Recently, after the concert, one ear started to hurt, but only one ear. I suspect it was more exposed to noise as I was sitting against the wall. How long after the concert should persistent earache worry me and require consultation? How to protect yourself against noise at music events?
Ear pain after exposure to noise may be related to the excessive work done by the stapes muscle, which stiffens the ossicular chain, protecting the inner ear from excessive noise. The pain should go away after a few days. Protection against excessive noise involves the use of ear muffs. In the simplest form, these are the so-called stoppers to close the external ear canal and can be purchased at a pharmacy.
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Jan Bardadin, MD, PhD
He is a graduate of the Medical University of Warsaw. He cooperated with renowned medical institutions in Poland and abroad, incl. as an assistant at the Department of Otolaryngology of the Medical University (now Medical University) in Warsaw, as an ENT surgeon at the Carmona Clinic in Messina, Italy, and as the Head of the Department of Otolaryngology at the Bielański Hospital in Warsaw.
He specializes in otolaryngological surgery. At the MML Medical Center, he deals mainly with surgical treatment: ear surgery (drainage of the tympanic cavities, decompression of the Eustachian tubes, treatment of otosclerosis, tympanoplasty operations), oncological surgery, including surgery of laryngeal salivary gland tumors, endoscopic and clastic operations of the paranasal sinuses of the nose, microsurgery of the larynx, corrective surgery of the nasal septum and nasal valve as well as external nasal surgery (rhinoplasty).
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