I think I have autophony because I hear my own voice at times
Last Updated - Fri, Mar 16 2018Similar Questions - irritated due to autophony, hearing my sound when talking, pop sound in ear, tympano phony
Detailed Question:
Hello doctor,
- At times, I have been getting autophony for the past 3-4 years.
- It happens at random time and is not related to my physical state as it happens even when I am at college with friends and while running also.
- I can hear my own voice as well as breathing sound and heartbeat, which is very irritating.
- Sometimes, I hear a mild pop sound and this opens my ear.
- I found my symptoms to be similar to those of patulous eustachian tube when I googled.
- The ENT that I am consulting has been treating me for plugged ear for the past one month. This has reduced the occurrence of the issue to an extent.
- But it starts recurring whenever I stop the medication and there is a feeling of heaviness also throughout the day.
- What should I do so that I can treat the autophony and remove the heaviness? Please help!
Category: General Physician
Hello,
I understand your problem and it must be very difficult to keep hearing whatever you say including your breath sounds. By going through your history I feel you have fluid in your middle ear cavity and a patulous eustachian tube.
Let me explain the condition first:
I understand your problem and it must be very difficult to keep hearing whatever you say including your breath sounds. By going through your history I feel you have fluid in your middle ear cavity and a patulous eustachian tube.
Let me explain the condition first:
- The tube that connects the middle ear to the throat is called Eustachian tube.
- In order to maintain the proper ventilation of the ear, it is inevitable for the eustachian tube to function normally.
- The feeling of heaviness that you are having is because your eustachian tube is malfunction or not functioning properly.
- The condition in which the eustachian tube remains open for the majority of time is called patulous eustachian tube.
- It can happen due to many reasons including mild cold or allergy.
- In few cases they may need to draw fluid out from your ear endoscopically.
But, the symptoms can definitely improve by the following treatment:
- Please take steam inhalation around 3 to 4 times a day.
- It will help to open the closed eustachian tube.
- To treat the allergy, please don't take anti histamine as the fluid accumulation may increase due to that.
- Please take mast cell stabiliser like Montek Lc to treat allergy.
- Over The Counter (OTC) medication like Febrex also helps to alleviate the symptoms.
Hope this helps alleviate your problems. If not, you can consult a General Physician on JustDoc for an instant consultation.
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