If the ears are rattling but you can’t pull out anything, it may be due to the sound of hitting the eardrum caused by crushed cerumen, which is relatively small and rolls back and forth in the external ear canal; or it may be the symptom of tinnitus of neurogenic origin. It is necessary to further improve the otoscopy, electro-audiometry and other examinations according to the cause of the disease to give targeted treatment measures.
1. Cerumen in the external auditory canal: If there is cerumen in the external auditory canal, which is relatively small, rolling back and forth on the surface of the external auditory canal or tympanic membrane, hitting the eardrum and making noise. Saline can be used to rinse the external auditory canal and cerumen can be removed with suction under otoscope.
2. Neurogenic tinnitus: If there is no foreign body irritation such as cerumen in the external ear canal, the possibility of neurogenic tinnitus should be considered.
(1) Tinnitus can also be induced by factors such as staying up late, noise stimulation, and wearing headphones for a long time if the disease is short-lived. It is important to improve bad habits, avoid noise stimulation, and ensure adequate sleep time. If necessary, give symptomatic treatment such as nutritional nerve, improve microcirculation.
(2) Sudden deafness patients will also be accompanied by tinnitus symptoms, it is recommended to consult a doctor in a timely manner, improve the electric audiometry, acoustic impedance and other related examinations, according to the results of the hearing loss with the nutrition of the nerves, improve microcirculation, hyperbaric oxygen chamber, and other symptomatic treatment.
There may be other reasons why your ears are ringing but you can’t pull out anything, so we recommend that you go to the hospital as soon as possible to clarify the cause of the problem and target treatment.