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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.

Yeah I'm going to wear earplugs when necessary and try to relax. It just sucks and I'm mad at myself that I caused this to happen by trying to protect myself by wearing earplugs. I'm also worried about it getting worse. I'm really hoping it fades.

Ok thank you! I try not to wear earplugs too much. If this was caused by the way I removed the earplugs is TTTS and middle ear myoclonus something that will fade if I limit earplug use from now on? Also it hasn't affected my regular tinnitus and I'm worried if it could.

I'm also getting random thumping in the same ear.

I'll definitely look into getting a CT scan done. Thank you.

Hey everyone. I was wondering if I may have damaged my middle ear ossicles. Since a suctioning event while taking out earplugs I've had crackling in my right ear when talking and when exposed to certain noises. However I don't have any change in my hearing thresholds that I notice. When I...

I'm really concerned that when I took out the moldable silicone earplugs about a week ago that I caused damage. When I took them out there was a beep and I saw an article about how the suction from a kiss to the ear can cause damage so I'm really worried I damaged my hearing more even though I...

Hey @Drew2185, I'm having the same symptoms, crackling when I talk and during certain sounds. I was wondering if this problem ever resolved for you.

*UPDATE* I went to my primary car doctor and he said the ear that's been crackling has a lot of earwax so he can't see my eardrum in that ear. I'm hoping it is just ear wax causing this problem but the thing that concerns me is that crackling happens when either I'm talking or during certain...

I have problems with foam earplugs and I can't seem to get them in as deep as I need to. Maybe you have small ear canals and could try slim fit foam earplugs.

It also feels like the there's something loose in my ear. I'm most worried about this being some kind of problem with the eardrum or middle ear. I'm hoping it's something that can be easily treated. I'll also get a little thump in my ear, mostly then I move my head.

Yeah I was thinking that too. So ETD and wax are the two biggest possibilities. I'll make an appointment with an ENT to see what's going on. Now that I think about it, even before there cold there were crackling sounds in the same ear sometimes and also a clicking sound that I would sometimes...

Yeah from now on I won't be wearing the soft silicone ones anymore.

Haven't had them checked recently but I'll do that soon. I did just have a cold recently so I'm wondering if the crackling could have something to do with that. In regards to the beep sound I heard it was the same sound I get when I have fleeting tinnitus but it lasted longer than any fleeting...

Hey everyone, Today I've been having a lot of crackling sounds in one ear, especially when talking. About a half hour ago I was putting in swimmer ear plugs (the soft moldable kind) and I kept re-adjusting to make sure they were covering my ear canal properly. When I would do this it would...

Hey everyone, For the past couple days I've been getting fleeting tinnitus more often. It's been happening a couple times a day for the past few days. I would get it once in a while but I can't remember ever getting it more than one time in a day. When I get it now it's only in one ear. I've...

A couple days day I went to into the city. I took a bus which was about a 1.5 hour ride each way and on the bus for about half the ride I wore musicians earplugs and put on earmuffs when it got louder the bus. While in the city I probably spent about only 40 minutes walking the streets because...

I tried silicone earplugs, not the soft moldable kind, the trip-flange ones. They were a little tough to put and I had to get them in slowly by twisting them. When I did that and while they were in there was a lot of suction in my ear. I'm was wondering if that may have damaged my ear. My...

I was wondering if any of you can recommend an alternative to regular foam earplugs that is close to equally as protective (besides earmuffs). For some reason foam earplugs always hurt when I put them in and also never seem to fit me right. Maybe I have small ear canals. Thanks for your help!

I'm feeling much better, it faded for me. I hear it a little but it doesn't bother me and I really only notice if if I think about it.

I don't spike easily from what I've noticed so far. Things that I was sure would give me spikes ended up not. The car is pretty quiet, I would say average volume for a car but I haven't measured the decibels though. Most of the trip will be on a highway so it would be a pretty smooth ride.

In a couple months I'm going on a long car trip. It's a 5 1/2 hour drive, my longest drive after getting tinnitus. I want to make sure my tinnitus doesn't spike from the drive. I was planning on wearing musician earplugs with earmuffs on top of them during the drive. Do you think this will...

There's been no noticeable increase in my tinnitus since the exposure.

I was at a family gathering that I thought might be a little loud so I wore them just in case. I don't get pain from noise though.

Hi everyone, I was sitting outside for a little tonight and a huge firework went off a couple houses away. I had musician's earplugs in but I'm really worried damage was caused. It was one firework and it was extremely loud. I was worried already today because of other noise exposure but this...

I hope so, I'm concerned that this happened even when I was being really careful and wasn't exposed to anything that was extremely loud. It just makes me think anything can cause a spike now.

Hey everyone. I'm experiencing a spike right now but it's strange. When there is silence my tinnitus is the same as it's been but if there's sound my tinnitus has a whistling, tea kettle sound that ramps up with the sound around me. I had this once before and it went away but I'm concerned...

Thanks for the support everyone. @Tom Cnyc yeah I think I was definitely overreacting out of fear of making the tinnitus worse. Thanks for the reassuring words @Bill Bauer @Candy @Digital Doc @linearb. Today was another day with multiple noise exposures, a leaf blower, dog barking close to my...

Hey everyone, Today I was walking around New York city for hours. I wore musicians earplugs with earmuffs on top. I was exposed to a lot of construction noises, sirens and other really loud sounds so I'm worried about getting a spike. How likely am I to get as spike in this situation...

Hey everyone, I was wondering if it was safe to take 600 mg of NAC and 250 mg of magnesium everyday? Should it be taken for weeks or months and then stopped or is it safe to continuously take?

Update Just get back from another doctor to Get a second opinion, ear drums aren't damaged. Now I'm just just hoping I don't get a spike because of the screeching breaks of the truck. I've taken NAC and magnesium today so I'm hoping that helps

I'm really worried the eardrum may have actually been damaged

Yeah before a spike happens I'm always expecting one.

So today I went to the doctor to remove ear wax manually. When he did he scraped the ear canal and my ear started bleeding a good amount. He checked the ear drum after the happened and said the ear drum was completely fine and he was no where near it. He put hydrogen peroxide on a cotton swab to...

Ok thank you for your help!

Hey everyone, Just got back from the doctor who removed earwax from one of my ears. He did it manually and it hurt. I asked the doctor and he said he didn't go near the ear drum and that it hurt because my ear canal is swollen and the wax was hard so I was prescribed ear drops. The doctor also...

I'm really sorry to hear that and I hope the spike improves for you.

There hasn't been muffled hearing yet and this happened 5 hours ago. I'm hoping this is a good sign.

I just took Magnesium and NAC so fingers crossed now.

Junior high school age

Do you think I should go to the emergency room?

Ok thank you

So no NAC for the first week and just Magnesium? Or take the Magnesium with the NAC?

Ok that's good to know, I'm not noticing anything too extreme now. My tinnitus seems a little louder and my ears maybe feel a little full but it's hard to tell if it's my anxiety over it that's causing me to feel like that.

No muffled Hearing, They maybe feel a little full. I'm definitely noticing my tinnitus more now though

Ok Thank you, Do you think I should get Prednisone? I had the earplugs in so I'm hoping that protected a little