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What Causes Ringing In Ears?
Question: My friend was holding her son and we had a bad verbal fight on the road it was bad with screaming and shouting tooo loud hope we did not hurt the baby or did some ringing on his ear or hurt his ear drum the baby is playing but are worried please guide ahould we go to ent and get test done
Brief Answer:
Acoustic trauma-detailed ent examination.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have gone through your question and understand your concerns. I would like to ask you few more details.
What is the age of baby?
Is there any associated ear pain?
Kindly get back to me with details.
As such loud noise (normal conversation- 60 decibels, loud noise 60-100 decibels, fireworks- more than 100 db). Anything more than 85 db is danger can cause temporary hearing damage, but after a transit, hearing comes back to normal. In case of permanent damage (high in intensity, frequency and duration) hearing will not came back.
To rule out the damage you need to consult an ENT surgeon and give get detailed ENT examination and (audiometry), If necessary, BERA (Brain stem evoked response) in toddlers (audiometry cannot be done in babies).
Acoustic trauma-detailed ent examination.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
I have gone through your question and understand your concerns. I would like to ask you few more details.
What is the age of baby?
Is there any associated ear pain?
Kindly get back to me with details.
As such loud noise (normal conversation- 60 decibels, loud noise 60-100 decibels, fireworks- more than 100 db). Anything more than 85 db is danger can cause temporary hearing damage, but after a transit, hearing comes back to normal. In case of permanent damage (high in intensity, frequency and duration) hearing will not came back.
To rule out the damage you need to consult an ENT surgeon and give get detailed ENT examination and (audiometry), If necessary, BERA (Brain stem evoked response) in toddlers (audiometry cannot be done in babies).
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju
He is 10 montha old no i dont think so there is any pain he is playing mormally but can human screaming damage hearing she was very close tonhis ear
Brief Answer:
special type of audiometry required.
Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
Thanks for considering my answer and for your follow up.
Yes. There are reports shown that simple kiss on ear or screaming with various pitches can harm baby's hearing apparatus.
Do not worry. Audiometry (special type) can be done in 10 months old baby. Have a consultation with an ent surgeon. He/she will guide you.
Hope, I have answered your query.
Take care.
special type of audiometry required.
Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
Thanks for considering my answer and for your follow up.
Yes. There are reports shown that simple kiss on ear or screaming with various pitches can harm baby's hearing apparatus.
Do not worry. Audiometry (special type) can be done in 10 months old baby. Have a consultation with an ent surgeon. He/she will guide you.
Hope, I have answered your query.
Take care.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Shanthi.E
Is it required to do if he is behaving normally i did clapping on both sides he is responding hope the test is not painfull or had loud impact pleaae suggest
Brief Answer:
painless procedure
Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
Thanks for considering my answer and for your follow up.
As such, detecting minimal hearing loss in babies is a big task. It can be proved only through investigations (audiometry). It is a painless procedure, done by an audiologist.
Suspicions (hearing loss) should be cleared. Kindly evaluate.
Take care.
painless procedure
Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
Thanks for considering my answer and for your follow up.
As such, detecting minimal hearing loss in babies is a big task. It can be proved only through investigations (audiometry). It is a painless procedure, done by an audiologist.
Suspicions (hearing loss) should be cleared. Kindly evaluate.
Take care.
Note: Consult an experienced Otolaryngologist / ENT Specialist online for further follow up on ear, nose, and throat issues - Book a Call now.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Shanthi.E
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