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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
I woke up the other morning (Tuesday, I think it was) and everything seemed normal, until I properly woke up to realise that I was unable to hear with my left ear!
Its not a complete loss of hearing, more the sort you get when your head is underwater, only more muffled! I have been hoping that its been an infection or something similar that is going to clear up, but that seems less likely at the moment, I'm off to the doctor in the morning to see if theres anything that can be done, and to try and find out what's actually wrong!
I think I've had one of the most surreal weeks of my life this week, everything sounds as if its in a different place as I'm only hearing it with one ear, I'm finding I really have to concentrate to hear what people are saying to me, music sounds flat and uninspiring, the whole world in general, sounds as if its off balance and out of place!
It has, however, given me a massive insight in to how people with hearing disabilities have to go about their daily lives. Unfortunately, at the moment, thats a small consolation!
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
1) Try a few days of a decongestant.
2) These almost always go away eventually.
3) Feel better!
-Mike
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
Thanks Lightning, I was kinda expecting that it might go away, but having gone on for nearly a week, I was beginning to get a little concerned (to put it mildly)
On the bright side, its been a great excuse to shout at people!
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HOP Mad Doctor
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Yeah, if the decongestant doesn't help, see your GP.
-Mike
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
I'll be seeing him anyway, just to be sure!
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There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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I get rid of that underwater feeling by steaming my head. Fill a bowl with boiling water, put a towel over your head and the bowl and breath in through your mouth and out through your nose.
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Location: Portland Oregon USA
I've had that happen before. For me it was a wax build up.
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Location: Southern California, USA
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I've had that happen before. For me it was a wax build up.
haha ....grody!
it happens to me with both ears sometimes when i wake up and i don't know it til halfway through the day when i yawn and all of a sudden it sounds like everyone is screaming at me...
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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Yes, I've had that happen too - also wax build-up. I went to a doctor and she told me this:
(this is assuming that it is a wax issue)
(1. Buy yourself an enima(I know this sounds weird but trust me).
(2. Fill the enima up with water as hot as you can stand
(3. Shoot the hot water into your ear with a fair amount of force - this should dislodge the wax and may hurt a little, but it has worked for me in the past:)
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Location: Southern California, USA
...last time i had a nasty wax build up i used a Q-Tip
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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
A Q-tip can actually exacerbate the problem by pushing the wax further in
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: london, United Kingdom
Ahh you poor thing , i couldn't hear the other day had a cold baught a whole bunch of oranges and ate three in one go, oranges are goooooood
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Location: Edinburgh, UK
Go get your ear syringed - it's great fun... You have to soften if with eardrops for a few days, but then they have a special machine which kind of vibrates warm water into your ear and flushes out all the wax... it's kind of strange, but not unpleasant. And afterwards you can hear an ant walking a mile away. It's great
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
I can hear again!!!!
My hearing came back almost as suddenly as it had gone! totally weird!!!!
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
What?!? Speak up, gosh damnit!
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Location: Cornwall, United Kingdom
My state of mind is not yours to define!
There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
HOP Mad Doctor
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Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
See? 9 years and a quarter of a million dollars worth of higher education ARE worth something!
-Mike
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Location: In a test pit, Mackay, Australia
I've had two burst ear drums in my time, made me a bit of a road hazard on my bike that's for sure.
Plus I'm classed as medically unfit to dive and/or be an astronaut.
Damn...
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
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