Tinitus? Something? UGH?

Question

Okay, I was listening to music with headphones on really loud, but sound was only coming to my right ear cause the other speaker was busted.

I get off, and I heard a ringing noise. It disappeared quickly. That day I also got hit with a snowball in the right ear. However, I still hear the ringing, but only at home in my living room. I hear it nowhere else. At school it was fine, I'm in my room right now and I'm fine.

It must be something in the living room, but I dunno. I went to the Drs to check it out, and he said that my eardrum and everything was fine. He said it was defanitely because of the snowball that hit my ear, since the water went in the ear from the snow melting.

But it's weird, I still have the ringing noise but just in my living room. I went shopping, to school, to the bathroom, and I'm fine.

What should I do? :S

Answer 1

Hi, Steph-

I answered your other question about the tubes. Yes the ringing is probably louder because the ear has the pressure from the Eustachian tube dysfunction. A physical injury to the ear will increase the blood flow in there, so the ringing might get louder from that, too.

Chances are you might simply need to take allergy pills or decongestants to keep the Eustachian tubes working properly, and that should keep the ringing down.