Hiya,
realised ive been having some problems with my hearing, not that badly, but found something on the internet about lesions and hearing - maybe worth getting it checked?
is it common?
used to have problems with ear infections when i was younger but havent had any recently / any pain at all
just wondering
han xxx
i have a few problems with my ears. I reguly have problems where evry thing gose realy dull and quiet and i got lots of ringing sounds wich when im trying to sleep can be a night mare
this was one of my symptoms a few years ago.
I remember asking my then gp could he send me to be tested for a hearing aid I never though anything at the time but he said I think its a little bit more than that. its only now I know what he was talking about.
when I was eventually sent to ENT they sent me for an MRI, but than they forgot to send for me to tell me the results great!
when I eventually went to see my neuro he said it was all on the MRI which ENT had sent me for,
I have been given a hearing aid which I use on my bad days as I miss hear everyone.
plus a book I bought in Florida in 2010 there is a section and how MS affects the hearing.
Al x
Hi, I get problems with hearing… got mild hearing loss and tinnitus. Can’t hear if there’s background noise and often have to use subtitles for telly.
You should go to GP and get a referal to audiologist or ENT so that they can eliminate any other possible cause. If they can’t find anything that’s causing it, it’s usually put down to MS. Mine is.
According to the MSS factsheet, hearing problems in MS is caused by lesions in the brainstem (sort of where the spine joins the brain). As I get vertigo as well, which is also brainstem, I assume that’s why I’ve got it.
Can’t remember where the info is to download on this site, but try ‘publications’ at top of page or ‘MS news and research’ where I think there’s a link to shop.
Anyway, as I said, get it checked out because there’s a whole bunch of stuff that can cause hearing loss and you should never assume something is caused by MS.
Pat x
thank you 
i’ve been meaning to book an appointment recently anyway for more pills etc so i will mention it. cheer for help and support
han xx
I was told that MS is way down the list of suspects when you have hearing problems, but it does happen - I lost most of my hearing in one ear for a bit. It was cured miraculously by the first dose of IV steroids that I was put on for all the other more obvious MS relapse problems I was having at the same time. Alison x
Dear Han
A few years ago my hearing failed dramatically and suddenly but just for what was probably 30 seconds although my life flashed before me - I was on stage conducting an orchestra. I think I must have lost a stone there and then in panic worry!
At that time I was told by several that MS doesn’t play games with hearing. Well, something did. I think there is a concensus now that it can and does.
I hope your issue is short lived.
Incidentally, what happened to me was a one-off and has never returned, so it just might have had something to do with situation stress as well. I don’t go out on stage now.
Mark
i had a relapse over a year ago and lost my hearing in my left ear also had tinitus before hand. the hearing specialist i saw at the time showed me what was going on on a diagram and said its unlikely that my hearing would return.
he was right!
ms can effect ones hearing for sure
Hearing loss was my first symptom. I woke up one morning not long after my second child was born and had lost most of the hearing in my right ear it was very frightening at the time. My hearing did improve a little but I have been left with about 50% hearing in that ear and tinnitus.
I would definitely get it checked out.
Deb
Hi everyone, I’ve been hearing what sounds like a generator or a washing machine on spin cycle since last July but has just recently become really loud at night. I had thought it was something I’d left running like an extractor fan or that my fridge was on it’s way out and I’ve been wandering round like a mad woman trying to find the source. But all my friends can’t hear anything so I now feel a bit daft, Im going to start using some olive oil or Earex with a view to having my ears syringed but It just doesn’t feel like a hearing problem as it sounds ‘external’, has anyone else out there heard a similar sound and do you think that this is due to the MS?