Question: Ear fullness started in right ear when i awoke one morning and now, 3 weeks later i awoke again and the fullness and muffled feeling is now in my left ear. I did the tuning fork test at the doctors and he found a conductive loss in the right ear but nothing in the left. I also did a hearing test and the left ear had perfect hearing but the right had a conductive loss of about 20 db in some of the mid frequencies. I went back to the ENT yesterday before i woke up with the feeling in my left ear, and he told me my right ear had a hypermobile eardrum possibly from scarring which he saw on the ear drum and the scarring also blocked the sight of my eustachian tube. In my left he saw a bit of scarring but with a microscope he could see my eustachian tube unlike in my right ear. So how come, with my left ear seeming perfect maybe with a little bit of scarring, feel different and full all of a sudden? I dont know if the issues with my right ear are still there since im mainly noticing my left now. Could the scarring in my left have gotten worse somehow? I dont notice a bad hearing loss vut its quite annoying and feels the exact same as my right ear has felt although i dont feel any fullbess in my right ear anymore. What is going on? I do have some allergies which causes nasal stuffiness but an mri i had done recently showed no issues with eustachian tube funcition. Please help and hopefully the scarring hasnt gotten worst!

Hi, I have already talked to you a few days ago about the audiology reports. You told me it could be Eustachian Tube blockage because the Tympanometry showed a high peak for my right ear meaning a hypermobile eardrum. My left ear is no longer being affected and my right is still the same... slight full feeling and hearing is muffled. When i say full feeling, its more like a feeling that I've lost hearing in that ear but I know it's conductive not sensorineural. I have a couple of questions though; could noise induced hearing loss be conductive instead of sensorineural? like can hearing loud music cause scarring of my eardrum and damage or dislocation of my middle ear bones? Also, if scarring was the case for my hearing loss, could it get worse over time if left unremoved/untreated? Thanks a ton. I've been using Dymista nasal steroid spray for 4 days now too, not sure if I am noticing slight improvements or not.

Oh and also... my hearing is still in the 'normal' range. However, I have a loss of around 20 db in a lower frequency (250hz) and also a 20db loss in a higher frequency (3000hz) which my ENT stated was conductive.

So basically if It's not ETD the scarring would most likely be permanent and therefore my conductive loss can't be restored? My doctor did not recommend grommet insertion because it can be problematic. I know about eardrum repair surgery which involves removing the scar tissue and replacing it?... Not too sure but if that could restore everything it would be great.