oxycontin and deafness

I've been taking Oxycontin (80 mg.--3 times a day) for 8 years. Slowly, over the years, the pain has gotten better so for the past 2 months I've been taking 1 pill a day. I've noticed that when I reach the end of 24 hours, my ears begin ringing louder and louder. It feels as if my head might explode. Several hours after taking the pill, the loud ringing becomes quieter.

Rush Limbaugh lost his hearing and had a cochlear transplant because of his heavy Oxycontin use. I think there are quite a few others but it is still rather rare. Hope you will see a specialist and give him the truth; perhaps you can be helped. Are you still using? All the best.

I don't know about autism/deafness, someone else may post regarding that. But 'only following direction if a preferred activity is involved' is quite typical in autism. I went to a seminar recently given by Wendy Lawson (autistic, from Australia I think??). She was talking mainly about the difference of attention/focus for those with autism/aspergers. Neurotypical people can divide their attention (almost like dividing a pie).

Donna Williams (she is autistic) also noted when she visited a school for the blind that she explored her environment in the same way that the blind children did with touching and tapping and smelling etc. And although Donna Williams is not blind, she does have Irlen Syndrome and wears the tinted lenses.

I am an autistic support teacher of a student who is autistic and deaf and am desperate to find other people who are in a same/similar situation and strategies for teaching this student. I am currently using picture exchange AND sign language with my student. Any info from parents/families/educators/community workers.... would be very appreciated.

We found out this week she has gone deaf in her right ear. Her ear and eye pains are more frequent and now she sees red and yellow spots. She has just gone though a large growing stage. Her hand and feet are so large for our family. She has grown 2 inches in the last 4 months. Could her growing be causing these head pains and eye spoting? should I take her to the ER?

I have now due to the antibiotics given to me to deal with the infection total deafness on my right side accompanied by tinnitus on the same side also. From what I have been reading on the net I am so very lucky not to have gone completely deaf on both sides due to the medication, but I am also reading that the antibiotics can still cause me to go deaf on the left side also weeks/months after the treatment.

They are approved for single-sided deafness, and many people say that they love their baha. Basically it would send the sound from the bad side over to the good side, so you do not miss out on so much. CROS hearing aids are another possibility, but they are usually not much help for a deaf person--better if you have a moderate-severe hearing loss. Cochlear implants are great, but no insurance company covers them for single-sided deafness, as far as I know.

Ha ing this slightly sudden deafness in my right ear.the deafness will last for a few seconds and I get my hearing back. What does this mean? Do I need to get checked? Anyone else in the same boat?

After serving in the United States Marine Corps. for 3 1/2 years and working on CH-53E helicopters the whole time I have severe Tinnitus and extreme difficulty in hearing most of the time. (The V.A. will not help me with hearing issues.) My family including my wife have noticed and say that I need to get it looked at.

Some weeks ago I washed my head on the sink(where we wash our hands) and I started feeling my ears blocked. I also started feeling a noise(I had already a noise in my ears but now started feeling louder) I went to the doctor and he said that I had otit media (the water entered from the nose and went to the middle ear) I got some antibiotics. At the end of the cure, my ears were not blocked but I still had the noise.

A patient with mild hearing impairment may have problems understanding speech, especially if there is a lot of noise around, while those with moderate deafness may need a hearing aid. Some people are severely deaf and depend on lip-reading when communicating with others. People who are profoundly deaf can hear nothing at all. In order to communicate spontaneously and rapidly with people, they are totally reliant on lip-reading and/or sign language.

No one can tell me how to stop the continual buzz in my head that started 10.24.11 and has NOT stopped since. Antibiotics and anxiety meds dont help. The ENT said it was tinnitus. (wow, i developed tinnitus with an acute onset????) THere are tons of people posting on the web asking the same question you do.....why isnt anyone getting any answers????

I hear a "whooshing" sound 10-20 times a minute each time I turn my head or walk. It has me really worried. I don't think it sounds like "pusatile tinnitus" from what I read [throbbing, etc] on "whoosh.com". Instead it lasts for 1/4 of a second to 1 second - and makes me feel like I'm passing out for that short period. Background: Suddenly went profoundly deaf in that ear 6 weeks ago. I now have tinnitus and lots of strange sounds in that ear.

Hello, I’m 15 years old and a while ago when I was standing up looking at something both of my ear’s hearing suddenly took a dramatic drop to almost complete deafness. I could still in both of my ears, though but not much and there was this constant ringing in only my left ear. A week ago, I’ve hit the right side of my head and it was above my right ear. I did experience clogging of the ears for 2 days and that was it.

The condition needs proper evaluation. The cause could be an inner ear problem with your symptoms of tinnitus, dizziness and deafness. An ENT examination, auditory brainstem response (ABR), a computerized test of the hearing nerves and brain pathways and CT/MRI brain may be needed to diagnose the cause for tinnitus. Treatment lies in treating the underlying cause. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

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The hospital staff said I neede to stop all blood thinnig drugs (aspirin, fish oil, advil, etc) but did not say anything about pain mends (Oxycontin 4mg 2x day and Norco for the breakthrough pain (10 - 50 mg per day depending) Can I take the pain meds right up to the surgery?

Also, can multinodular goiter cause anxiety and palpitations? Could it cause single-sided deafness (is there even a slight possibility)?

If you have lots of congestion its possible for it to feel like - or sound like - you have a hearing loss. Often when I get a cold I get so much congestion in my sinus cavities and irritation in my throat that the swelling puts pressure on my eustation (sp?) tubes and the tissue around them -- making it seem like I cant hear as well. I've heard of high fevers causing deafness in small chldren, and a few cases in adults.

t as strong and also has acetominophen in it so make sure not to take Tylenol in any other form. Oxycodone and OxyContin are essentially the same drug and have no Tylenol in them. OxyContin is a time relealse and is usually taken twice a day. Usuallymanother med is given for breakthrough pain. All of these drugs will case physical dependence and in some people can lead to addiction.

m right and these headaches are being caused by the analgesics the only solution I see here is to somehow wean totally off the oxycontin. The bone and muscle pain is unbearable and I cannot walk without the oxycontin but the headaches incapacitate me too. I don't want to simply exist. I want to participate in life.

I was born deaf in left ear and almost 8 yrs ago had sudden sensoneureal deafness in right ear which was mostly reversed (not completely ) . I have since then balance issues especially at night when there are no lights. I also have for years pain in the neck (cervical area) and suffer from migraines (but these I have since 25 yrs ago). Any thoughts??

I get it real bad when I exercise! (the whooshing) then every now and then I get the deafness and deeper ring in my ear. It is still high pitched but not as high as the constant ringing when everything is quiet. I am not Dx but have wondered if anyone else has this problem! I hope someone chimes in with a better answer than I can give!

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