Listening to headphones and injuring the ear may cause damage to the tympanic membrane due to noise stimulation, or damage to the inner ear due to noise stimulation of the inner ear hair cells. It is necessary to combine the otoscopy, audiology examination and the patient’s clinical manifestations after the shock injury to give symptomatic treatment.
1. Tympanic membrane injury: If the patient’s ear is only painful after the shock injury, it should be initially considered as tympanic membrane injury, which is caused by the stimulation of noise and pressure, resulting in tympanic membrane congestion, which leads to pain. It is recommended to rest, avoid re-exposure to noise, at the same time can use amoxicillin, levofloxacin ear drops and other medications to alleviate the symptoms of symptomatic treatment.
2. Inner ear injury: If the noise is large, it may stimulate the inner ear hair cells, causing tinnitus, ear stuffiness, and even hearing loss and other symptoms, you need to improve the electric audiometry, DPOAE, cochlea electrogram and other audiological examination, and give the methylcobalamin tablets, ginkgo biloba tablets, prednisone acetate tablets, and other medications to nourish the nerves, improve the microcirculation of the inner ear, and eliminate the edema in the inner ear and other treatments. At the same time, avoid contact with noise stimulation, avoid wearing headphones for a long time.
So if you listen to headphones to the ear shock injury, it is also recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to improve the relevant examination targeted treatment.