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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / May 2004First appointment at ENT
Afrer 4 months waiting just had my first meeting with consultant. I was told : 1. T in only one ear is unusual and may indicate a benign tumour, but my hearing test profile does not support this 2. There is a 25% chance my 4 month old T will go away, 25% it get worse, 50% it will stay the same 3. Come back in 6 months Any comments from anyone? >Afrer 4 months waiting just had my first meeting with consultant. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > >Any comments from anyone? Typical response. The result from the ENT in 6 months time will be the same. They have no idea. http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.shtml Tinnitus is a pain in the neck Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ http://meniere.eebee.net/ For email: elly at eebee.cjb.net WEll I would take it as good news. No tumor, good news. Half a chance it will not get worse......ok. Well. That is actually pretty typical but the MDs are trying to be helpful. They cannot cut it out or medicate it away, so what can they do? That is why there are tinnitus clinics where you can find management help. And the American Tinnitus Associaton, ata.org, can help with information and support. There are many ways to capture and contain this beast. Marsha Johnson, M.S. > Afrer 4 months waiting just had my first meeting with consultant. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Any comments from anyone? Surprised the ENT did not prescribe Head MRI with Contrast. The only %99.99 way to rule out Acoustic Nueroma. Acoustic Nueroma can present with/without hearing loss. I have tinnitus in one ear only, too. It's the ear in which I have a more significant hearing loss than the other ear. The ENT told me that, as long as I don't have any dizziness and my hearing loss in that ear doesn't get any worse, there's no need for an MRI. He recommended that I get re-tested every six months and to get in touch with him if I have any dizziness. > > Afrer 4 months waiting just had my first meeting with consultant. > > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > %99.99 way to rule out Acoustic Nueroma. Acoustic Nueroma can present > with/without hearing loss. > I have tinnitus in one ear only, too. It's the ear in which I have a more > significant hearing loss than the other ear. The ENT told me that, as long > as I don't have any dizziness and my hearing loss in that ear doesn't get > any worse, there's no need for an MRI. He recommended that I get re-tested > every six months and to get in touch with him if I have any dizziness. A friend of mine experience the same symptoms and got the same advice. His first experience of dizziness occurred while bending back on a ladder when painting the vaulted ceiling in his garage. He fell from the ladder and suffered a serious head injury. While treating him, they discovered an acoustic neuroma which they removed. He is deaf in one ear now, still has tinnitus, but has otherwise recovered. Bill > I have tinnitus in one ear only, too. It's the ear in which I have a more > significant hearing loss than the other ear. The ENT told me that, as long > as I don't have any dizziness and my hearing loss in that ear doesn't get > any worse, there's no need for an MRI. He recommended that I get re-tested > every six months and to get in touch with him if I have any dizziness. Acoustic neuroma may present with or without symptoms. What prompts the ENT to perform an MRI is unilateral tinnitus (tinnitus on one side only). You could ask your ENT to prescribe an MRI just to be sure. If caught early enough some or all hearing may be preserved in the ear affected. Pete > Afrer 4 months waiting just had my first meeting with consultant. > > I was told : > > 1. T in only one ear is unusual and may indicate a benign tumour, but > my hearing test profile does not support this I had ringing in my ear in the beginning but later on I discovered the ringing travels elsewhere with the intake of dyazide. FP ============================== > 2. There is a 25% chance my 4 month old T will go away, 25% it get > worse, 50% it will stay the same > > 3. Come back in 6 months > > Any comments from anyone?
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