tinnitus following a cold, "sinus infection", hospital stay
Kevin Pons
kpons at BYELECTRIC.COM
Thu Nov 27 09:41:13 EST 1997
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I've noticed over the years that some patients will complain of tinnitus =
after a cold, "sinus infection", hospital stay for illness, or after a =
middle ear effusion. Prior to the incident no significant hearing loss =
was apparent and there had been no other otologic complaint. They =
subsequently schedule an appointment for tinnitus evaluation which =
typically shows some slight to moderate high frequency HL but no other =
abnormal signs and otologic evaluation is noncontributory. My =
assessment has been that the HL preceded the URI etc. and therefore =
predisposed the ear to generate tinnitus which is then precipitated by =
the other minor incident. Has anyone else noticed this or know of any =
literature related to this phenomenon. I would be interested in your =
thoughts.
Sincerely,=20
Kevin Pons
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>I've noticed over the years that =
some patients=20
will complain of tinnitus after a cold, "sinus infection", =
hospital=20
stay for illness, or after a middle ear effusion. Prior to the =
incident no=20
significant hearing loss was apparent and there had been no other =
otologic=20
complaint. They subsequently schedule an appointment for tinnitus=20
evaluation which typically shows some slight to moderate high frequency =
HL but=20
no other abnormal signs and otologic evaluation is =
noncontributory. My=20
assessment has been that the HL preceded the URI etc. and therefore =
predisposed=20
the ear to generate tinnitus which is then precipitated by the other =
minor=20
incident. Has anyone else noticed this or know of any literature =
related=20
to this phenomenon. I would be interested in your =
thoughts.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Sincerely, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Kevin =
Pons</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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