Does anyone have any experience with hearing decline in one ear only not due
to ageing (45 yrs) , noise exposure, eardrum damage ? I use ear plugs
regularly. Tests are showing conductive loss possibly due to nerve damage,
and there's some noticeable progression in this over the last few months.
Loss of bass sensitivity, plus an upper mid 'echo/delay' of about 100msecs
in the affected ear all add up to a troubling and frustrating condition.
It's like one ear is 'out of phase' with the other. If you have any links to
reading material I'd appreciate it...I'm sticking closely with my ear
specialist for guidance and course of action. Thanks folks ....

"Ray Thomas" wrote in message
...
Does anyone have any experience with hearing decline in one ear only not
due
to ageing (45 yrs) , noise exposure, eardrum damage ? I use ear plugs
regularly. Tests are showing conductive loss possibly due to nerve damage,
and there's some noticeable progression in this over the last few months.
Loss of bass sensitivity, plus an upper mid 'echo/delay' of about 100msecs
in the affected ear all add up to a troubling and frustrating condition.
It's like one ear is 'out of phase' with the other. If you have any links
to
reading material I'd appreciate it...I'm sticking closely with my ear
specialist for guidance and course of action. Thanks folks ....



Is it possible that it could be a temporary condition. A couple of years
back I got a mild infection in the Eustachian tubes and the first I noticed
was slight pain on VLF's (more 'feeling' than hearing) which developed into
a mid echo and that awful out of phase feeling. I was put on sudafed and it
just ran its course over approx. six months.

Mike

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:37:11 +1030, "Ray Thomas"
wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with hearing decline in one ear only not due
to ageing (45 yrs) , noise exposure, eardrum damage ? I use ear plugs
regularly. Tests are showing conductive loss possibly due to nerve damage,
and there's some noticeable progression in this over the last few months.
Loss of bass sensitivity, plus an upper mid 'echo/delay' of about 100msecs
in the affected ear all add up to a troubling and frustrating condition.
It's like one ear is 'out of phase' with the other. If you have any links to
reading material I'd appreciate it...I'm sticking closely with my ear
specialist for guidance and course of action. Thanks folks .... snip

How about, instead of trolling for an answer on Usenet, going to a
otologist instead? And, you're incorrect...high SPL exposure is the
#1 cause of later life hearing loss. It sounds to me like you're got
an unrelated problem, such as damage caused by illness at one time,
but that's for a CT scan to find.

dB

Which ear tight or left?

Some people have more of a problem with their left ear because of years
of driving with the window down and the wind blasting on the left ear.
One theory...

In article ,
"Ray Thomas" wrote:

Does anyone have any experience with hearing decline in one ear only not due
to ageing (45 yrs) , noise exposure, eardrum damage ? I use ear plugs
regularly. Tests are showing conductive loss possibly due to nerve damage,
and there's some noticeable progression in this over the last few months.
Loss of bass sensitivity, plus an upper mid 'echo/delay' of about 100msecs
in the affected ear all add up to a troubling and frustrating condition.
It's like one ear is 'out of phase' with the other. If you have any links to
reading material I'd appreciate it...I'm sticking closely with my ear
specialist for guidance and course of action. Thanks folks ....


I have an atypical Meniere's disease in my left ear. It causes temporary
low-frequency hearing loss (by temporary I mean a couple of days to a
couple of weeks at a time). At it's worst it makes everything in my left
ear sound like it's underwater. It also causes vertigo.

There has been progressive hearing loss in the ear, but it's relatively
minor to the effects that occur when the symptoms flare up.

As another poster mentioned, if you're concerned about his, you might
want to see a doctor. My guess is that if you have no other symptoms
(dizziness for example), the damage is probably caused by noise exposure.

Herb

--
Herb Singleton

Sound & Vibration Measurements
http://www.cross-spectrum.com

You might even investigate postural issues. My wife is a singer and keyboard
player and has had increasing problems with noise and congestion in one ear for
the last several years. After doctor visits and chiropractor visits, we finally
determined that the problem was due to muscle spasms in her neck after a year of
Alexander technique visits resolved the condition. It wasn't something anyone
suggested as a possible cause, but some of these conditions just don't show up
in the medical literature.

-Jay
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x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x
x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x
x---------- http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/ ------------x

Dang, beat me to it!


"db" wrote in message
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Which ear tight or left?

Some people have more of a problem with their left ear because of years
of driving with the window down and the wind blasting on the left ear.
One theory...

Jay Kadis wrote:

You might even investigate postural issues. My wife is a singer and keyboard
player and has had increasing problems with noise and congestion in one ear for
the last several years. After doctor visits and chiropractor visits, we finally
determined that the problem was due to muscle spasms in her neck after a year of
Alexander technique visits resolved the condition. It wasn't something anyone
suggested as a possible cause, but some of these conditions just don't show up
in the medical literature.


What is the Alexander Technique? What's the story about the neck spasms
- cause, other effects?

S O'Neill wrote:

Jay Kadis wrote:

You might even investigate postural issues. My wife is a singer and
keyboard player and has had increasing problems with noise and
congestion in one ear for the last several years. After doctor visits
and chiropractor visits, we finally determined that the problem was due
to muscle spasms in her neck after a year of Alexander technique visits
resolved the condition. It wasn't something anyone suggested as a
possible cause, but some of these conditions just don't show up in the
medical literature.

What is the Alexander Technique?

He was a stage actor who lost his voice; he set out to figure that out
and developed a technique involving very conscious training of posture
and movement. That is a gross simplification, but his work was
interesting and the one Alexander instructor I've known was seriously
knowledgable about body actions. The training is rigorous, requiring
more time than is required in the US for an MD degree. Google him up;
it's a good story.

--
ha

db wrote:
Which ear tight or left?

Some people have more of a problem with their left ear because of years
of driving with the window down and the wind blasting on the left ear.
One theory...

So do right handed shotgun hunters.


Bob
--

"Things should be described as simply as possible, but no
simpler."

A. Einstein

Thanks guys for all your constructive and supportive feedback....and it's
not of the screeching PA system kind either ! It's the opposite ear to the
open car window (left ear affected..we drive on the LH side in Australia),
yes I'm going for an MRI scan and staying in close contact with my
otologist. No dizziness, but the eustachian tube infection and postural
condition are ideas I can raise with him. Thanks again guys, it helps me
feel less alone with this problem !
Ray
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"hank alrich" wrote in message
.. .
S O'Neill wrote:

Jay Kadis wrote:

You might even investigate postural issues. My wife is a singer and

In article , S O'Neill
wrote:

Jay Kadis wrote:

You might even investigate postural issues. My wife is a singer and
keyboard
player and has had increasing problems with noise and congestion in one ear
for
the last several years. After doctor visits and chiropractor visits, we
finally
determined that the problem was due to muscle spasms in her neck after a
year of
Alexander technique visits resolved the condition. It wasn't something
anyone
suggested as a possible cause, but some of these conditions just don't show
up
in the medical literature.


What is the Alexander Technique? What's the story about the neck spasms
- cause, other effects?


As far as I understand it, it is a way of re-educating the postural muscles as
to their proper level of contraction to maintain a balance. It involves
positioning the body into the correct alignment by very gentle manipulation. I
was pretty skeptical at first, but it really did improve the condition
demonstrably.

Linda's problem stems from years of top 40 rock gigs singing and playing
keyboards in a contorted way, topped off by a midwinter trip to Paris several
years ago in which the temperature didn't exceed 26 degrees F for the week we
were there, resulting in severe neck strain from huddling against the cold.
(We're from California...)

-Jay
--
x------- Jay Kadis ------- x---- Jay's Attic Studio ------x
x Lecturer, Audio Engineer x Dexter Records x
x CCRMA, Stanford University x http://www.offbeats.com/ x
x---------- http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~jay/ ------------x