Hi everyone,

I have a question I'd like to ask.  I hope that maybe someone could
have some answer or insight.    I'm having a problem with my right ear,
and I'm not sure if it's a damaged ear drum or what.    A lot of times
when I get up in the morning and turn on the tv or radio, the sound,
even at a reasonable volume, often momentarily makes my right ear pop
or feel plugged up.   I notice that this will last a second or two,
then it clears.  If I yawn, my right ear pops or feels plugged up again
momentarily and then it quickly subsides and returns to normal, but my
left ear is not affected at all.

This seems to be aggravated when I wear ear plugs as well, and that is
why I've been avoiding their use as of late.    What happens is when I
wake up in the morning and take out the ear plugs, the problems I just
described with the right ear are more acute.  Not sure why.  I have
avoided ear plugs for the last couple of weeks,  but I notice the same
problem...but to a slightly lesser degree.

I'm not sure what exactly has caused this.  I have listened to very
loud music at times, and perhaps as a result I now have this problem.
I have made a concerted efforted to avoid any kind of loud music over
the last few weeks, whether it be in the car or at home,  and I hope
that if this is an ear drum problem...that it may heal in time.  But
I'm really not sure what the problem is, or if there is a common sense
solution to the problem.  I don't have medical coverage, so that is why
I started this topic, to get ideas as to what the problem could be and
what I should do or not do.

built up ear wax, or is this most likely a damaged ear drum?  Is there
a chance that this could heal by itself in time, or will I likely have
to visit a doctor?  What would a doctor likely do or prescribe in a
case I just described?

thank you,.
tysteel3000@aol.com