Post by Ricochet on Jan 19, 2004 0:18:55 GMT -5
Hi, This is my description of my experiences. This has been going on for years. I found the below description on another board and it is exactly like me so, to make it easy I have copied it as I could have written it myself.
For my current status see my post in the Coffee Shop
During quiet (e.g. sleep, etc.) periods I had no symptoms
*When subjected to sound above a certain threshold I heard clicking sounds only in my right ear.
*Certain types of sounds seemed to trigger the clicking. The worst sounds were running water, shower, rustling of paper, etc.
*The clicking stops just after the noise stops.
*The symptoms gradually got better (took a louder trigger sound to start the clicking) over the next month and stopped. Then they would come back again.
I did not see a doctor at the time as I was too afraid and I NEVER went to doctors for ANYTHING. So I just lived with it for years in fear. Above symptoms lasted for about 2 weeks then stopped. Then they would return.
It has some other weird behavior. Lets say I start the shower running and the clicking starts I can put my finger in my ear (making it quiet and applying a slight pressure in my ear) and the symptoms will stop. Then I can sometimes pull my finger out of my ear and the symptoms will not start back even though I am hearing the exact same input that started the symptoms, etc. I can always get the symptoms to stop by briefly putting my finger in my ear. The symptoms may or may not come back.
On good days only running water, shower, etc. and not talking people will set it off. On bad days any moderately loud sound will set it off clicking. It only happens in the right ear.
Don't know if anyone else has experienced this but these are my symptoms.
For my current status see my post in the Coffee Shop
During quiet (e.g. sleep, etc.) periods I had no symptoms
*When subjected to sound above a certain threshold I heard clicking sounds only in my right ear.
*Certain types of sounds seemed to trigger the clicking. The worst sounds were running water, shower, rustling of paper, etc.
*The clicking stops just after the noise stops.
*The symptoms gradually got better (took a louder trigger sound to start the clicking) over the next month and stopped. Then they would come back again.
I did not see a doctor at the time as I was too afraid and I NEVER went to doctors for ANYTHING. So I just lived with it for years in fear. Above symptoms lasted for about 2 weeks then stopped. Then they would return.
It has some other weird behavior. Lets say I start the shower running and the clicking starts I can put my finger in my ear (making it quiet and applying a slight pressure in my ear) and the symptoms will stop. Then I can sometimes pull my finger out of my ear and the symptoms will not start back even though I am hearing the exact same input that started the symptoms, etc. I can always get the symptoms to stop by briefly putting my finger in my ear. The symptoms may or may not come back.
On good days only running water, shower, etc. and not talking people will set it off. On bad days any moderately loud sound will set it off clicking. It only happens in the right ear.
Don't know if anyone else has experienced this but these are my symptoms.
