Recent content by ashley

Patrick, Not silly at all! Usually an acoustic neuroma. They are extremely slow growing and usually benign (nothing is typically done about them.) But also in terms of research just seeing neural origins and sites of activation and other things like that. :)

That's fine. I doubt you will be playing it long enough to affect you in any way. :) and it's usually high volumes that do the damage.

An audiology student-- half way through my graduate classes :)

I agree with all of the above posts. When I'm looking for a patient's MML, we do each side separately, then binaural. Usually, binaural is a little less dB HL since you are stimulating both sides! I usually ask patients to tell me even when there's partial masking, too. Any and all information...

Acoustic neuromas are very uncommon. If you couldn't already tell from the responses. :P I too have unilateral tinnitus, and other signs of one, but my MRI didn't show a thing. :) It's just something they need to do-- but we are here if you're scared and need to talk!

I'm a second year Doctor of Audiology student. Hearing aids will not damage your hearing. For loud situations they do not amplify nearly as much, and there is a certain level they will never amplify above because it's dangerous. :)

The OAE machine at my school is wacky, sometimes it shows normal OAEs and other times damage. We are getting a new one soon though so I can't wait to run my OAE then! (I have tinnitus and normal thresholds)

That sounds horrible! Did you have a VEMP or VNG done? I saw the other tests you mentioned in the first post, but didn't see those!

Do you feel like you or the room is spinning, or do you just feel off balance?

My ENT and neurologist thinks it's all placebo effect. In my Audiology magazine subscriptions, we are always told to be weary of Lipos (and any drugs) because there is not a single drug FDA approved for the purpose of tinnitus. All Lipos are would be vitamins. :) but there are always some who...

You can most certainly have tinnitus without having hearing loss! Hearing loss is just the strongest correlated thing to tinnitus (in most cases).

I keep redoing my OAE because the machine is so faulty. I get wacky results all the time. I'm going to an ENT where I'm from soon and he said his OAE machine is reliable so I'm very excited!

UB has support groups if this doesn't work out. They don't meet too often, though.

It never hurts to have a scan anyway, especially with unilateral tinnitus; however, I don't think you have one either. I present with the same symptoms (left ear, high pitch and constant, no other problems otherwise) and I don't have one. Additionally, usually ANs have other symptoms with them...

I have not, but that doesn't mean others haven't too. If you haven't already, I would see an ENT about the dizziness that follows the fuzzy feeling. It's always good just to have a medical opinion on the matter.