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(yes, I am going to go to the doctor)
For the past few days, my right ear has been completely and utterly clogged. It feels sort of like swimmer's ear, except I don't swim. I suspect it's either a) wax that's built up enough to impact the area, b) some sort of otherwise-asymptomatic infection, c) swelling for an undefined reason, or d) a wacky wacky combination of the above.
At any rate, I have (temporary) severe hearing loss on that side. Left ear's totally fine, but right not so much.
I have discovered the following things:
1) My auditory directionality is way off. If I'm moving or turning or whatever, fine, but if I'm just sitting still? Everything registers really far to the left. (A ringing phone right behind me sounded like it was coming from the other room. And when I was in the hallway, Suri was scratching on a cat post in a room to my right, but it sounded like it was coming from the couch, back and to the left.)
2) Hair-washing is funky, because there's more sound coming from inside the head (percussive drumming from the water and ratchety scrubbing type noises, but all conducted through bone instead of air)
3) Testing new headphones is not the best idea when one ear is behaving abnormally.
4) Singing is *really fucking weird* - I'm used to hearing myself sing, but again I'm getting more from inside the head than out
5) Noisy restaurants take waaaay more spoons than I actually have. Went out with a group of people, had problems ordering, and couldn't hear most of the conversations even at my end of the table, but still got exhausted from trying.
(Disclaimery thing: I know that abnormal-for-me is normal (or better than normal) for other people, and I am not trying to speak for anyone else's experiences. I just ... don't have any coping mechanisms, and I am all flaily, and yes I realize the dorkiness of this disclaimer and stuff but whatever. *fails at coherency*)
At any rate, I have (temporary) severe hearing loss on that side. Left ear's totally fine, but right not so much.
I have discovered the following things:
1) My auditory directionality is way off. If I'm moving or turning or whatever, fine, but if I'm just sitting still? Everything registers really far to the left. (A ringing phone right behind me sounded like it was coming from the other room. And when I was in the hallway, Suri was scratching on a cat post in a room to my right, but it sounded like it was coming from the couch, back and to the left.)
2) Hair-washing is funky, because there's more sound coming from inside the head (percussive drumming from the water and ratchety scrubbing type noises, but all conducted through bone instead of air)
3) Testing new headphones is not the best idea when one ear is behaving abnormally.
4) Singing is *really fucking weird* - I'm used to hearing myself sing, but again I'm getting more from inside the head than out
5) Noisy restaurants take waaaay more spoons than I actually have. Went out with a group of people, had problems ordering, and couldn't hear most of the conversations even at my end of the table, but still got exhausted from trying.
(Disclaimery thing: I know that abnormal-for-me is normal (or better than normal) for other people, and I am not trying to speak for anyone else's experiences. I just ... don't have any coping mechanisms, and I am all flaily, and yes I realize the dorkiness of this disclaimer and stuff but whatever. *fails at coherency*)
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