Recent content by MikeO123

Hi @Vinay, yes I did. It was a small piece of earwax against my eardrum. Once an ENT removed the earwax, my hearing went back to normal. Hopefully it's a similar situation for you and you are are able to get it taken care of easily. Wishing you the best.

Hey everyone. So I haven't been to the movies in a couple of years but there's a movie coming out that I'd really like to see. I found a drive-in theater that has tickets available and I was wondering if drive-in movies were safe for someone with tinnitus. For the sound they use outdoor...

Just got back from the ENT who removed the earwax manually. My hearing has improved in the ear that was muffled but there is still a slight full sensation and the spike is still there. He said I have oil/liquid wax on the eardrum and that he would only be able to remove it with miscrosuction...

That's reassuring, I'm hoping the spike does fade.

I ended up going to the ER yesterday in case it was sudden hearing loss. They said there was earwax and an ENT's Physician Assistant tried to remove it with a curette. Now my left ear is way more muffled than it was before and I can barely hear out of it all all. The tinnitus in that ear...

Hey everyone, At 4 in the morning I woke up with muffled hearing in my left ear and a tone in that ear that has switched from a hiss to a loud beep. Very similar to fleeting tinnitus I've gotten before. It's now 10 am and it's the same and hasn't improved at all. I'm getting very nervous now...

Got my earwax removed manually with a curette. She said the earwax was nice and soft so it was an easy removal. I did have short instances of pain during the cleaning and she said it was just the canal and not the eardrum. Now I have slight ear fullness in one ear. I hope it's just irritation...

@mohn, I used the CVS brand of baby oil. I think any brand of baby oil should be fine. I've had no problems using baby oil and I definitely recommend it.

Update: I'm still having ear pain, it's like a sudden sharp pain once in a while. The pain isn't as often or severe as when I wrote this post. The spike is still really bad, no improvement yet. It seems to fluctuate in pitch. Once in a while it feels like it's a little lower in volume but I'm...

@FGG, @Bambam0, @Amv, thank you for the advice and reassuring words. I went to my primary care doctor a couple of days ago and he said both of my ears are full of wax. I'm not sure if the wax is related to the spike. I've had this amount of wax before and it never caused a change in my...

Hey everyone, Two Saturdays ago while at a retail store I was exposed to the store alarm going off at very close range. I immediately plugged my ears and was exposed to the alarm for maybe a couple of seconds. It was extremely loud, I would say it's the loudest sound I have been exposed to...

Hey everyone. Today I woke up with ear fullness in my right ear. Also when I click my teeth together it sounds like a hollow drum like sound. I noticed the same thing if I knock on the top of my head. It feels like the sensation of water in the ear except there's no water. I've also been...

Something interesting I noticed today. I haven't gotten the crackling all day but I just did a big yawn and the crackling started after it. Now my ear is crackling with noises again. I'm wondering if maybe that means it's probably a Eustachian tube issue since during the whole day no matter the...

It's good to know it's not doing damage. One thing weird I noticed is that for some reason I don't get the crackling until the late afternoon. During the morning I don't have it. The ENT I went to didn't mention TTTD or middle ear myclonus. He just removed the wax and said the wax might've been...

Also I went to the ENT yesterday. I had a lot of impacted wax when this started and he removed it manually yesterday. He said my eardrums look fine which is weird because in the ear with the crackling and thumping it feel like my eardrum is loose or something.