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Deaf/Hard of Hearing

ballardgirl

(158 posts)

7. I've had that going on

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Original post)

Thu Aug 22, 2013, 10:02 AM

Aug 2013

for the past week or two. Have had the tinnitis on my right side for 10 years or so but it recently got worse, with what seems like sinus/inner ear and a little vertigo. I'll see the doc next week but don't have high expectations. I hate it when waking first thing, when it is quiet, and that stupid noise is in my head! Probably time to see about a hearing aid.

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Having a sinus thing has kickstarted the mother of all tinnitus episodes. [View all] GreenPartyVoter May 2013 OP

Mine varies in intensity on both sides. lpbk2713 May 2013 #1

I hope it does. I have had it all my life because of the hearing loss, but it always came and went. GreenPartyVoter May 2013 #2

Getting hearing aids killed my tinnitus DavidDvorkin May 2013 #3

Hmmm That's interesting. I don't recall if I experienced any changes when I wore one as a kid. GreenPartyVoter May 2013 #4

This seems to be a known phenomenon DavidDvorkin May 2013 #5

The reason I stopped wearing my hearing aid, aside from the "ear boogers," was that GreenPartyVoter May 2013 #6

I've had that going on ballardgirl Aug 2013 #7