tinnitus

I've recently suffered some sudden hearing loss in one of my ears. The local ENT office did a series of Dex steroid shots through my ear drum into my inner ear (not fun, don't recommend it!). Nothing changed and they basically sent me on my way to go see the hearing aid folks. I'd like to not...

Hoping Duke Dive Medicine sees this and responds. I am very concerned and seeking answers to a dive-related injury. Context: I am a 29 year old male, otherwise healthy, who just began to dive in April. I was doing my first few open water dives for the certification process on April 20. My...

Hello scubaboard community, I am not diving but i have experienced similar ear barotrauma symptoms that divers get, i have developed tinnitus and decreased hearing after painful ear syringing at a doctor even though my eardrum is intact, do you think it goes away over time? It has been 2 months...

Hello, I saw some people get some very good advice on these boards and wanted to try my luck. Some background: I went scuba diving for the first time last Monday (10/4/21) and had troubles equalizing on the way down. I performed the vasalva maneuver rather forcefully (wasn't aware that this is...

Hi guys, I'm new here and hope I post correctly and maybe find some help in my very sad situation. I am not sure if im here in the correct address but I gonna try. I started to scuba dive November 2020 and I fell in love straight away. Since November I've been diving 22 times, did all courses...

I posted a few months back about my diving mishap. Quick background revist- I had problems equalizing, and after surfacing my left ear felt full and I had constant popping and clicking in my ears. After a week or so things seemed to improve however so I was optimistic. However after some loud...

Hi, I'm new to diving and recently joined this forum due to a problem I encountered. On my last dive a month ago, I had problems equalizing, but I felt I eventually equalized well enough (obviously not). When I returned to the surface, my left ear felt full; my right ear for the most part did...

Hello, Does anybody else have this issue? It seems that almost every time I go diving (a few times a year), I re-aggravate my tinnitus and it becomes very loud., then takes about 4-6 weeks to re-habituate? It's becoming unbearable and very frustrating every time this happens. I'm a perfectly...

All, I hope someone on here might be able to point us in the right direction. My girlfriend and I dive 4 weeks per year, and have been going every six months to the Florida Keys for several years. We make dives from 20 feet to 120 feet normally. My girlfriend HAS had problems equalizing in...

Hello community, I am a 30 year old diver in excellent health, from New York City. I was diving in Barbados last week (going for my Master Diver certification) and was having trouble equalizing in my left ear. Instead of immediately aborting the dive (I was overexcited by being back in the water...

Two days ago I failed to properly equalize my ears while snorkeling, and a few minutes after getting out of the water my left ear started ringing. There was no pain or sensation of fullness, maybe some numbness of the ear lobe. I only did a few dives and the deepest dive was only to 8mfw but all...