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It has been just about a month now. I can accept the hearing loss, but I'm wondering if the hissing and fullness will ever go away. It seems when I take Claritin D and Ibuprofen the symptoms aren't as bad, although they still don't totally go away. My doc is now wanting to do balloon sinuplasty for my sinuses. He seems to want to move on from the ear problems to the sinus situation. I don't want any complications from that procedure, so I am starting to consider not doing that. I have had an MRI and CAT scan and everything is normal.
I have read on this site about people with nerve damage that get shots and the hearing is somewhat restored. My ENT says once you have nerved damage that's it. Nothing will restore it.
Do you think I need more time for the hissing and fullness to abate. It's been one month.
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions on this site. It's been very helpful.View Thread


I was actually thinking of going the other route. Maybe an ENT with a smaller practice that would start from the beginning. I feel as if the other doctor has just run out of options, or really isn't paying as much attention to my case as he should.
ThanksView Thread

My family doctor put me on prednisone which must have cleared up the fluid and some sinus inflammation. I then went to the ENT because of the ringing, fullness, etc. He put the tube in so I could fly. He thought I had ETD. The ENT believes a virus migrated or it's from an old blow to the head...which I have never experienced.
His main objective now is to do the balloon procedure which I am not really interested in. Yes, from the CAT SCAN my sinuses appear to be all gray and supposedly need to be opened up, but taking Claritin D and using Flonase seems to be working where I feel no pressure or pain. Would opening the sinuses up have anything to do with helping the tinnitus? According to my ENT none of these procedures have any lasting side effects. You just get up and go. After all of the problems with the tube, I am not looking for any suprises from the balloon procedure. I guess that's why I am hesitant to have it done.
It seems as if most concur that tinnitus is a medical mystery, and there is no fix for it. That's why I was thinking of going the route of the hearing aid to mask the sound. The worst time for the tinnitus is when I am trying to watch t.v.. It gets very tinny sounding and seems to be louder. During the day when I am busy and there are other noises around it isn't as bothersome.
So, your advice would be to skip the hearing aid for that problem?View Thread

Did I read somewhere on one of your posts that you can get hearing aids to get rid of the static/ringing noise? I can deal with the mild hearing loss, but the noise is so annoying.View Thread

Thanks for your input.View Thread
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