Recent content by Bandanaman21

@DebInAustralia Nothing of that sort has been mentioned. Maybe not too common that they recommend that in Sweden.

Another update. Visited the doctor today for a 2 month post-op follow up and hearing test. Hearing has gotten better, but not optimal. went from around 44 air to 33. Biggest gains where in low frequencies and the high ones had improved but not as much. I felt like the tinnitus really interfered...

Hi all, Thought I'd do a short update. What has happened since last time is that I have talked to my doctor on the phone once more. He told me that I should try to equalize (pinching nose and blowing), when doing this I noticed that my operated ear kinda sounded like the air was escaping (a...

@glynis Yes im almost 7 weeks post op and my packing was taken out after 7 days.

@glynis Thats very nice to hear. I hope I will be the same success story as your son in a near future :) I guess time will tell. Got my follow up in about 3 weeks. It kinda feels like the ringing is getting better everyday now or perhaps I'm just getting used to it. I want to thank you all...

Yes, the most logical reason would be the acoustic trauma. Question is just what it did in terms of damage. Cause my tinnitus is real weird right now. Its extremely fluctuating. Like, when I move a bit, get some pulse up, it completely fades for a few minutes same. And some times during the...

@GregCA Hi Greg, My doctor did tell me that for some people it can take 6-12 months for the ear to be back to optimal shape and I understand that I should not put too much strain on my ear during this period of time. He took the packing out after 1 week but did not perform any basic fork...

Hi, To answer your questions @Contrast and @Samantha R. The stapedotomy has improved my hearing as far as I have noticed, haven't done the post-op hearing test yet, still got 3 weeks to go but I definately hear more on that ear now. I did have tinnitus before the surgery and the surgery also...

Hi all, I’m new here… I'm a 27 year old guy from Sweden who was diagnosed with otosclerosis a few years back now. Got it in both ears but mostly in my left. I got a stapedotomy done about 6 weeks ago in my left ear. Everything was fine, had a bit of high pitched tinnitus since the surgery but...