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Hi. I have ringing sound in my left ear from the past one month. Also the night that my tinnitus started the left side of my nose was also blocked. I took steam for a couple of days. Then I visited an ent and was told I have tinnitus. I was also told to do a pta test and impedance test. The impedance test results showed no problems, but in pta test it was discovered that I have high frequency hearing loss in my left ear. I have never been exposed to such loud music and I use ear phones and head phones also like a normal 30 year old. I have been prescribed defcort and nootropil 800. It has almost been 25 days since I have taken these medicines and I have had very little improvement. The ringing sound is bearable when I sit in my room alone with no sound. But it irritates me when am exposed to a slightly higher pitched noise like horns or people shouting. Please suggest what should I do next as I am worried.
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You have high frequency hearing loss as per the audiometry report but you did not mention the type of hearing loss, like conductive or sensory-neural, it will be better if you attach the pta report, your doctor has given good drugs, get the hba1c and fasting blood sugar done. As per history the tinnitus increases with the exposure of loud sound, it could be recruitment also which happens when there is some problem with the cochlea. Detailed investigation is necessary.
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