A perforated eardrum

This is how a small perforation of the eardrum looks like. This is my eardrum after 48 hours of the perforation.
It happened during snorkelling - diving to about 3m without equalizing properly.
Was painful the day it happened. A little painful with water still coming out the next day. Not painful at all on the third day.
There is a mild hearing loss in the higher frequenzies (2,5kHz and up). Will supposedly heal and go back to normal hearing within 3-6 weeks.

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Education

Tags:

• freediving
• snorkling
• eardrum
• membrane
• perforated

[burnproof21]

What kind of camera were you using to make this video?

[liljekrans]

@burnproof21 This was done using a special camera that the ear-nose-throat doctor had. It had a long probe with lights attached and was connected to his computer (Mac) using USB.. Hope that helps :)

[TriathlonMoe]

I got a small hole in my right eardrum as well, I got a small ringing sound all the time in my ear, but only noticeable when it's quiet such as when I sleep, I also wake up to the sound, and it's louder during mid night, I have had ruptured ear drum for about 1 week 2 days now, is it normal to have this ringing sound when you got a hole in your eardrum? Did you have it?

[liljekrans]

@TriathlonMoe Hey. I don't think I had the ringing, but there are a million ways this can occur and it is probably not uncommon. If the hole has not healed by itself by now, I would probably see a doctor. At least to get a status.

[martinki11]

did it heal eventually?



[liljekrans]

@martinki11 Thanks for watching. It did yes. :)



[ACJacko1]

@MsBabbi cant you get surgery

[Knight0fBrittania]

@starrrayinne When she gets a cold or whatever take her to the doctors and they should be able to give the right medication to clear the infection. Should heal just like cut skin.

[wannaseemyw4ng]

@TriathlonMoe I have had the noise for just over 2 months now, but it comes and goes, and I think it has become less severe. Thanks for the heads up.

[TriathlonMoe]

@wannaseemyw4ng Hi! I have had it for about 2-3 months now, it has finally become un noticeable now, I actually started to hear it in my other ear as well(!), I went to the doctor and she saw scars on both my eardrums, coincidence? :O Anyways, I have been able to sleep without any fan or anything the last 4 days, and it seems to be gone or almost gone now, I don't wake up anymore to it etc. I was very afraid it was permanent since I had it for so long, but hold on it gets better!

[Yernar]

@TriathlonMoe Yes it's very normal. It should dissipate in 4-6 weeks and you'll be back to normal. One day the noise will just be gone.

[sewdavicious]

@liljekrans what other symptoms did you have with the perforated eardrum? Was there any sound distortion, low tone ot high pitched ringing or sound distortion? I wish I could look at my poor ear drum.

[wannaseemyw4ng]

@TriathlonMoe i don't think i've ruptured my eardrum, but i have the same conditions of you. have you found out anything more?

[smackenjack]

@MultiRatatattat yeah, i have an infection in the same ear and it ate away 40% of my eardrum, so i know how it is and hopefully mine will heal back fully.....because i can"t hear a damnthing......theirs always something i tell ya, if it"s not one thing wrong it has to be another

[manilaenglish]

@manilaenglish Well, my wife's ear drum has been perforated for 4 years now and she's still with me, so that's probably a good sign for you too. Last year her ear kept getting infected but she was living in the Philippines at the time. We finally got her back to Korea 4 months ago and she hasn't had a single infection yet. Perhaps the water is cleaner here.

[smackenjack]

@manilaenglish i actually have to go back to my doctor this coming up monday, so hopefully theirs gonna be good news.....i hope, i really don"t know what to do, i"m always depressed about something and this just adds to it more so, sometimes i just think i"ve should"ve been put in the ground a little sooner, i"m always having some kind of health problems especially neck and back pain that never goes away, which i never had checked out

[manilaenglish]

@smackenjack I just asked my wife and she said the doctor told her it was "small" but didn't give her any idea of how small, small is. Thank you for asking. Sorry to hear about your own perforation. I hope you don't have too many infections.

[smackenjack]

@manilaenglish did the doctor happen to mention what the size percentant of the hole was ? because mine is 40% and i"m afraid mine will never heal back