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I've just figured out that I have a mild amount of eustachian tube dysfunction and it is causing a very loud clicking sound in the ears. Normally I wouldn't care, except that this loud noise is setting off my otic migraines because the noise is so loud. Does anyone have ideas for effective...

@GregCA I may well consider it, and thank you. Did you experience reductions in low frequency hearing when you were exposed to loud low frequency noises as a result of this? Also, doesn't otoschlerosis usually only present in one ear, but possibly occur in the other much later. I have...

@Jkph7s Huh? Didn't I just explain that that this audiogram was done before I had the low frequency losses? By the way I am 22 so no that audiogram is not ok.

@GregCA Well, it's true that I have not had bone conduction hearing tested for a very long time, so I wouldn't really know. But all the ent's I've been to said my ears are healthy, and I have seen around 5 ear doctors in the past year. But given the fact that the losses usually follow...

@Jkph75 The last one I had was in early July. Only 5 db in the low or mid frequencies, with mild high frequency loss in the right (25 db at 6k and 20 at 8k), with a little bit of loss in the highs in the left ear. That of course was before I started losing the lows. But right now my health...

@GregCA I certainly don't have otoschlerosis. Do migraines cause cochlear hydrops? I have definitely had some symptoms of that in the past. However, diet modifications has never helped me and I eat almost no salt.

@Jkph75 Audiograms are no good for documenting hearing losses if they occur in frequencies not tested. Audiograms also don't show certain types of hearing losses especially if it is synapse damage and not hair cell damage. I know I have lost low frequency hearing because I can hardly hear...

@Angela95 I was recently diagnosed with migraines, and that is supposedly what is causing my hearing losses as migraines can spread to the auditory portion of the inner ear. Granted that the noise you were exposed to was so short in duration, likely not on the order of 120 decibels, and that...

@Aaron123 Yes, the low frequency loss is in both ears but seems worse in the left. The audiograms are pointless because they do not document losses below 250 hz, which is where I was losing some. I may have some loss 250-500 hz, but not as much. I have been told that migraines are causing...

@Redhen Did your low frequency tinnitus/hearing loss start from loud noise exposure, or is it just aggravated by noise? I have a similar problem going on, but mine seemed to start from a migraine and then noise exposures, which frankly were not supposed to be dangerous in terms of loudness...

I have recently started to lose my low frequency hearing and have been experiencing a low, idling motor type of tinnitus on occassion which comes and goes and feels like my head is vibrating. It all started temporarily after I got up too fast and all of the blood rushed to my head and ears far...

I have a similar migraine diagnosis, and my migraines the auditory portion of my inner ears more frequently than the vestibular portion, so I have lost some of my hearing and get occassional bouts of loud T. The tinnitus you experience may or may not be related to just your migraines, as...

I am a plane enthusiast and occasionally like to go plane spotting at the local airport. I observe commercial jet takeoffs and landings from a turnoff about 350 meters perpendicular to the runway, with some planes taking off right in front (but perpendicular) to the car. Aircraft take off and...

So after all these months I finally was diagnosed with inner ear-related migraines (most likely blood vessel spasms in the tiny vessels in my ears. This is not MAV but a different kind of migraine which may exclusively produce hearing loss, tinnitus, and ear pain; in my case though I can get...

Piece of advice to hyperacusis sufferers. If you have bad hyperacusis or T, please give the warning (multiple times) to your ENT to speak quietly before they begin speaking to you. They are likely accustomed to speaking like drill sergeants to people who are hard of hearing, but that is bad...