Occasional hearing loss?

CherriBlossom
CherriBlossom Member Posts: 44 Member
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
I have completed my 7 week rad treatment in Sept 2011 and my last Cisplatin and 5FU session in Dec 2011 for stage 4 non-metastasis Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. I have been experiencing occasional hearing loss in my right ear. I can only hear myself talking. It happens once a month that last for about an hour. This started in March and I brought this up last time when I saw my ENT. He basically removed some excess wax from my ear and told me to come back in 2 months. But it happened again so this must be something else not related to the excess wax. I had fluid buildup in my righ ear during radiation treatment and another ENT in the hospital placed a tube to drain the fluid. The tube is still in my ear and my current ENT told me it supposed to disslove within a year and I do not need to do anything. I am not sure if my hearing loss has something to do with the chemo, radiation or maybe I just need to remove/replace my current tube. Just want to see if anyone here have similar problem. Thanks

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  • NeoTheron91
    NeoTheron91 Member Posts: 75
    #2
    blocked ears - NPC
    Hi CherriBlossom,

    I've finished my chemo+radiation treatment on Dec, 2011. One month after treatment finished, my left ear blocked since then I've less hearing from the left ear. Sometime right ear is blocked too but it's not too bad as left one. I am hoping to fix itself within 1 year mark. Anyway, it's my new normal life after C.

    Cheers,
    Neo
  • dlygoblue
    dlygoblue Member Posts: 28
    #3
    NeoTheron91 said:

    blocked ears - NPC
    Hi CherriBlossom,

    I've finished my chemo+radiation treatment on Dec, 2011. One month after treatment finished, my left ear blocked since then I've less hearing from the left ear. Sometime right ear is blocked too but it's not too bad as left one. I am hoping to fix itself within 1 year mark. Anyway, it's my new normal life after C.

    Cheers,
    Neo

    Blocked Ears
    This is a normal reaction. I completed 6 weeks of chemo-radiation in October 2011, and had intermittent hearing loss for months. One of my ENT's said it's a normal reaction from swelling in your Eustachian tube, likely casued by the radiation. Your ENT can give you steroids, or install tubes (like for children) to help with drainage, or you can just let it go and it will subside within a few months.
    Keep the faith.
    DLy

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