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Could Continued Usage Of Headphone Be The Cause Of Some Distorted Sounds In Both Ears ?

I’ve been experiecing lately some distorted sounds in both ears, specially when listening to TV and radio. I also listen to a sort of code morse when I’m close to a computer fan, car engine and fans. These all started after listening during long periods of time with my headphones (watching movies), probably with loud sound, I can t really say that for sure! Because when you re using headphones, one s perception of the intensity of sound diminuishes, at least for me. One night when I took out the headphones, I started hearing a strange sound, pulsatile, coming from the left ear, it sounded like the sword of jedi! It last for more than a hour and something till I felt a sleep. When I awoke up, the sound had aleady gone. I stopped using the headphones for 2 days, but in my mind, the noise coming from the phones wasn t the reason for having this. Since it didn t happen again, i started using again. I felt the noise again and I started to think that maybe something was wrong so I decided to go to a ENT. He couldn’t see anything wrong in my outer ears, so he prescribed me some audio tests. During the wait for the tests I felt just nice, so I was considering not to make them. During this period (1 week) I avoided using the headphones. And just a day prior the exams I decided to try using the headphones to see if the noise would appear. The deal was if it appeared I would do the exams, if not, I would skip it. And unfortunetely, it appeared, i can t remember if the sound was too loud, but I don t think so, and it was for something like 30 minutes. On the other day, I started noticing some changes in my hearing, like the sound from the refrigerator that seemed to be a lot louder, sounds on the radio and Tv sounded more edgy and somehow a little distorted. I did the exams and every thing was normal and a little bit above average?!?
Mon, 23 Dec 2013
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ENT Specialist 's  Response
hello and welcome to health care magic,

You seem to have lot of stress so before we proceed to your problem let me tell you to relax and reduce you stress.

Now coming to your specific problem, You are suffering from a problem which we call as the tinnitus. Now this can be temporary or permanent but it can be managed. You just need to do these:

-Take an audiometry testing including PTA and impedance and get back to me with the report

-Stop listening to music using the headphones. You may listen to them directly in moderate volume but not in phones

-take only balanced diet with lots of green leafy vegetables

-do not worry about the sounds always and also do not concentrate about the sounds around you like the fridge or the TV. This will increase your panic and your symptoms.

If the sounds persists then you mus take a CT of the temporal bones and get back to me or any ENT with the reports

regards

Dr Sriram Nathan
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Could Continued Usage Of Headphone Be The Cause Of Some Distorted Sounds In Both Ears ?

hello and welcome to health care magic, You seem to have lot of stress so before we proceed to your problem let me tell you to relax and reduce you stress. Now coming to your specific problem, You are suffering from a problem which we call as the tinnitus. Now this can be temporary or permanent but it can be managed. You just need to do these: -Take an audiometry testing including PTA and impedance and get back to me with the report -Stop listening to music using the headphones. You may listen to them directly in moderate volume but not in phones -take only balanced diet with lots of green leafy vegetables -do not worry about the sounds always and also do not concentrate about the sounds around you like the fridge or the TV. This will increase your panic and your symptoms. If the sounds persists then you mus take a CT of the temporal bones and get back to me or any ENT with the reports regards Dr Sriram Nathan