What to do if I can't hear

Consider the possibility of sudden deafness. Sudden deafness refers to sudden hearing loss caused by unexplained sensorineural hearing loss within a few minutes, hours or less. What should you do if you can’t hear? For sudden deafness, the earlier the treatment, the better the effect. The cure rate within three days of onset is only 50%. Sudden deafness emphasizes early treatment. If the disease lasts for more than 2 weeks, the treatment effect is poor. If it exceeds 1 month, it cannot be cured. Go to an ENT clinic as soon as possible.

Some people just feel a continuous "buzzing" sound in their ears, but they can barely hear others speaking louder. Is this also sudden deafness?

This situation needs to be analyzed and identified. It is not necessarily sudden deafness, other diseases may also cause similar sensations.

The most prominent feature of sudden deafness is its suddenness. That is to say, the hearing was originally quite good, but after a while or after a sleep, the hearing becomes worse. The hearing loss is often in one ear, and there is basically no clear cause.

If you feel a "buzzing" sound in your ears and there is a big difference in the hearing level of the two ears, you may have sudden deafness. However, you can only be sure whether it is sudden deafness by going to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.

Why do patients with sudden deafness experience tinnitus in addition to hearing loss?

Sudden deafness generally has several major symptoms, the most common of which is the sudden inability to hear. Secondly, half or even more of the people will suffer from tinnitus. Some patients with sudden deafness may not feel hearing loss at first, but may feel tinnitus, dizziness, or even vertigo. They always feel dizzy and cannot live a normal life. There are also some other accompanying symptoms, such as stuffy and blocked ears, or numbness on half of the head.

As for why patients with sudden deafness experience symptoms such as tinnitus and dizziness, it is actually because the inner ear is damaged.

What is sudden deafness?

Sudden deafness is mainly caused by inner ear lesions, but it is still unclear what kind of lesions occur in the inner ear. After all, the inner ear is hidden deep inside the temporal bone (the skull near the ear), and its structure is very delicate, making it difficult to explore directly. Therefore, it is difficult to figure out what exactly goes wrong in the inner ear of patients with sudden deafness.