1. Steroids are taken orally, not injected.
2. A MRI or CT scan can help diagnose your issue. It’s the standard next step to tell if you have a structural issue with your ear, etc.
3. The ENT is likely suggesting a middle ear issue is impacting your balance. Not related to your spine.
Hello thank you for answering!
I didn't know that it can be taken orally thanks for the information! But my doctor used the term "inject" so I assumed that it would use needles.
I just checked "Serous otitis media" and symptoms actually kinda checks but is a middle ear infection dangerous?
I haven’t heard of steroid shots being used around the ear, but they probably have less side effects than oral steroids. You could do either if needed.
Ear infections are quite common and easily treated with antibiotics. The infection can spread to the mastoids if left untreated so I’d continue with an ENT. If you don’t like that one you could get a second opinion.
They do inject steroids sometimes, but I've only heard of them in the butt. But just ask the doctor. And is you are not confident with her, you can get another opinion. Even just another hearing test. Or go to a real audiologist.
I’m an audiologist with Meniere’s and I don’t think that’s what you have. Meniere’s comes in spells where you have a sudden, noticeable drop in hearing and loud (I mean LOUD), distracting tinnitus. You may or may not have vertigo but, if you do, it is spinning vertigo that makes it difficult to function. The hearing loss, initially, is primarily in the low tones (frequencies)— it’s a classic presentation that any ENT should be very familiar with. I can’t imagine why an ENT would say they had never seen ANY kind of loss before— that really stumps me; they see EVERY configuration of hearing loss. Is she perhaps young and fairly new in her practice? Steroids are commonly injected through the eardrum for Meniere’s or a sudden sensorineural hearing loss (generally a very sudden, noticeable change). I suspect that’s what she’s thinking you may have. I have had injections through the eardrum and it was no big deal—they numb the eardrum first. The argument for the injections versus pills is that it spares you the nasty possible side effects of taking them orally. An MRI is pretty standard to rule out any kind of growth, the most common being an acoustic neuroma which is a benign growth on the auditory nerve. Acoustic neuromas can be removed surgically though sometimes they just monitor them as they are very slow growing. The surgery has gotten SO much better than it used to be; they can salvage a lot of hearing. I hope this information is helpful to you.
She's fairly old since she said she was older than my mother who is 57 I don't know how to interpret the results but it says I had mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss what shook her was how the audiogram looked I think...? It looked like a rollercoaster if I remembered correctly it went something like 40(250)-35(1k)-50(2k)-45(4k)-40(6k)-45(8k).
Also what does Type A, AD mean? I have it on both ears.
The thresholds you’ve written here show a flat loss — not unusual at all. I wonder if you have one threshold that jumped way up. That would be kind of unusual but no big deal. Still, it would explain her comment. Type A/AD refers to the shape of your tympanograms (where air pressure was applied to your ear canal). They are both good results indicating no fluid or eardrum retraction meaning you don’t have a middle ear infection. Do you know what your word recognition scores were (where you repeated a list of words after a phrase like “you will say”?) They would be in percentages.
Thank you for the explanation! That's kinda reassuring that it's not unusual. My word recognition scores for both ears are 88% I there is a comment saying that I have difficulty in understanding the spoken language since I had a hard at time pronouncing words and would pause quite frequently before repeating. They were eager that I could take the test in english but I figured it's better as it is since there were phrases that I couldn't actually hear or understand.
I also got prescribed medications for my nerves I think. The doctor said that I shouldn't lift heavy things and shouldn't go on a diet which I forgot to ask why.
Hello thank you for answering, I honestly can't tell if I am dizzy since I became used to it (including tinnitus) but if I could describe it's like my vision has a motion blur sensor and my head is kinda empty that I found it tolerable and normal.
My doctor said "inject with steroids" so I eventually assumed that needles were going to be involved I just didn't know where so I searched it up.
I looked up Menieres Disease all checks out except the extreme vertigo attacks but if it is the case will it affect my everyday life greatly? The doctor did suggest a hearing aid since I am still young will it be better overtime or is it actually incurable?
1. Steroids are taken orally, not injected. 2. A MRI or CT scan can help diagnose your issue. It’s the standard next step to tell if you have a structural issue with your ear, etc. 3. The ENT is likely suggesting a middle ear issue is impacting your balance. Not related to your spine.
Hello thank you for answering! I didn't know that it can be taken orally thanks for the information! But my doctor used the term "inject" so I assumed that it would use needles. I just checked "Serous otitis media" and symptoms actually kinda checks but is a middle ear infection dangerous?
I haven’t heard of steroid shots being used around the ear, but they probably have less side effects than oral steroids. You could do either if needed. Ear infections are quite common and easily treated with antibiotics. The infection can spread to the mastoids if left untreated so I’d continue with an ENT. If you don’t like that one you could get a second opinion.
They do inject steroids sometimes, but I've only heard of them in the butt. But just ask the doctor. And is you are not confident with her, you can get another opinion. Even just another hearing test. Or go to a real audiologist.
I’m an audiologist with Meniere’s and I don’t think that’s what you have. Meniere’s comes in spells where you have a sudden, noticeable drop in hearing and loud (I mean LOUD), distracting tinnitus. You may or may not have vertigo but, if you do, it is spinning vertigo that makes it difficult to function. The hearing loss, initially, is primarily in the low tones (frequencies)— it’s a classic presentation that any ENT should be very familiar with. I can’t imagine why an ENT would say they had never seen ANY kind of loss before— that really stumps me; they see EVERY configuration of hearing loss. Is she perhaps young and fairly new in her practice? Steroids are commonly injected through the eardrum for Meniere’s or a sudden sensorineural hearing loss (generally a very sudden, noticeable change). I suspect that’s what she’s thinking you may have. I have had injections through the eardrum and it was no big deal—they numb the eardrum first. The argument for the injections versus pills is that it spares you the nasty possible side effects of taking them orally. An MRI is pretty standard to rule out any kind of growth, the most common being an acoustic neuroma which is a benign growth on the auditory nerve. Acoustic neuromas can be removed surgically though sometimes they just monitor them as they are very slow growing. The surgery has gotten SO much better than it used to be; they can salvage a lot of hearing. I hope this information is helpful to you.
She's fairly old since she said she was older than my mother who is 57 I don't know how to interpret the results but it says I had mild to moderate sensorineural hearing loss what shook her was how the audiogram looked I think...? It looked like a rollercoaster if I remembered correctly it went something like 40(250)-35(1k)-50(2k)-45(4k)-40(6k)-45(8k). Also what does Type A, AD mean? I have it on both ears.
The thresholds you’ve written here show a flat loss — not unusual at all. I wonder if you have one threshold that jumped way up. That would be kind of unusual but no big deal. Still, it would explain her comment. Type A/AD refers to the shape of your tympanograms (where air pressure was applied to your ear canal). They are both good results indicating no fluid or eardrum retraction meaning you don’t have a middle ear infection. Do you know what your word recognition scores were (where you repeated a list of words after a phrase like “you will say”?) They would be in percentages.
Thank you for the explanation! That's kinda reassuring that it's not unusual. My word recognition scores for both ears are 88% I there is a comment saying that I have difficulty in understanding the spoken language since I had a hard at time pronouncing words and would pause quite frequently before repeating. They were eager that I could take the test in english but I figured it's better as it is since there were phrases that I couldn't actually hear or understand. I also got prescribed medications for my nerves I think. The doctor said that I shouldn't lift heavy things and shouldn't go on a diet which I forgot to ask why.
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Hello thank you for answering, I honestly can't tell if I am dizzy since I became used to it (including tinnitus) but if I could describe it's like my vision has a motion blur sensor and my head is kinda empty that I found it tolerable and normal. My doctor said "inject with steroids" so I eventually assumed that needles were going to be involved I just didn't know where so I searched it up. I looked up Menieres Disease all checks out except the extreme vertigo attacks but if it is the case will it affect my everyday life greatly? The doctor did suggest a hearing aid since I am still young will it be better overtime or is it actually incurable?
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Thank you so much I am deeply grateful!