Hearing Distortion

[Jeannie Grassi]

Ed,
Ear infections can take a long time to clear up....even with
antibiotics.  Don't lose heart if it takes longer than you are hoping.
It doesn't mean it is a permanent state.  Don't become discouraged.
jeannie

Jeannie Grassi, RPT
Associate Editor, Piano Technicians Journal
mailto:jcgrassi@earthlink.net

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed
Sutton
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 2:15 PM
To: James Ellis
Cc: caut@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Hearing Distortion


Dear List Friends, and Jim Ellis, especially-

Jim, it's exactly as you describe, and it helps to have a name for it,
at least.

I saw a doctor this afternoon, and am taking antibiotics, hoping it will
clear up
by Monday.

Thanks very much.

Ed Sutton

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Ellis" <claviers@nxs.net>
To: <ed440@mindspring.com>
Cc: <caut@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 4:57 PM
Subject: Hearing Distortion


> Ed,
>
> I'm sending this directly to you, and copying it to the list.  What
you are
> experiencing is called "diplacusis", if I spelled it right.  Yes, I
have
> had that problem too, off and on at times in the past.  Now, it is
> permanent, as of about three years ago.
>
> In your case, it seems associated with the cold.  Do see an ENT soon.
If
> the earache persists, see a doctor NOW.  The diplacusis suggests that
an
> infection has gotten into the inner ear.  If it's a virus, your body
will
> fight it off.  If it's bacterial, you need an antibiotic NOW.  Don't
mess
> around with this.
>
> In my previous cases, the problem was associated with a cold, and soon
went
> away.  This last time, the one that's permanent, I just woke up one
> morning, and there it was.  It is associated with a low-frequency
humming
> tinnitis, about 120 Hz, more or less, and the humming is at the center
of
> the subjective offset in pitch, left-to-right.  The pitch offset goes
all
> the way from about 80 Hz to 500 Hz, and A440 right ear sounds like G#
left
> ear - very annoying.
>
> I have been to some of the best ENT doctors in Tennessee, including
> Vanderbilt in Nashville, and had MRI scans looking for tumors, and all
> that.  Results = Negative.  It's neurological - inner ear - not middle
or
> outer ear.  I'm just stuck with it for the rest of my life, and I have
> learned to put up with it.
>
> Our ears are much more than just biological microphones.  They are
also
> built-in spectrum analyzers.  When an infection or some injury gets to
the
> inner ear - the nerves, it throws the pitch perception off.  You may
notice
> that the offset is not the same over the whole range, but concentrated
> around one particular pitch.
>
> By all means see an ENT doctor ASAP.  If you still have the earache,
see a
> doctor NOW, even if it means going to the E.R. on Thanksgiving day.
Don't
> mess around with this.  Nothing you can apply from the outside is
going to
> help very much.  Your ears are valuable to you.  Let me know how you
do.
>
> Sincerely, Jim Ellis
>
>
>

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