top of page

HEAD     NOISES

Sound waves in profile silhouette (1).png

Coping with Tinnitus, Deafness & Vertigo

Inner Ear Steroid Injections

  • Writer: Laura DeJean
    Laura DeJean
  • Dec 30, 2025
  • 1 min read

Having arrived at week 3 my ENT suggested intratympanic steroid injections. While not being optimistic regarding the recovery of any of my hearing he said that this would be a “Hail Mary” and still worth trying. We scheduled the first Injections, during which there is a numbing agent is put on the ear drum and then a long thin needle pierces through to the inner ear area injecting steroids. After the procedure the patient needs to lay still for about 15 minutes. Needless to say it is very uncomfortable but doable. While it kicked up my vertigo for a bit after, the side effects were mainly an increase in intensity of my tinnitus. The injections had no effect on my hearing.

 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
Brain MRI / Oral Steroids

Throughout the next couple of weeks I continued the oral steroids but they provided no change. I also did a brain MRI which showed some bright spots on my right side near the brain stem, but were late

 
 
 
ENT Visit / Steroids

Wednesday 08/06/2025. It took a few days to get an appointment with an ENT due to the weekend and some online scheduling confusion. At the office I was given an ear exam, which again was normal, as we

 
 
 
ER Visit / Vertigo

Saturday, 08/02/2025. After barely sleeping due to the tinnitus, I woke up with a severe sense of spinning. I was not able to raise my head without vomiting and was barely able to walk. We went straig

 
 
 

Comments

bottom of page