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How long did you take the blood thinner and vasodilator (Hydralazine) for? It would be very helpful to know if this needs to be long term or can be short term. Thanks for this information as it help steer me in what could be the right direction to avoid any further harm to my ears, or possible...

COVID-19 has been an absolute menace. It nearly destroyed my life too. I struggled with severe mental health challenges, even feeling suicidal, because of the ongoing audiological problems it caused me. I believe these issues include Meniere’s disease, which developed shortly after a very mild...

COVID-19 definitely affected your ears—there’s no doubt about it. It did something similar to mine, and I ended up with what is probably Meniere’s disease. Two COVID-19 infections have likely caused permanent damage to me. You might consider trying a short course of steroids to see if it helps...

It sounds exactly like what I experienced before I had a severe tinnitus onset in December 2020. For days, I dealt with fluctuating hearing that would last a few seconds to a minute, and it was terrifying. Then one day, while reading on my computer, it all started. A few months later, the same...

Were you ever prescribed steroids for this? Sudden trauma can sometimes cause tinnitus, and some doctors prescribe high-dose steroids for a week, which can often help. In Germany, they administer 250 mg for three days and then stop without the need for tapering. I’m not sure if this approach...

I have managed to get hold of Hydralazine and Apixaban (the doctor did not prescribe Warfarin, as she believed Apixaban was safer). I also have Pentoxifylline, but that is intended for long term treatment. For now, the initial 4 week course includes 100 mg of Aspirin, 2.5 mg of Apixaban, and 25...

At least you were able to find a doctor. Mine won't and I'm afraid I'm going to suffer another major episode and then end up taking my life because of it. I don't even know what to do now except call emergency services and arrange for them to take me to hospital if this happens again because it...

I guess I am probably going to end up ending my own life because I know this is going to happen again. It will happen again because it has already happened 13 times. Let me explain. I was at the doctor’s office on September 9th, right after my 11th episode. I suggested trying blood thinners...

1 to 2 years? Wow, that's a long time. Mine is still ongoing—it started in 2022 and continues to torment my ears even more. This "active" phase, as my friend calls it, is relentless and feels like it’s attacking my ears constantly. It’s pushing me toward a place where I might do something I...

I experienced these symptoms a few times before my tinnitus became permanent, so please be cautious. See your doctor immediately and try to secure some steroids in case things suddenly worsen, as they did for me. I’m still angry, still on edge, and still desperate to stop this from continuing...

I’m nearing the end myself because I’ve been trying to get a vasodilator and an anti-clotting drug. I’ve explained how distressing and emotionally disturbing my problems have been over the past four years, with no end in sight unless I can either treat whatever is causing this or end things for...

Are you sure this wasn't some form of bizarre high-frequency sudden sensorineural hearing loss? Or maybe a form of Ménière's disease?

Get on steroids ASAP. What you experienced was sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL). Please treat it immediately—it is an emergency, and you still have time. Yes, your hearing has changed. Otherwise, how would you have lost your enjoyment of music if it hadn't changed? It did. Get on...

How do you get it to regenerate? You could consider taking a course of very high-dose steroids. I took 250 mg of Prednisolone per day for 3 days to get rid of the "noise" in my left ear, and it seems to have worked for the most part. You could also consider taking Pentoxifylline 400 mg three...

It sounds like my problem almost exactly. However, that bad episode I have yet to experience, but if I did, and the steroids did not work, I'd probably no longer be part of the living world. I've suffered 11 episodes of mild to moderate sudden hearing losses, but many of them resolved; some...

I often wonder if I was ever attacked in the same way, because I have had episodes of frequency specific (800-1200 Hz, 3-5 kHz, 6-8 kHz, and 200-400 Hz) losses. I wonder how that could possibly happen? It's bizarre. I can only speculate that it is something involving the perilymph/endolymph...

Awaiting further action? LOL, I have a seaside resort to sell you in the Swiss Alps. I can tell you with ABSOLUTE certainty that that action will never come. The government and Big Medicine do NOT want you to get better. They would rather throw useless plastic bones at desperate, starving dogs...

I concur that they are dangerous, especially if they are played loud. If not done carefully, this can cause tinnitus spikes. Also, don’t take Aspirin whilst doing pure tones, as any ototoxic drugs can worsen the damage.

I’ve been looking into the idea, but since my family is super religious, it might be a hard sell for me, but to tell you the truth, it is slowly becoming unbearable.

The trouble happens when these SBUTTs become a consistent tone/noise. I'm not sure if it's caused by calcium, but they happen more frequently when I am taking a course of steroids for related issues, especially when the sounds are all off-pitch. I believe this won’t ever go away long-term, even...

I am still experiencing high pitched distortions and admittedly it drives me insane at times. The interesting part is that it often fluctuates and goes down a lot but always seems to come back. Not sure if this is hyperacusis or not but it mainly involves the left side. The important part is...

I'm not sure where I got mine from but it's been bothering me since March. Wine glasses being tapped with metal. Plus chrrr bzzzz and chiff chiff sounds in right ear. Makes me miserable at times.

My guess is sudden hearing loss due to either noise or idiopathic cause.

Be careful with this assumption. Many people have suffered sudden irreversible hearing loss from COVID-19.

If your tinnitus is in one ear, then steroids can help. Please see an ENT and ask for a short course of steroids. They just might work.

Please get on to steroids ASAP. This is a sign of cochleopathy. Tell your doctor that Prednisone is the only thing that works.

Be careful with Sony WH1000XM4 headphones. I accidentally knocked the side of them pretty hard and really got an incredibly loud noise. Not sure if it caused my distortion in the left ear. It could well have but I have no way to conclude or prove that. But it was a very loud sound. At least...

This could be early signs of Presbycusis. But unless you can rule that out, it could be anything. I have the same problem above 5.5 kHz in left ear and 7 kHz in right ear. It's annoying because it distorts at frequencies above those up to a certain point. It's like there is a gap between say...

If someone has to plug their ears to hear a soft tone, then they are doing reasonably well. My ringing still sometimes has me tossing and turning in bed at night. Mostly in right ear but also weird "zzzzing ting ting ting dingalingalingaling zzzzing" in my left ear that is pretty bizarre if you...

COVID-19 can cause tinnitus and hearing issues. It's actually a lot more common than we think. It's a shame that doctors and ear specialists are still denying the fact that the incidence of these problems has gone up since COVID-19 took the world by storm.

This sounds like a classic case of SSHL. As soon as you noticed the hyperacusis, it is possible that had an ENT gave you an oral course plus intratympanic steroids you may have been able to partially recover some of the damage. I suspect this was an allergic reaction to whatever was in that...

I know what this was and it was SSHL. The first doctors you saw were uneducated fuckwits. And I mean that in the kindest way possible. I wish you had stayed in the ER for a little while longer. And told them that you had lost all hearing, not just have distortion. They would have given you...

Of course with all those treatments it is no wonder they recovered LOL. The only stuff I was ever given was Prednisolone and I had to beg to get Pentoxifylline and antivirals. Which I finally got. Didn't make any difference though. Steroids are very iffy and half the time don't do much at all...

If this appears suddenly, then yes, it could indicate something serious. I would take a short course of steroids just in case it is anything serious. They should help to clear it up but, as with anything involving steroids, they won't always work. But they are worth a try.

I'm starting to wonder if Pfizer did something to my left ear. I noticed strange distortions in March. About a month after receiving that shot. My guess is noise exposure and/or Ménière's was already pre-existing and the shot may have exacerbated it.

Get on steroids ASAP. That full feeling is a sign of hearing loss and it obviously came on suddenly. Please get help FAST. Time runs out on this shit.

In my experience 13 days is way too late for steroids to have any realistic chance at preventing permanent damage. 3 days tops. Even then it's not a guarantee. I would take it within the hour, along with NAC supplements to help prevent oxidation and excitotoxicity. My left ear started ringing...

Tinnitus was caused by a virus. I doubt foods will have any real influence unless it was the foods themselves that caused the tinnitus. I am at a point where I've just stopped caring. I'll eat whatever the heck I want. I am tired of being a slave to this noisy bitch.

Did the doctors prescribe steroids or did they treat you like an idiot the same way they initially treated me until I made a formal complaint? Stuff like this is extremely serious.

Don't count on it. Some doctors are assholes.

He locked himself in a room? Well, I'd have kicked in two things - first the door and then his head. Seriously that is massively and unbelievably cruel.

Point taken. I also have flaking skin in the ear canal. Treated that with Betamethasone and can concur that it does cause my left ear to "zing" more.

Have you considered contacting an attorney? That is child abuse. I would have physically harmed my parents if they had done that to me, but not advocating for any aggression or violence here because this isn't really the place for that kind of talk but regrettably sometimes it has to be done to...

What the absolute fuck? I would have decked someone if they said that to me after a sudden unilateral tinnitus onset because I know that it can only mean one thing - ISSNHL. And as if the tinnitus isn't causing you to become an emotional wreck in the first place! Seriously, what the actual fuck...

Yeah that's nerve damage. "Wet" feeling is purely neurological. As is the itching. Get it checked out soon though. You don't want it to get any worse.

I tend to be outspoken on one specific issue - and I begin to wonder if they are deliberately targeting individuals who belong to certain groups. Did you belong to any specific group or diplomatic ties that would have put you at risk of such attack?

Onset of ringing can be hours, days, weeks, months, or even YEARS after the noise exposure. Sudden loud noises often cause tinnitus within hours to weeks, and occasionally, if the loud noise didn't cause quite as much damage, potentially a few months. I had a bad cold June last year. Then July...

Unilateral tinnitus = SSHL usually. Steroids ASAP if it happens again in the other ear as it happened to me.

This was clearly SSNHL. Did you go to the doctor because you should have been put on steroids ASAP. This is no joke.

Tinnitus in both ears is bad but since you have it worse on one side, have you considered steroid treatment? It sounds like a sudden change and steroids can help in some (but not all) cases.

Literature I read says you have up to 4 weeks. It depends on the severity but chances of it worsening are much smaller than the potential of it helping.

Since this happened so recently I would strongly suggest you speak to an ENT as soon as possible. Get in today if you can. You need a hearing test. This sudden onset of low pitched tinnitus on one side is highly suspicious and could indicate a sudden hearing loss. This is usually treated with a...

Ah yes I had this happen. First in my right ear I got SBUTTs multiple times in the low tones - then suddenly I got hit with an episode that also included diplacusis. Diplacusis went away and the tinnitus is much better but still there and occasionally it fluctuates. Then a year later my left...

You're probably too late for steroids by now but what you described sounds like something serious. This is why I have tons of steroids, Pentoxifylline and antivirals on me at all times and I keep getting new scripts every few months. I don't use them but I can visualise the desperation if this...

It's quite bizarre. About 17 days ago I noticed that whilst rubbing my right ear I'd get a strange tone in my left ear, pretty high pitched, and does not bother me at all when I sleep, but it is noticeable. I am assuming it's just plain tinnitus (ringing) that occurs when a certain frequency is...

Quite similar, but not exactly how I would describe it. More like a flutish sound, like a "resonance" that gets "excited" at certain volume levels but it's considerably lower than what it was, like about 40% less loud than it was during the first week (this episode of tinnitus/hyperacusis...

Hang in there. It might just go away on its own. I wouldn't give up just yet. I have a form of reactive tinnitus and I can hear distortion especially with high male voices and female voices, only at certain levels and at certain pitches, it's annoying as hell, but with hope and the passing of...

Hi, I'm new here. 37 years old. Since May I've suffered from mild tinnitus. Over the last few months I've noticed some changes. It started in my left ear, a constant buzzing sound, intermittent, most noticeable at night. It would come and go. Then it would sometimes change to a...