Let me elaborate:

I’ve seen an audiologist twice, same results each time.

- I have moderate sensorineural hearing loss
- it is asymmetrical (my left ear is worse than the right)
- I have trouble hearing low to mid frequencies in my left ear, only have trouble with mid frequencies in my right ear.
- I get a ringing (tinnitus) in my ears, not constantly though, and it happens more in my worse ear.
- My brother has hearing loss (he was tested) and my sister seems to have hearing loss too (she wasnt tested, but she has trouble hearing for sure)
- I have trouble understanding people because of it
- HOWEVER, my blood work came back negative for genetic hearing loss. I find that strange since we all have hearing loss.
- Ive never had an illness (like meningitis) to cause the hearing loss
- it is acquired (noticed it two or three years ago) not congenital (i wasnt born with bad hearing)
- I’m only 18, so it’s not because of age!
- It’s not because of loud noises either, because I can hear high frequencies just fine.

SO. I’m worried it might be caused by some sort of tumor, like an acoustic neuroma.
I also saw an ENT (ear nose throat doctor) and she had me get a CT scan WITHOUT contrast to see if something was wrong with my ear bones or see if there was “something on the auditory/acoustic nerve”. The results came back normal.
BUT I took the liberty to look up acoustic neuromas- they are usually small and can be easily missed by CT scans (especially since I didn’t have contrast) and all the sources I looked up stated an MRI was the best test to receive for such tumors. I don’t understand why she didn’t have me get one. I have a follow up with her six months from now, but I was wondering should I wait until then to ask for an MRI or should I try to get one as soon as possible?
Thanks to the first person who answered this, your answer helped clear things up!

More answers are still welcome.

I am in an area where lyme disease is prevalent.
Here are my symptoms:
headaches, localized and entire head
tingling/ pins and needles
crawling sensations
other odd sensations
floaters
tinnitus
random stabbing/ shooting pains
anxiety
hearing loss
basically things like that off and on.

I had a CT scan and an MRI that both came back normal. I have been to the doctor and ER a few times and they said they don’t know, that it may be migraines, but this has been going on for MONTHS now. I can’t be happy and I keep freaking out because I never feel totally normal anymore. Does this sound like it could be Lyme disease? I am an eighteen year old female.
I get pains all over my body, including joint pains.
It’s been since July. I’m almost 100% sure that lyme disease does not kill you that fast.

.I’ve been having this "problem" DAILY for almost a year now. Here are the following symptoms and important things to note. I am a 20 year old male.

- "Pressure" type of feeling INSIDE of my skull. Sometimes it feels like it’s on the back of my head, sometimes on the top, and sometimes behind/inside my forehead. This pressure allows me to move the muscles on the back of my head and essentially making my ears move as well. I was never able to move my ears until this "pressure" appeared.

- My forehead seems to be really tense and i can’t relax them. It’s even causing me to slowly develop wrinkles because it forcefully makes me frown (slightly).

- I can make popping sounds inside my ears, it sounds louder on the right ear. My ear also starts ringing out of nowhere once in a while.

- Constant quiet ear ringing (tinnitus?). I can hear it inside my head constantly but its very quiet

- My nostrils feel blocked (always worse on the right nostirl). I get no discharge of any sort. I sneeze 1-3 times a day (which could be normal since it’s kinda cold these days). As a matter of fact, everything on my right side of the face feels worse. My right eye is droopier, my right nostril is more blocked, my right ear has a louder pop

- Massive pressure on my eyes. They look and feel VERY droopy and heavy. Sleeping more seems to help. No allergy-like symptoms like tearing or redness.

- Hard time falling asleep. My body will feel very worn out but my head just doesn’t feel sleepy!

It’s been going on consistently for over a year, DAILY. Sleeping more seems to make the symptoms a bit better (atleast with the tired eyes problem).

A while back i went in for a HEAD CT and MRI. They searched for any "big" conditions like meningitis and such. I’m not sure if they bothered to watch for the sinuses since it was a HEAD scan and not SINUS scan. And i believe tension headache’s can’t be detected on those scans either. The doctors weren’t sure of the cause. One doctor said it was tension headache, and the other said it was a sinus infection or some sinus problem.

I’m having insurance problems so i won’t be able to see a doctor for a few months. I just wanna find out what the problem is so i can plan ahead

A high pitched frequency began to be noticeable about 2 months ago in my RIGHT ear.

Possible causes:
TMJ (had for years, but no ringing);
2 loud concerts in lifetime (some ringing afterwards but it never stuck around);
1 Rifle gunshot (6months ago, most stress on ear overall)
Stress, although tinnitus persists even when relaxed
*Recent Tetanus Shot??? Anyone know if tinnitus is a side effect??

Went to ENT: Results are:::
-Normal blood pressure,
-No hearing loss,
-No hearing damage (tiny haris)
-No fluid/pressure build up
*after that the ENT suggested that there’s probably no need for MRI or CAT scan since everything checked out fine.

I am at a loss, I don’t know why I have tinnitus, but my best guess is the gunshot, since that put the most stress on my ear out of everything.

But will it heal and will the tinnitus go away? Has anyones ever gone away?

My ENT offered some prescription: He said he doesn’t know if it will help or not but there is a chance. He said there’s a lot of side effects though, and it would be like trading one problem for another, but i think i can do without ringing in the ears in trade for a little bit of "dry mouth"

Should I go to a regular family doctor just to get double checked???
Should I try to find something that will help it go away?

Or should I just try and "live" with it, which the more i think about the more i become depressed and stressed

I’m at a loss and don’t know what to do, will appreciate any advice..

A high pitched frequency began to be noticeable about 2 months ago in my RIGHT ear.

Possible causes:
TMJ (had for years, but no ringing);
2 loud concerts in lifetime (some ringing afterwards but it never stuck around);
1 Rifle gunshot (6months ago, most stress on ear overall)
Stress, although tinnitus persists even when relaxed
*Recent Tetanus Shot??? Anyone know if tinnitus is a side effect??

Went to ENT: Results are:::
-Normal blood pressure,
-No hearing loss,
-No hearing damage (tiny haris)
-No fluid/pressure build up
*after that the ENT suggested that there’s probably no need for MRI or CAT scan since everything checked out fine.

I am at a loss, I don’t know why I have tinnitus, but my best guess is the gunshot, since that put the most stress on my ear out of everything.

But will it heal and will the tinnitus go away? Has anyones ever gone away?

My ENT offered some prescription: He said he doesn’t know if it will help or not but there is a chance. He said there’s a lot of side effects though, and it would be like trading one problem for another, but i think i can do without ringing in the ears in trade for a little bit of "dry mouth"

Should I go to a regular family doctor just to get double checked???
Should I try to find something that will help it go away?

Or should I just try and "live" with it, which the more i think about the more i become depressed and stressed

I’m at a loss and don’t know what to do, will appreciate any advice….