About 9 months ago my left ear started to feel like it was blocked, as if with water, like when I was a serious swimmer in my youth. This was obviously not the case here as I haven’t been swimming for years. In addition to this I have been suffering “cocktail party effect” where I can’t filter background noise and have to lipread people at parties.
I’ve been flying a lot recently and thought that might be a factor. Anyway I’ve been resisting calls from people about ear candling and other woo “remedies” and went to an ear nose and throat specialist a few months ago. He put me through numerous tests and said that my hearing was quite good for my age. My eardrums were intact, but there were nodes in my ears due to my swimming (when he first looked into my ears he said “ah, a swimmer”). The feeling of blockage was due to my eardrum protruding into my inner ear and creating a pressure differential. His advice? Hold my nose and pop my ears!!
Anyway, no progress, so I went back to him today. Although my ear felt more blocked, my hearing was still good. Hearing aids would be a waste of money according to him. Grommets would not work because of the spurs. “Learn to live with it” was his advice. Good to get such honesty.
Why this thread? I don’t know. Maybe someone has some advice. Maybe the lesson is to wear earplugs when swimming. Maybe I’m just pissed off with the blocked ear feeling.
I’ve been flying a lot recently and thought that might be a factor. Anyway I’ve been resisting calls from people about ear candling and other woo “remedies” and went to an ear nose and throat specialist a few months ago. He put me through numerous tests and said that my hearing was quite good for my age. My eardrums were intact, but there were nodes in my ears due to my swimming (when he first looked into my ears he said “ah, a swimmer”). The feeling of blockage was due to my eardrum protruding into my inner ear and creating a pressure differential. His advice? Hold my nose and pop my ears!!
Anyway, no progress, so I went back to him today. Although my ear felt more blocked, my hearing was still good. Hearing aids would be a waste of money according to him. Grommets would not work because of the spurs. “Learn to live with it” was his advice. Good to get such honesty.
Why this thread? I don’t know. Maybe someone has some advice. Maybe the lesson is to wear earplugs when swimming. Maybe I’m just pissed off with the blocked ear feeling.
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