Slap to My Ear... Will That Make My Tinnitus Worse?

[TheTinnitusTony]

Hey all,

During my early onset of tinnitus- roughly a week into it, I decided to visit my friends house, and long story short, he accidentally smacked me in the ear. It wasn't a necessarily painful slap, but it was enough to cause my ear's pitch of tinnitus to suddenly shoot up, and for the next hour or so my tinnitus was at a considerably louder volume.

I think the volume has more or less recovered, but now in that ear I randomly get twinges of high pitched sounds that flicker in and out. It's as if though someone's tuning for the radio.

I know tinnitus is such a volatile and subjective experience, but does anyone know of my kind of expected recovery because of that? Will I essentially not recover as a result?

 

[Herlinde]

Hey, i have had the same issues as you have. i'm super sensitive for sounds and also got slapped accidentally, it got better in the end but you just have to wait i guess

 

[TheTinnitusTony]

@Herlinde

Hi Herlinde! Thank you so much for your reply. If you can, can you please explain how long it took for you to recover, and how that slap affected that ear?

Many thanks, Tony.

 

[Herlinde]

@TheTinnitusTony it lasted for about an hour, at first it was like a 'blop' feeling (like the pressure you get on an airplane) , and a high pitch tone. It faded away in about an hour but the following days my ear was sensitive.
It doesnt really help if you were already recovering from T. But you can't help it. You just have to wait.
I went to an ear specialist recently and he said: "if it has dissappeared in the past it is most likely to disappear again." Have you had T before?

 

[TheTinnitusTony]

@Herlinde

Nope. And that's what makes it so scary, because I don't know if my entire recovery is ruined because of this one stupid slap, because its now 2 weeks from that day, and my left ear sometimes still whines in the silence when my right ear momentarily goes quiet, though I don't know if this is a result of my tinnitus just shifting places, even though sometimes my left ears will whine at a higher pitch than my right one.

I forgot to add just now; my left ear is a lot more sensitive to touch now, and seems to emit ringing everytime I lightly press on it.

 

[JurgenG]

Sounds temporary, I had something likewise as well, spiked my T shortly but recovered (not a slap but but something alike).

 

[Herlinde]

@TheTinnitusTony I also think it's temporary, you already made a big improvement i see

 

[Bill Bauer]

I think the volume has more or less recovered, but now in that ear I randomly get twinges of high pitched sounds that flicker in and out. It's as if though someone's tuning for the radio.

I know tinnitus is such a volatile and subjective experience, but does anyone know of my kind of expected recovery because of that? Will I essentially not recover as a result?

How are you feeling now?