sherlokianwisdom
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I don't even know why I'm on this site... I suppose I'm just at my wit's end and am looking for some kind of help from anyone.
I suppose a backstory will be needed...
For some reason, every since I was born my ears have been out of wack. My father was in the ARMY until I was 2 or 3 and we flew quite frequently. Every flight was marked with me having terrible ear infections, so bad that until I was 4 our so I am told it sounded like I was underwater. (I was 4, I don't remember)
That experience left me with a very hard speech impediment. 'Rhotacism', for anyone wanting to get technical. And, get this, rhotacism is the inability to pronounce the 'R' sound in the English alphabet. 'Car' sounds low 'caw' and 'ribbon' 'wibbon'. Or so I've been told, I can't even hear my speech impediment anymore. I am 16 now and it only gets worse.
3 years ago I flew to meet my penpal for the first time. When we came back, I got an ear infection. Since then, it's been constant ear pain on and off every single hour of every single day. I've been to 4 or so ENTs and diagnosed with TMJ because I hit my jaw a year ago in an accident. Two ENTIRELLY UNRELATED PREDICAMENTS. I was sent to someone who diagnosed my mother with TMJ, and he said it was most definitely not TMJ.
So I went to another doctor who said I did have some definite hearing loss, come back in a year and we'll check it out. I never went back. I can hear - but it's sketchy. If I'm in a story, you have to be in my ear to speak to me. If we're outside in a large spance, it's difficult. If the room is entirely quiet, then I can usually hear if you don't speak too lowly. (So, audiology tests are moot in my case, being in a soundproof with clear-speaking computers shoved into your ears)
I am wondering if, not only if anyone has an experience similar to the one above, if anyone knows what I can do. My mother has frequently told me to just get a hearing aid, but that would involve more doctors and I'm sick of them. One of them sat me down and showed me my audiology test, showing me why everything was just right and how everything looked to be working perfectly. He basically told me it was all in my head without saying the actual words, told me it was TMJ, and sent me to the SAME DOCTOR that told me, again, it was not and that it WAS my ears.
Can anyone relate/tell me what I should do? I am not crazy, it really is my ears, and while the pain is manageable does anyone really want to feel like their being stabbed in the ear a couple times an hour? Yes, I have tried allergy medications and decongestions. No, I do not have fluid in my ears.
I probably shouldn't be posting this, I'm such an idiot for doing this. I apologize in advance for my whining.
I suppose a backstory will be needed...
For some reason, every since I was born my ears have been out of wack. My father was in the ARMY until I was 2 or 3 and we flew quite frequently. Every flight was marked with me having terrible ear infections, so bad that until I was 4 our so I am told it sounded like I was underwater. (I was 4, I don't remember)
That experience left me with a very hard speech impediment. 'Rhotacism', for anyone wanting to get technical. And, get this, rhotacism is the inability to pronounce the 'R' sound in the English alphabet. 'Car' sounds low 'caw' and 'ribbon' 'wibbon'. Or so I've been told, I can't even hear my speech impediment anymore. I am 16 now and it only gets worse.
3 years ago I flew to meet my penpal for the first time. When we came back, I got an ear infection. Since then, it's been constant ear pain on and off every single hour of every single day. I've been to 4 or so ENTs and diagnosed with TMJ because I hit my jaw a year ago in an accident. Two ENTIRELLY UNRELATED PREDICAMENTS. I was sent to someone who diagnosed my mother with TMJ, and he said it was most definitely not TMJ.
So I went to another doctor who said I did have some definite hearing loss, come back in a year and we'll check it out. I never went back. I can hear - but it's sketchy. If I'm in a story, you have to be in my ear to speak to me. If we're outside in a large spance, it's difficult. If the room is entirely quiet, then I can usually hear if you don't speak too lowly. (So, audiology tests are moot in my case, being in a soundproof with clear-speaking computers shoved into your ears)
I am wondering if, not only if anyone has an experience similar to the one above, if anyone knows what I can do. My mother has frequently told me to just get a hearing aid, but that would involve more doctors and I'm sick of them. One of them sat me down and showed me my audiology test, showing me why everything was just right and how everything looked to be working perfectly. He basically told me it was all in my head without saying the actual words, told me it was TMJ, and sent me to the SAME DOCTOR that told me, again, it was not and that it WAS my ears.
Can anyone relate/tell me what I should do? I am not crazy, it really is my ears, and while the pain is manageable does anyone really want to feel like their being stabbed in the ear a couple times an hour? Yes, I have tried allergy medications and decongestions. No, I do not have fluid in my ears.
I probably shouldn't be posting this, I'm such an idiot for doing this. I apologize in advance for my whining.
