but I've always had messed up hearing, not being able to separate background noise from the noise I'm trying to f...

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Why does my hearing go in and out?

Midnightcarri

I'm 16 years old and I've had this problem since I was in middle school 8th grade to be exact, now I'm going on Junior year and it is sti...

Why does my hearing goes in and out?

Midnightcarri

So I'm 16 years old and I've had this problem since I was in 8th grade. Basically, my hearing started to randomly become muffled. It las...

4 year old Hearing Impairment - wax and glue ear

MinPinPuzz

My 4 year old daughter had audiology/ ENT yesterday for the first time. Serious Mum guilt, but I’ve spent years telling her off for ignor...

Sudden Hearing Loss SSNHL

Badger_Fan

This is not so much a question as it is a case story. There may be many others like this but I thought that it might be helpful to those...

anyone else have this same problem?

haileyf54321

i’m 15 and is diagnosed with depression and anxiety and am taking zoloft and last night i was in the shower and i got really dizzy and t...

Can hearing aids help?

jackclee1

I am experiencing ringing in my right ear for 2 weeks and when I consulted doctor, he said me I had a slight outside ear contamination an...

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My left ear is muffled and is in pain should i be worried?

01nic

Hi i recently put in prescribed ear drops in my left ear today was the first day before going to bed and 3 hours later i woke up in excru...

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