I've had two vertigo attacks after attending concerts. I'm trying to figure out if they were related to the loud noise or maybe instead to something I ate. Any advice appreciated! My seven year old really wants me to take her to her first show but I'm hesitant to do it.
I am a musician and I had to leave the stage once I could not get my ear plug right in the drums were bothering my bad here so yes another time I felt kind of funny after being in a bar with loud music so yes I can relate I'm glad you posted this there are earplugs that they can mold to your ear my issue is I think I need to get all of the noise out of my bad here I am I also have sensitivity to certain frequencies or voices not sure if you have that or not
Hi Eliza.Bos,
It's so hard to know which of the variables caused your vertigo....food or loud noise. Typically, loud noise hurts my bad ear, terribly. And, it will cause tinnitus in my good ear. But I don't think it has actually caused vertigo. Have you tried any of these new ear plugs made especially that filter out certain frequencies? I was thinking of trying some out....Some of them sound like they would be really helpful. Google: earplugs for concert goers.
I wish you the very best of luck!
J-
In general, do you have a sensitivity to loud sounds?
Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN
Clinical Neurophysiologist
Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
I do yes
I therefore recommend you do an audiogram, with both air and bone conducted sound. For this, you need to see an ENT doctor who will refer you to do so. Once you do it, please send it to me so that I can see it.
Eleftherios S. Papathanasiou, PhD, FEAN
Clinical Neurophysiologist
Fellow of the European Academy of Neurology
Wow, I too have sensitivity to sound. I thought it odd since my hearing is bad in that ear that noises should hurt. When the wife is doing dishes I must put in earplugs as once a clang goes off from china plates, it hurts, then ears ring louder and sometimes do get the nausea. My GP seems clueless.
For me, I dont know if its just frequency. Loud sounds, hand clapping, clanging dishes, and when the wife closes the car door with all windows up are the worst for me. All seem to have a percussive quality?
Definitely
I'm in the same club. Frustrating but yes Boise can even cause dizziness etc. I also use ear plug when around noise and yes bad hearing but still sensisitive
Anything clangly echo-y is agony. Chairs or tables being dragged on the concrete floors in coffee shops, restaurants..(the screech/scratch)..Bells, wind chimes, sirens, and yes: slamming car door with windows closed! I don't don't how to describe which kinds of music...I just know it when I hear it.
I went to the cinema this weekend, and had to wear earplugs....Way too painful without them. I could still hear the movie, even with my bad hearing. I think they're just soooo over-loud!
J-
Thank you for all the posts below. I searched the site to see if anyone else had this. And yes I have also had what you all have described. I had to pull away from singing in church. The drums were the most painful. But I now sit in the last row and it helps. Will try the better ear plugs. The Hear-os did not work well. How was your hearing test Eliza if you don't mind me asking?
That's interesting, the filtering ear plugs. Do you know anything more about those? Like other people who have responded even the noise from washing up can really hurt.
I did not want to believe it but after a couple of hours of Glastonbury, on the TV for goodness sake not even for real, up went the tinnutus and another sleepless night. I can't really comment on the increase of the nausea because that is pretty constant for me.
I have turned down the treble on most thingseven though it makes discerning speech more tricky it is simply more comfortable.
Hi Rich,
If you search using the words earplugs for concerts, I think you'll find quite a few articles and reviews about various types of filters. Additionally, I've seen nearly all of them on Amazon, and there seems to be a whole range of prices.
I just went to the cinema yesterday, and had to wear earplugs. I found that the generic "foamy" type (that you can buy in any pharmacy) did the job of taking the painful edge off the volume while not affecting my ability to understand the dialogue. However, if I were going to a concert, I think I would opt for a filter.
The moderators don't allow us to refer people to specific websites, but I'd be happy to private message some suggestions if you can't find anything with browser search.
I wish you the best of luck....
Sincerely,
J-
(IL, U.S.
Hi Rich,
I've had Meniere's Disease for 2 years now...The first year was pure hell, as my symptoms were so severe, and conservative measures were an epic fail. However, I was fortunate enough to land an Otolaryngologist who believed in steroid injections, and it's been nothing short of miraculous in terms of eliminating my symptoms. The most surprising thing though, is that part way through the second series of injections, my tinnitus began to decrease and I began to experience an increase in my hearing. I have days when I'll have an increase in tinnitus that lasts for a few hours, but then it recedes again. Overall, I've experienced an 90% decrease in the intensity of my tinnitus (and on a scale 1-10, I would say that my tinnitus was a 9). So, I'm finding that the steroids actually have a cumulative effect. My doctor tried to explain early on that it takes time for protein synthesis to happen on a cellular level, but I didn't really get it. I think that's what has happened.
Wishing you all the best in finding a treatment regimen that will control your symptoms.
J
IL, U.S.A.
Thanks for your good wishes J. I am not sure that here in the UK steroids are widely available but you bet I will be looking into it.
My tinnitus is constant, though it does recede at times for no discernible reason, and it is not simply psychological "backgrounding".
I have only been living with Meniere's for a year, it has not yet been properly diagnosed yet either as it might be a migraine variant and so the treatment, such as it has been ( Prochlorperazine, Betahistine ) has been sporadic at best.
Thanks for your reply and keep on improving
R
South West UK ( using NHS ).
This means you may have a hole in the middle or inner ear. If it is SSCD, you can patch it. If it is not, best thing is to use silicone or custom made ear plugs and avoid low frequency sounds. Try plugging one ear next time and figure out which ear is the problem. May be your problem is not Meinears
Silicone ear plugs help, but be careful it doesn't leave pieces behind
Could there be other reasons other than perilymph fistula and SSCD to have Tullio phenomenon?