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Menopause Discussion => Postmenopause => Topic started by: RubyRoxy on September 09, 2022, 12:07:15 PM

Title: Hearing
Post by: RubyRoxy on September 09, 2022, 12:07:15 PM

Anybody had problems with hearing/ bubbling/blocked ears caused by hrt or perhaps just menopause?

Title: Re: Hearing
Post by: CLKD on September 09, 2022, 12:26:14 PM

yep.  I have had tinnitus - for years.  As well as thinking that I am deaf, a test recently showed no real problems.

Title: Re: Hearing
Post by: RubyRoxy on September 09, 2022, 01:56:05 PM

Thank  you I thought it was just me! The doctor advised ear drops but they haven’t helped at all.

Title: Re: Hearing
Post by: CLKD on September 09, 2022, 02:32:35 PM

As oestrogen levels drop muscles may become lax which includes the Eustuchian tubes in the ear canal.

Title: Re: Hearing
Post by: Katejo on September 09, 2022, 08:14:22 PM

Quote from: RubyRoxy on September 09, 2022, 12:07:15 PM

Anybody had problems with hearing/ bubbling/blocked ears caused by hrt or perhaps just menopause?

Have you had a very sudden loss of hearing over 24 hours or 2/3 days? If yes, I will send you a link. You would need to get an urgent steroid course to prevent permanent hearing loss. I have this problem now but the doctors failed to give me the steroid.

Title: Re: Hearing
Post by: RubyRoxy on September 10, 2022, 11:08:45 AM

Thank you but no this has been ongoing for a while.