About a month and a half ago I got a pretty nasty cold and as a result I also got bronchitis and sinusitis which I had for the better part of a month.
After all that I noticed in my left ear a low frequency rushing swooshing sound constantly. It would come and go, but when I have it it's so loud that I have to wear an ear plug in that ear otherwise the sound is so loud it makes my ear hurt.
I went in to the ENT doctor freaking out that I was losing my hearing last week and after doing a hearing test she told me first that my hearing is still good, but I have something called eustachian tube dysfunction. It's an apparently temporary condition often times resulting from ear infection or nasal infection. The cause is the muscle that opens your eustachian tube is spasming and causes the sound, at least in my case. Some people experience dizziness And pain.
Lately it's been a lof better, but days like yesterday are frustrating when it's so loud I basically can't hear out of my left ear in any usable way. For an audionut this is cause for much grief. I'm so glad it's not permanent, because the prospect of not hearing permanently is quite a bummer. Can't wait for it to go away.
Anyone else experience this or other types of he hearing loss?
