Your Questions About Cause Of Tinnitus In One Ear

Brian answers:

The differential diagnosis includes a stroke to the cochlear nerve. Unfortuately this is permanent.
I presume you can not hear at all.
Other possibilties includes an acoustic neuroma but thisis gradual hearing loss. Inner ear pathology may cause -partial hearing loss.

You need a MRI of the brain to look for other strokes, demyelinating disease or Susac syndrome

Brian answers:

I don”t have the disease myself but have a friend who does, he also has tinnatis. He was invalided out of the services with it. But he now lives in the Caribbean and travels back to UK about 3 to 4 times a year. He has never metioned that it”s been a problem for him. He also scuba dives too. It”s worth doing a little research for your own peace of mind then go for it.Enjoy.

Brian answers:

I can”t tell you if the one causes the other but you will know after you release the muscles in your neck which causes the kinks to happen. Once they are done you will know if the ringing in the ears is still there or not. Here is how to release the muscles in your neck:
Neck
Put your hands alongside your head so your thumbs are on the front of the muscle under your ear and your fingers are on the back of the muscle behind your head. Squeeze your thumb and fingers together and hold. Relax your body. After 45 seconds, slowly lower your head as far as you can, release the pressure but hold your neck lowered for another 30 seconds.
With your neck in the lowered position, replace your thumbs in under the ears and your fingers behind your head but right next to your skull this time. Press your fingers and thumbs together again and hold. Relax your body while waiting. When the muscles have all released, slowly lift your head until it’s level again, release the pressure but hold your head like that for another 30 seconds.
For best results relax your body first by taking a deep breath and exhaling then remain this relaxed.

Brian answers:

I had to look up Tinnitus and I do not know the proper Air Force reg that would lay out eligability but here is my take. First of all, is there any hearing loss? If you are still able to pass hearing tests despite this ringing then I would think that it is not an issue. What I read also stated that there are different levels from “slight” to “catastrophic” if you are in the slight range then you might have nothing to worry about and even if it does somewhat effect your hearing then it might be waiverable. Anything above slight and if it effects your hearing tests I would guess that it would be disqualifying from flying. A lot of things that you might not even think about can disqualify you, I know guys who got through a majority of the Academy and then in the last year or two the docs found something random to disqualify them. You can talk to the specialists and see if it can be fixed or whatever, but before you do anything serious I would call an Air Force Hospital and ask to talk to a Flight Surgeon. They”ll know all the regs about different disqualifying items which could also include any sorts of surgery or medication to fix a problem so don”t jump at the first solution a doc offers as it might not improve your situation in the long run. Good Luck