Overnight Hearing Loss

[Bleakened]

3-4 days ago I woke up to ringing and a muffled ear. It is my right ear only and it's been like that since. I have Googled it and found that it might be tinnitus, an infection, ear wax build up and some other things. I do not have any insurance and am moving out of state so I had to leave my job and have little money.

Things I have done so far/things to know.
• Cleaned out my ear with a Debrox ear wax cleaner kit, didn't help.
• I do not have any pain or sloshing/water noises, only ringing and some loss of hearing.
• I have not gone swimming for months prior.
• I did not injure my ear, hit it anything else that would damage it or the surrounding area.
• I did get a slight soar throat 2 days after this occurred.
• My local pharmacist at a Walgreens said that it is not an infection because I would have swolen lymph nodes and pain. I have neither.
• I have tried excersizing and getting my heart rate up for a period time, no help.
• Normal blood pressure.

So what else can I do before I rack up the bills in doctor visits?

[Bleakened]

Hello, specialmom. I have been trying this throughout the day and it seems to help a lot until my ears go back to normal. Sometimes it helps so much that it feels like it's completely gone. Only lasts for about 20 seconds or so. I will try this more throughout the next few days, thanks.

Anyone else have any advice?

[specialmom]

Could be an issue with your eustacian tube.  Here is something that my ENT told me to do that can't hurt you and is worth a try.  Hold your nose and then blow out.  It will do a reverse ear pop. You'll feel funny like you need to move your jaw to go back to normal. Do it a few times in one sitting.  Then do it a few times a day.  

It helps with estuacian tube dysfunction and really helped me.  good luck!