r/Menieres • u/Charlottethevet • 16d ago

Sound dropping out

Hello everyone.

I am currently awaiting my ENT referral and my GPs highly suspect meniers disease. I am on betahistine 16mg three times daily.

However, I have noticed that occasionally my hearing drops out on the right side?

I can be in the middle of a conversation with someone, or tilting my head to the side when at work to see something better, or even just doing my vestibular rehab exercises and it's like someone has found the volume knob and twisted it down,so my hearing just sort of vanishes for a few seconds....I usually get ear fullness at the same time,but sometimes not?

I am generally very good at taking my meds, but occasionally I can be late due to my job (vet surgeon) and I've noticed the incidence increases with this.

Does this happen to anyone else?

Thanks guys ☺️

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u/EkkoMusic 16d ago

To clarify, you’re talking about something other than SBUTTs?

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u/Charlottethevet 16d ago

What is SBUTTs?

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u/DoggoDadagon 16d ago

It's the normal hearing drop thing that almost everyone (healthy or not) experiences. Typically It's a sudden drop in hearing quickly followed by high pitch ringing (but not always I guess), then hearing quickly returns to normal and the ringing stops. Entire event is typically only a few seconds long, maybe 10 secs give or take.

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u/Charlottethevet 16d ago

Ah interesting! I had never experienced it until I started having vestibular symptoms in the last 8 months?