Well I was hoping I wouldn't have to post here but, after a solid 30 days, it seems like I may need to.
Background: 37-year-old with an admitted history of loud music, live music, etc. I started taking a bit more care of the ears around 10 years ago though, but nothing drastic. Heck, I attended a show last fall and was front row.
How It Started: Around March 28 I was working on the computer and suddenly noticed that I was hearing an electronic sound in the background on mostly my left side -- you know what I mean, that electronic super-high pitched 16 kHz hiss/ring when something is turned on at first (most electronics don't do it anymore). It persisted and has brought bouts of mild to med vertigo with it. The louder and more piercing the noise, the stronger the vertigo.
How It's Going: It's still here and that SUCKS. My PCP looked at the ears after 1.5 weeks and said the ear structures are fine, no visible issues. I was referred to an ENT. The ENT, 2.5 weeks after onset, confirmed same and prescribed a course of Prednisolone and a Z-Pak for possible inner ear infection. I took those and a week later (last Friday) got in for a CT scan -- no visible issues. Bummer, was hoping maybe a neuroma or something fixable. Tuesday (3 days ago) was a really great day for unknown reasons, both tinnitus and vertigo were extremely weak and almost the entire day was enjoyable except for end of night when it started to return.
What's Next: ECoG/balance testing w/ audiologist next Tuesday. I don't know what exactly this is going to tell them. It's starting to get in the weeds a tad.
Possible Causes: I can't come up with anything I did around the time it started except maybe bump my head a tiny bit on the top against a door frame when going down some stairs that morning. It didn't even make a knot on the head and I would find it extremely hard to believe it was the cause -- that and I can't say 100% for sure that it actually happened before. It could've been after, it took several days for me to go "ok this is a problem" and then start backtracking timelines.
One possible cause is simply that I'm paying the price now for loving live and loud music in the past (and still to this day, to be honest with myself).
I suppose it could still be inner ear infection taking absolutely forever to fully heal (or possibly even caused permanent or slow-to-heal damage), but as each additional day passes (day 31 now), hopes of it simply disappearing or being a temporary issue are fading.
Background: 37-year-old with an admitted history of loud music, live music, etc. I started taking a bit more care of the ears around 10 years ago though, but nothing drastic. Heck, I attended a show last fall and was front row.
How It Started: Around March 28 I was working on the computer and suddenly noticed that I was hearing an electronic sound in the background on mostly my left side -- you know what I mean, that electronic super-high pitched 16 kHz hiss/ring when something is turned on at first (most electronics don't do it anymore). It persisted and has brought bouts of mild to med vertigo with it. The louder and more piercing the noise, the stronger the vertigo.
How It's Going: It's still here and that SUCKS. My PCP looked at the ears after 1.5 weeks and said the ear structures are fine, no visible issues. I was referred to an ENT. The ENT, 2.5 weeks after onset, confirmed same and prescribed a course of Prednisolone and a Z-Pak for possible inner ear infection. I took those and a week later (last Friday) got in for a CT scan -- no visible issues. Bummer, was hoping maybe a neuroma or something fixable. Tuesday (3 days ago) was a really great day for unknown reasons, both tinnitus and vertigo were extremely weak and almost the entire day was enjoyable except for end of night when it started to return.
What's Next: ECoG/balance testing w/ audiologist next Tuesday. I don't know what exactly this is going to tell them. It's starting to get in the weeds a tad.
Possible Causes: I can't come up with anything I did around the time it started except maybe bump my head a tiny bit on the top against a door frame when going down some stairs that morning. It didn't even make a knot on the head and I would find it extremely hard to believe it was the cause -- that and I can't say 100% for sure that it actually happened before. It could've been after, it took several days for me to go "ok this is a problem" and then start backtracking timelines.
One possible cause is simply that I'm paying the price now for loving live and loud music in the past (and still to this day, to be honest with myself).
I suppose it could still be inner ear infection taking absolutely forever to fully heal (or possibly even caused permanent or slow-to-heal damage), but as each additional day passes (day 31 now), hopes of it simply disappearing or being a temporary issue are fading.
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