Recent content by Taucher

I mentioned to the audiologist when I had my first test that I worry that I have used headphones daily for twenty years and without enough thought about my hearing. He told me that my hearing loss was likely a symptom of getting old (I was 39 at the time of the test). When I got the report back...

Hello all. I posted before about having tinnitus and mild hearing loss in my right ear only. I had a hearing test in January this year and I was feeling hearing loss and tinnitus in my right ear only. However I have had another look at my hearing test results and they show mild hearing loss...

Thanks for your reply. Yes ETD is what he mentioned and I have steroid nose spray to combat it. Thing is I have had my symptoms for exactly one year and he mentioned that that is quite a long time without saying how likely I could have ETD for that long. He also stuck a camera in my nose to look...

Hello all, Still anxiously waiting for my MRI scan results to rule out Acoustic Neuroma. I have reduced hearing, tinnitus, clicking and popping and very noticeable negative pressure - all in my right ear only. My ENT consultant told me that he was referring me for MRI although he thought it...

Hello there. I might be similar to you - my ENT consultant suspects I have Eustachian tube dysfunction caused by some kind of virus in my middle ear. A year ago I had a nasty cold and went to see a doctor and it’s how this all started. At about the same time I developed tinnitus in one ear...

Thanks everyone. Nice to hear from people who have lived this, although I wish you didn't have to, if you see what I mean. Had the MRI yesterday. I am an NHS patient but was weirdly referred for my scan at a private hospital. My MRI was without contrast. When I asked why I wasn't having...

Hello all, I had a nasty virus in August '18 (1 year ago) and soon afterwards developed a clicking and popping sound in my right ear (mostly when I swallow) alongside tinnitus which, for me, is a high pitched buzzing but only in my right ear along with the clicking and popping. I requested a...