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For the longest time, my opinion was that the sound would just "go away". I lived with it, and did not concern myself, despite the fact the sound became more intense and more frequent. Indeed, it has already become a struggle to go about my daily routine while dealing with the loud noise.

After thinking the issue would "just go away", I finally gave in and went to the doctor to investigate my hearing difficulties. While sitting and waiting, I thought about it, and realized the delay was possibly a huge error. I really needed to sit down and speak with my doctor before the trouble became constant and very loud. Treatment probably could've been much simpler than I forced it to end up being.

I found out that I had punched a hole in my ear drum because I was cleaned my ears with a scraper. I used this because my earwax is not the moist kind and it is easy to get rid of it that way, as opposed to using cotton swabs. The doctor told me that using a scraper is really hazardous, since it is really easy to injure my ear drums using it.

This has been exactly my experience. Using an ear scraper to clean out my ears actually did damage to my eardrums. Because I'd gone too deeply into the ear canal when cleaning, I'd punctured the eardrum. That was where the ringing first originated. Because I ignored it when it was just a mild manifestation, it became louder and worse as I continued to injure them with my ear scraper. The ringing has now become very loud and disruptive to my life, and the damage to my eardrums has become much more serious.

I now know how important it is to pay attention to what my body is telling me, because it might indicate that I am not in the best of health. Paying attention to my body will assist me in dealing with future health issues, and it might have helped me stop injuring my eardrums. If I had seen a doctor the moment my ears started ringing, then I could have stopped using the ear scraper and not had tinnitus.