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Temporal bone inflammation tinnitus
I have had a hissing in my left ear since age 25. (Im 53) For the past week, a loud hum, fullness in both ears, any noise makes the hum worse. I took prednisone and a diuretic and it has settled down to a kind of thrumming, like a bass guitar, along with my usual hissing. Hello Peter, That hissing sound you are experiencing is typical of tinnitus caused from cochlear damage. Most folk don't know that there are millions of minute nerve endings deep inside the ear that get very excited by the great pressure of waves of sound. As noises is received by your ear and these tiny hairs start moving, electrical impulses are sent via the nerves which the brain translates as sound. Agition causes moving of your diminutive hair nerve cell, which reminds one a field of wheat on a farm stirring in concert with the breeze. All of those teeny-weeny hair cells and those infinitesimal auditory nerve cells are very easily damaged when you are exposed to loud noise over a period of time. The cochlear damage is even further aggravated if you have listened to loud music for a long time. The hair cells and nerves are damaged and bent from a severe blow to the head. All those little hairs often get bent out of shape or even busted and then randomly send electrical impulses directly to the brain which interprets them as a noise, even though there might be an absence of sound. Hearing losss and cochlear damage which leads to a ringing in the ears can also be caused by botched ear wax removals, a procedure known as ear candling, swimming pool accidents, sports injuries, dental surgery also as a result of middle ear infections. High frequency loss of hearing is irreparable although our tinnitus remedies have proved to be extremely successful in lowering the levels of tinnitus caused from cochlear damage. Hope this helps Pete!
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