Sudden Hearing Loss, Tinnitus Worse

Doobz

Hi everyone. I’m new here. I’m looking for a bit of reassurance if possible. Flew back from holiday at the weekend with a cold which meant that my ears didn’t pop and were very sore and deaf after landing. I saw an audiologist yesterday who has diagnosed retracted ear drums in both ears with the right being worse and he said there is a ball of yellow pus behind the eardrum. I am now on amoxicillin. He said I may not get my hearing back for up to six weeks! I am a tinnitus sufferer and it’s unbearably loud! He also looked at my hearing test graph ( done recently at a well known chemist chain) and said my right ear showed a significant hearing loss and that I should have been referred to ENT. I’m getting really panicked that my hearing may never return after this infection ( I suffer from anxiety) he has told me to inhale steam with olbas oils. Can anyone give me any more advice and reassurance? Thank you.

Mary_Scope

Hi @Doobz and a warm welcome to the community!

That sounds like a really stressful situation, I hope it resolves itself soon. I'm just going to edit the title of this post to make it easier for other members who have experienced similar to find and offer advice and peer support hope thats okay☺️