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    Habituating to Tinnitus for a Second Time After Pressure Release Valve Incident

    Hey, You may or may not remember me. I was the guy who got a possible acoustic shock from his brother's car. After almost 2 years I'd recovered. However, now I'm back to almost square one :( The other day at work my stupid employee messed with a pressure release valve on compressed air...
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    Hum Test: I Hear Better in My Good Ear — Do I Have Nerve Damage?

    Hi, When a single-sided hearing loss is suspected, most doctors will perform a hum test. Basically you hum and if you hear the hum clearer in the unaffected ear, it's a clear indication of sensorineural hearing loss in the affected ear. When I hum, I hear it much clearer in my left, my good...
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    How to Accept the New Normal — Facial Pain, Congested Face/Jaw?

    Hi, I've had hyperacusis since last June. During that time I've been through some pretty horrendous symptoms which drove me to the brink of the s word. What I'm left with now is a constant face ache and a feeling like congestion in my face and jaw. Compared to constant burning and pressure...
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    Ear Feeling Full and Achy After Car Wheel Spun and Made Awful Screech

    Hi, -I've had tinnitus for a long time and it doesn't bother me. It started after a concert. -Years later I think I damaged my hearing in my right ear when exposed to a jet engine for 30 seconds at work. For 3 years it felt full and ached. Then one day it dissipated. -3 years later the heavy...
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    Hearing Loss, Roaring Tinnitus + Mega Anxiety

    Hey, I've been suffering with my right ear for 4 months. It started with it feeling blocked up and roaring. At the begining I accepted it. Believed it when numerous Drs and the ENT told me its ETD and carried on going even with the discomfort. I'm now at 4 months and the anxiety has built to...
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    Keep Taking Fluoxetine?

    Hi, After having a couple of months of trouble with my right ear I asked to go on AD. I was given fluoxetine. I had 2 weeks of hellish anxiety and then a few days later I felt OK! The last couple of days I've noticed a ringing in my good left ear! Also a bit of ear ache and crackling and it...
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    Possible Sudden Hearing Loss

    Hey, I posted on here a few weeks ago about my MRI, humming ear etc. Well things got a whole lot worse :( For the past 2 months I've been having a strange problem with my right ear. Started as a feeling of loosing some hearing which I put down to ETD. Then came the humming which went with...