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Hi John, You might not need to come to Germany as this surgery is performed in many other countries. However please message me privately as I don't feel comfortable giving the name out in public. However please keep in mind that while this surgery might help with ETD it is by no means a cure...

Actually I think it's scarred tissue (maybe from the grommets?) that makes your eardrums appear white

Well, obviously they offer psychotherapy and behavior training. That's about it.. so it might work in regard of learning to deal with T, not with the noise itself. As usual: still no cure or treatment for tinnitus! Always got to keep that in mind to keep yourself from being disappointed

I think it could help if you don't want T-tubes. When they dilated my tubes the ENT told me that fluid came trough my nose which means that I had fluid trapped in my ET although it couldn't been seen behind my ear drums before

True that there is no 100% chance of the symptoms improving. But seriously, the ENT was honest enough to tell me that and i'd rather try to improve my symptoms than to just sit there and complain. If there was a procedure with a 60% chance to improve our T i bet all of us would try it! For the...

I am not a doctor so I wouldn't feel comfortable giving you a time frame. It really depends on how much you're suffering I would say. I waited around 3 years all together before I finally had enough and decided to pull through with it. In retrospective I should have done it earlier but to be...

The title of this thread = name of the procedure And yes a surgery that only takes around 40 min and doesn't require any cutting etc and doesn't cause an pain is considered minor

It should last permanently at best. Once widened, the tubes do not just collapse back luckily.They are just like a muscle and can be trained. But you'll have to do Valsalva maneuver a few times a day in the first few weeks to keep them open on the long run. If they ever close up again, the...

Right?? It's insane how little people know about the dangers of loud music. When I first got T it didn't even come to my mind that I could use ear plugs at gigs/in clubs/bars because no one ever told me or did use them around me.

Even if you wouldn't have T it would be wise to protect your hearing in loud environments!

Hey guys, as some of you may know, I underwent ET surgery almost a week ago. So here comes my small FAQ for those of you with ETD. Why? -> because I had an almost constant really uncomfortable pressure feeling in my ears which sometimes led to my T being much louder. It was super bothersome...

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Thank you so much for all @Markku and @Steve

congrats Melissa, may you have a wonderful wedding and a great life together with your soon to be husband <3