On new year's eve someone came up behind
me and pulled a party popper rather close
to my right ear. I cannot say exactly how
close but I know that in the minutes
afterwards all sounds seemed distorted.
Nearly a week later my hearing still seems
slightly dulled in that ear and some
sounds - particularly loud and high
pitched ones - still seem slightly
distorted (by this I mean that when the
sound is above a certain threshold I get a
high pitched buzzing sort of sound in my
ear). There is no ringing sensation,
which I have experienced occasionally
after concerts or going to night clubs,
but my ear does feel kind of blocked.
It might also be relevant to mention that
I have had quite a few ear infections in
my life (i am 18), and that for the last
couple of weeks I have had a blocked nose
and been coughing up a fair bit of
mucous.
I am planning to see a doctor about this
next week but in the meantime I would be
very grateful for any pointers you can
give me on just how serious this might
be.
