Hi everyone,
My name is Ray and I'm 27 years old. I've been reading posts in this community and I'm encouraged by how supportive everyone is and sharing in each other's joys and pains. I developed tinnitus which sounds like a really low-pitch hum sound in my right ear 4 days ago.
Background:
This past November, my right ear felt full and a day or two later at night I noticed a low pitch humming sound in the ear. I spent a long time coming to terms that I might have to live with it for the rest of my life and eventually fell asleep. However, it was gone by the next morning. Fast forward to about a week ago when my right ear felt full again and I had moments of slight vertigo. A few days later which was this past Friday night, I got off a 14 hour international flight where I watched about 3 hours of movies at high volume. Everything was fine when I got off the plane and when I woke up the next morning. Nothing was out of the ordinary until I suddenly sneezed and then the low hum came back to my right ear and hasn't left since. Saw an ENT two days ago who thinks it could be barotrauma and prescribed prednisone and fluticasone (nasal spray) to clear up sinuses. He said ears and nose looked fine but the right eardrum does look slightly pushed in. Not sure if it's really helping so far. My left ear also feels like its being pushed in. In terms of general listening volume, I listen to music on my AirPods at a moderate volume. Going to see an audiologist in a few days as well. It seems like I can feel the vibrations in my ear at times. Also, if I plug my ear with my finger, the ringing is gone.
This morning, the humming was sporadic and pulsing and there were moments where it felt like I couldn't hear it at all. But the constant hum came back after a while. I found out that if I bend my neck forward it gets louder and leaning my head back makes it noticeably quieter. I'm still learning to cope with it, but would really appreciate it if you could share your thoughts on what other issues it might be and things I could try.
My name is Ray and I'm 27 years old. I've been reading posts in this community and I'm encouraged by how supportive everyone is and sharing in each other's joys and pains. I developed tinnitus which sounds like a really low-pitch hum sound in my right ear 4 days ago.
Background:
This past November, my right ear felt full and a day or two later at night I noticed a low pitch humming sound in the ear. I spent a long time coming to terms that I might have to live with it for the rest of my life and eventually fell asleep. However, it was gone by the next morning. Fast forward to about a week ago when my right ear felt full again and I had moments of slight vertigo. A few days later which was this past Friday night, I got off a 14 hour international flight where I watched about 3 hours of movies at high volume. Everything was fine when I got off the plane and when I woke up the next morning. Nothing was out of the ordinary until I suddenly sneezed and then the low hum came back to my right ear and hasn't left since. Saw an ENT two days ago who thinks it could be barotrauma and prescribed prednisone and fluticasone (nasal spray) to clear up sinuses. He said ears and nose looked fine but the right eardrum does look slightly pushed in. Not sure if it's really helping so far. My left ear also feels like its being pushed in. In terms of general listening volume, I listen to music on my AirPods at a moderate volume. Going to see an audiologist in a few days as well. It seems like I can feel the vibrations in my ear at times. Also, if I plug my ear with my finger, the ringing is gone.
This morning, the humming was sporadic and pulsing and there were moments where it felt like I couldn't hear it at all. But the constant hum came back after a while. I found out that if I bend my neck forward it gets louder and leaning my head back makes it noticeably quieter. I'm still learning to cope with it, but would really appreciate it if you could share your thoughts on what other issues it might be and things I could try.
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