Post Stapedectomy issues
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Hello all,
I know this discussion has been beat to death but I haven't seen the answers I've been looking for and I've been searching for 3 days.
This is my second stapedectomy, the first was 5 years ago in my right ear and everything went great, I had supersonic hearing and no issues that I can remember. Just 4 days ago I had my left ear done and this time around it has been very different. First of all there was no immediate hearing like last time. I still can't hear anything from the outside on my left ear after 4 days, although I do hear my voice louder and it is louder when I scratch my head as well. The one thing that I haven't seen anyone else say is, when I walk I hear a loud sound on every step as if someone is hitting their hand on a microphone.
My second most problem that I really worry about is for the first day and a half it was total silence, but then I started hearing a high pitch whine along with some ringing that gets louder when I am exposed to sound such as the tv or music playing. This sound has not went away and I fear I will have to live with it the rest of my life. I am hoping that there is so much packing in the ear is why I can't hear outside noises. I get the packing removed in 9 days. I hope someone here has had the same symptoms and they have gotten better over time.
Here's to wishful thinking.
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manigma77
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I'm sorry to beat this to death, but has anyone not been able to hear until the packing was removed. I'm full of anxiety thinking i'm deaf. The funny thing is I can't hear anything from the outside but I can hear if a phone is playing music to the back of my ear where it meets your head.