[nightstars310]

Hi, Ever since I was a teenager I think, I can't hear really well in my right ear. When I plug my left ear the noise sounds fading and the voices sounds are different. I feel it is plugged or something maybe sounds like I'm under water. Anyway I'm now 26 and I still feel the same it hasn't gotten worsed I never though of seeing a doctor I guess I thought it was normal I would just talk on the phone on my left ear and at night I loved it cause I could sleep on my left side and all the noise will be very low. But now I realized that its not normal. Im going to see a doctor but I thought I see opinions first. I don't have problems hearing someone with it just when they are whispering really low and I plug my left ear then I can hardly hear.

Thanks

[supriya _82]

Plug your left ear (the better ear) with some cotton and speak something aloud. Concentrate and determine NOW which ear does your voice resonate in. Let me know.

[nightstars310]

In my right ear . But it still feels like I'm traped in an air tight box and the only thing I hear is my voice with my right ear. And I literally feel its plugged with something inside.

Thank you

[supriya _82]

May I assume that you are female and the deafness started around the time you started your periods? Also does anyone on your maternal side suffer from deafness?

[starfirefly]

You don't use q-tips in your ears do you?

[nightstars310]

Thank you so much for replying to my question, yes I'm a female and no no deafness in the family and it doesn't feel like I'm deaf it feels like something is clogged in it, I can still hear in it but its low. And yes I always use q-tips but I stopped recently and now I use it once awhile.