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Ringing In Ear With Pain After Failing To Wear Ear Protection In A Cement Saw. Could I Have Ruptured Eardrum?
I was working with a cement saw in my basement and failed to wear ear protection. Now I have ringing in my ear and a little pain or discomfort associated with it. could I have ruptured my ear drum. Yesterday at work I scratched the back of my ear and had a sharp pain and maybe drainage. I know I did some hearing damage. however could I have blow an eardrum. I see an audiologist tomorrow.
Mon, 13 Jan 2014
Hi. The high pitch noise can cause a rupture of the ear rum as you rightly suspect. And the ringing can be due to an injury to the hearing apparatus. Your ENT specialist ( Audiologist) will be in a position to tell you as he will conduct various examination.
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