Yeah I think the tinnitus is definitely related. I hope it is somewhat bearable, a lot of my patients with hearing loss complained about it being awful.
How is your hearing now otherwise?
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I’m riddled with some sortve condition that I am convinced is related to my ENT problems as a child. Also had tonsils/adenoids removed around 10 YO. My entire childhood was a series of infections and surgeries😂
Tinnitus is weird. If I focus on it it’s blaring. Otherwise it sortve just exists
I wouldn’t be surprised. Tonsils and adenoids are often correlated with Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. I would be interested to hear more or if you decide to do an additional ENT or audiological eval.
Have you looked into masking devices for the tinnitus?
Honestly Nos you may be able to help me because I’ve sortve been looking for types of assisted hearing aids. In some instances to cut noise OUT. In many ways I have almost “supersonic” hearing. Or something. My tinnitus is awful but I can hear someone chewing from 3 miles away.
Absolutely. We should chat because I have an audiology background that kind of goes to waste sometimes. When’s the last time you saw an audiologist?
I need to see one lol my hearing is shit sometimes. And I think I have tinnitus
A long, LONG time ago. My guess is probably 25 years ago.
That is WAYY too long. I would want an eval to rule out additional issues or at least get fitted for a device that can mask and filter sounds for some relief
I never really considered that if I had problems with my ears as a kid that I probably still would as an adult. Likely exacerbated. I’m going to look into that. You just get used to living with problems and forget that you may have options at your disposal.
I may want to follow up with you about some stuff because you’re making me rethink everything rn. Thank you for this.
You get used to it. My audiology professor put on this loud white noise machine everyday before he started class and when he was going over tinnitus, he turned it off to illustrate that even though we barely heard the noise/got used to it, there was a huge difference when it was gone.
Do you have simplex? If not you can always dm me questions