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Anybody have a plugged ear feeling?

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The monitoring, how can I describe it, I was driving home, concentrating hard on the soreness in the ear, and I guess maybe twitching a bit.  It was just interesting that I was able to do this to my cheek without even trying. Weird.  Anyway, ear canal, ear drum, middle ear – all are realively close to each other in that I don’t think I could differentiate where the feeling is coming from, and thus what is even responsible.  I do notice that as I have relaxed a bit these past few months, the "soreness" has abated as well. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -Michael wrote: > Mike, > What kind of "monitoring" were you doing? There is no medical explanation > which would include a small strain or spasm of muscles near the eardrum, as > there are no muscles in the ear canal. There are, however, several nerves > which run thru it, e.g. the Vth and the VIIth. I expect that in your > "monitoring", you stimulated the VIIth , or facial nerve, which gave you a > pain which was referred to the cheek area. If you have other information, I > would find it very interesting. You might look in the area of the stapedius > or tensor tympani muscles, which lie in the middle ear, and could cause this > phenomenon. > — > Michael > www.ridenhour.com > >> My T is in the right ear only and is not too loud. I can generally ignore > it. > >> However, when I work out at the gymnasium, it gets worse, and sometimes > the > >> "plugged ear" feeling will return for a few hours. > >My theory is that it is a small strain or spasm of muscles near the eardrum > or > >earcanal bought on by excessive monitoring of the effected ear.  My only > >evidence for this is a time a few months ago when I was monitoring my ear > and I > >spasmed a muscle in my upper cheek I never knew I had!  It felt like I got > >punched in the face and it lasted for days.  If something similar happened > in > >the ear, it could be manifested as stuffyness or soreness of the ear. > >– > >Michael Field > >email- mike.fi…@worldnet.att.net

– Michael Field email- mike.fi…@worldnet.att.net

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Hi, In Feb. of 1997 I experienced a sudden hearing loss in my left ear. Despite spending 5 nights in the hospital and numerous other treatments, my hearing never returned.  Instead, it was replaced with lots of ringing and "noise" (like static from a radio that’s not tuned in) that increases with the noise level in the room.  I also discovered I now noticed even the slightest pressure changes.  Even just going up a hill in the car.  I noticed that wearing a foam ear plug in one or both ears seemed to help alot with that "plugged" feeling.  Now, a year and a half later, it is better, but I still notice pressure changes more than the average person.  My ENT and several other ENTs that I consulted say there is nothing that can be done about it; it just seems to get better (or you get used to it) over time. Good luck. Tracy

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Bill Walker wrote: > Yes, I had the "plugged ear" feeling for several months after the onset of my > T about two years ago. In my case, the "plugged ear" feeling eventually went > away but the T never did. > BTW, my T came about as the result of an inner ear infection during a bought > with the flu.

Another good reason to encourage friends and family to get a flu shot > My T is in the right ear only and is not too loud. I can generally ignore it. > However, when I work out at the gymnasium, it gets worse, and sometimes the > "plugged ear" feeling will return for a few hours.

My theory is that it is a small strain or spasm of muscles near the eardrum or earcanal bought on by excessive monitoring of the effected ear.  My only evidence for this is a time a few months ago when I was monitoring my ear and I spasmed a muscle in my upper cheek I never knew I had!  It felt like I got punched in the face and it lasted for days.  If something similar happened in the ear, it could be manifested as stuffyness or soreness of the ear. — Michael Field email- mike.fi…@worldnet.att.net

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>My T is in the right ear only and is not too loud. I can generally ignore it. >However, when I work out at the gymnasium, it gets worse, and sometimes the >"plugged ear" feeling will return for a few hours. >Wierd.

Hi there Bill (and Bill I think?) I too have experienced temporary "plugged" ear after working out. As with you, it didn’t seem to last very long – though I found it quite distressing. (more than my tinnitus) Interestingly I found that leaning my head to one side so that the offending ear was upwards and waiting for a few seconds seemed to clear it while in that position. As I had been working-out I put it down to a bit of sweat of fluid getting in my middle ear via eustation tubes. (I’m no expert and I don’t know if this is possible – but may be? If the fluid was in my outer ear surely putting my head on that side would make it worse?) Bill (the first Bill) – My doctor told me that significant fluid build up in the middle ear can cause tinnitus and give a feeling of plugged ear. Apparently it can take a while for fluid to clear from the middle ear (through the eustation tubes), but it does happen eventually. Best of luck on Thursday, Mervyn —— mervyn at haumann demon co uk

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Mike, What kind of "monitoring" were you doing? There is no medical explanation which would include a small strain or spasm of muscles near the eardrum, as there are no muscles in the ear canal. There are, however, several nerves which run thru it, e.g. the Vth and the VIIth. I expect that in your "monitoring", you stimulated the VIIth , or facial nerve, which gave you a pain which was referred to the cheek area. If you have other information, I would find it very interesting. You might look in the area of the stapedius or tensor tympani muscles, which lie in the middle ear, and could cause this phenomenon. — Michael www.ridenhour.com – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> My T is in the right ear only and is not too loud. I can generally ignore it. >> However, when I work out at the gymnasium, it gets worse, and sometimes the >> "plugged ear" feeling will return for a few hours. >My theory is that it is a small strain or spasm of muscles near the eardrum or >earcanal bought on by excessive monitoring of the effected ear.  My only >evidence for this is a time a few months ago when I was monitoring my ear and I >spasmed a muscle in my upper cheek I never knew I had!  It felt like I got >punched in the face and it lasted for days.  If something similar happened in >the ear, it could be manifested as stuffyness or soreness of the ear. >– >Michael Field >email- mike.fi…@worldnet.att.net

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Look up "Meniere’s Disease" Various combinations of a "plugged up" feeling, hearing loss, balance problems, etc. Due to a sort of otic glaucoma, where a certain type of cells within the cochlea produce an excess of fluid, and the resulting pressure causes the symptoms. Good luck! This can now be CURED. Henry — INTROTECH 6336 Greenwich Drive San Diego, CA 92122 (619) 453-7600, fax 552-9050

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Hello, I recently broke my temporal bone (head hit concrete 18 days ago) and have experienced about 75% hearing loss and a good dose of noisy tinnitus in my right ear.  But along with these lovely additions to my life, I also have a very uncomfortable blocked feeling in the right ear also.  This probably bugs me more than the first two.  Does anyone know why I am feeling this and if there is any remedy (surgery maybe)?  It’s less than three weeks after the incident and the docs (neurosurgeons) in the hospital said it sometimes takes 2 months to clear out all the old dried blood out of the canal (I was bleeding a decent amount out of the ear for about a half a day).  I don’t know if they were speaking honestly but I don’t have much faith that I will get the hearing back nor do I think the blockage is due to dried blood or anything else that will leave my ear canal within two months.  One more thing.  When I open my jaw and brush my back teeth, I get this completely plugged feeling (more than the usual blockage) in the right ear canal (almost like a valve closing).  I’m pretty sure my hearing loss is due to structural damage rather than nerve damage due to being able to hear the tuning fork when it was put on my skull behind my right ear. One more thing. In the first appointment, the ENT doc looked at my eardrum and said it looked to not be damaged (though wasn’t the blood coming through there when I was bleeding?). Anyway, has anyone else experienced something similar or does anyone else have these symptons or know anything about them?    *Any* (emphasis) feedback at all on this would really be appreciated as I am seeing the ENT doc on Thursday and any info I could get might make for a more productive appointment.  Thanks so much. Bill

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Yes, I had the "plugged ear" feeling for several months after the onset of my T about two years ago. In my case, the "plugged ear" feeling eventually went away but the T never did. BTW, my T came about as the result of an inner ear infection during a bought with the flu. My T is in the right ear only and is not too loud. I can generally ignore it. However, when I work out at the gymnasium, it gets worse, and sometimes the "plugged ear" feeling will return for a few hours. Wierd. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -In article <362C0A5D.4B38C…@ix.netcom.com> crowl…@ix.netcom.com writes: >From: crowl…@ix.netcom.com >Subject: Anybody have a plugged ear feeling? >Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 20:58:21 -0700 >Hello, >I recently broke my temporal bone (head hit concrete 18 days ago) and >have experienced about 75% hearing loss and a good dose of noisy >tinnitus in my right ear.  But along with these lovely additions to my >life, I also have a very uncomfortable blocked feeling in the right ear >also.  This probably bugs me more than the first two.  Does anyone know >why I am feeling this and if there is any remedy (surgery maybe)?  It’s >less than three weeks after the incident and the docs (neurosurgeons) in >the hospital said it sometimes takes 2 months to clear out all the old >dried blood out of the canal (I was bleeding a decent amount out of the >ear for about a half a day).  I don’t know if they were speaking >honestly but I don’t have much faith that I will get the hearing back >nor do I think the blockage is due to dried blood or anything else that >will leave my ear canal within two months.  One more thing.  When I open >my jaw and brush my back teeth, I get this completely plugged feeling >(more than the usual blockage) in the right ear canal (almost like a >valve closing).  I’m pretty sure my hearing loss is due to structural >damage rather than nerve damage due to being able to hear the tuning >fork when it was put on my skull behind my right ear. One more thing. >In the first appointment, the ENT doc looked at my eardrum and said it >looked to not be damaged (though wasn’t the blood coming through there >when I was bleeding?). Anyway, has anyone else experienced something >similar or does anyone else have these symptons or know anything about >them?    *Any* (emphasis) feedback at all on this would really be >appreciated as I am seeing the ENT doc on Thursday and any info I could >get might make for a more productive appointment.  Thanks so much. >Bill

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