Can Hard Nose Blowing Cause Hearing Loss?
Thursday March 27, 2008
Cris.Rea asked on the forum if blowing the nose hard can cause hearing loss. Soon after too many times of blowing his nose hard, he noticed he was having trouble understanding people and was also having humming in his ear. He wants to know if this will lead to his becoming deaf, and if there is any remedies for this?
Comments
His eardrum may have been affected.
I had a friend who was hearing before. He got sick with just a cold. One morning, he woke up without a sound. Anything thats as simple as cold is possible to cause deafness.
NOTE: I am not a doctor. I am speaking from experience.
If he blows too hard, some of the phlegm can actually go backwards in the Eustachian tubes, clogging it up. That will affect his ability to hear well – and it can also lead to ear infections.
I had a cold last spring and blew my nose. I got very dizzy and my hearing was clogged for a couple of weeks. It never fully recovered- I lost about 20% and recently, I now have a constant background white noise as well. So YES, you can lose your hearing from blowing your nose.
3 months ago, I got out of the shower, blew my nose, and felt/heard a popping noise in my right ear. Ever since there has been a 25% hearing loss. No pain, no fluid, and missing the middle frequencies, and it’s driving me me nuts.