Diminished hearing after ear tube procedure in adult

[steven65msp]

I had tympanostomy / ventilation / PE tubes put in both ears today and I now have significantly reduced hearing.  Is this a short term effect of the procedure, or will my hearing be like this until the tubes are removed?  Human speech now sounds muffled and background noises seem excessively loud.  I have to turn the TV volume up a good bit to hear it clearly.  I’d rather have the congested feeling than the diminished hearing.

The tubes are to treat eustation tube dysfunction that was causing a sensation of chronic ear congestion – always having to “pop” or clear my ears.  My left eardrum was significantly retracted.  There was no fluid in my ears, no infection, and my hearing tested normal for my age (43).  I had tubes in my ears twice as a child because of recurring infections.

There is a great deal of information online about ear tubes for children, but almost nothing about what adults experience when they get ear tubes.

[dsmm]

Had a tube put in because of clogged head/ear feeling, random vertigo issues and some tinnitus which tube won't help.  Had the underwater/echo when I talk feeling that others describe.  Started to get anxious because hearing seemed worse with these sensations so called ENT next day and he said this would not be permanent.  Trying to give it a few weeks to see if it clears up.  Echo sound not as bad today, almost day 4 of placement, so keeping fingers crossed it clears altogether and I can get rid of that feeling.  Definitely won't do the other ear until first one resolves completely.

[Mittren]

Hi - saw your post about this procedure and was curious to know what the outcome was. I'm very nervous as I had the tube put in my right ear 4 days ago and I still feel the muffled fullness in my ear. I'm so scared I made the wrong decision. How long did it take before your hearing was normal again. Right now my ear feels like it is submerged in water as others have described. Doc said this may last a few weeks but feeling very anxious.

[susie197702]

It's been over a month and hearing in right ear has not gotten better!

[whyBsick]

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[bod1403]

I had a grommet fitted in left ear 6 weeks ago. Since then I've had an infection so was given antibiotics which helped a lot with the pain but didn't clear infection completely. Saw the consultant last week & I'm now on antibiotic drops & have to go back in 10 days. My hearing is worse & this was confirmed with hearing test. Like everyone else it's very muffled especially when there's backgound noise. Worried about the outcome, surely my hearing should be on the up.

[susie197702]

it should be,but mine is still not good after one month,not happy.

[Eirehill1976]

Hello, I've had a tube put in my left ear 6 days ago and I've had the stuffed and hearing loss that I've read others have posted, has anyone resolved their issue, did this go away? I have extreme anxiety as I feel like my ear is permanently damaged, it sounds like my ear is submerged in a bathtub full of water, I've had no relief, please any response would be greatly appreciated

[spudsbgb]

did everything ever go back to normal?does the hearing come back to normal

[spudsbgb]

everybody body is asking questions but no one is giving any andwers. Whats the use of this site if no body answers>or has any comments.

[fentonchristine]

I agree. Did your issues go away?

[hawgangel]

I agree too, no answers, only questions. I wanted to post my experience out here, and hopefully help someone who may be struggling with tubes or deciding to have them.  I have had the same set of long term tubes in my ears for 4.5 years.  My ears had a very long adjustment time, like everyone else has mentioned.  I have experiencing heartbeat symptoms in my ears, but not too much in the past few years. I am finally starting to having plugged up symptoms again, and there is so much wax over my tubes that my regular dr could barely see them and I have to go to an ENT to see if they can remove the wax without the tubes coming out, if they are still in place.  I had such a horrible experience post surgery for the placement, that I will not go back to the OR for them again, and would opt to do the short term, in the office placement, instead.  For the most part, the tubes have really helped.  My ears were so bad that I couldn't even bend over to take clothes out of the dryer without my ears filling up and not being able to hear.  Any questions, please feel free to ask me.  Signed Ear Tubes For Life

[fentonchristine]

I will provide a fu answer this Thursday. I have all the symptoms people are listing here. I am getting my tubes removed 1 week after insertion. My ent told me here sx are not normal. I have opted to not wait any longer.

[fentonchristine]

Hearing returned after ear tubes were removed 1 week post insertion.

[susie197702]

Great to hear that this feelings went away after having your tubes removed,I am having mine removed on the 31 it has been a year though and hope that I did not wait to long to have this done,