{"id":5772,"date":"2019-08-16T12:39:39","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T16:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/?p=5772"},"modified":"2024-06-12T12:39:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T16:39:03","slug":"what-you-should-know-about-eardrum-ruptures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/what-you-should-know-about-eardrum-ruptures\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Should Know About Eardrum Ruptures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Children and adults in Louisville who experience a ruptured eardrum end up dealing with pain, dizziness, hearing loss and other symptoms. Most heal on their own eventually but skipping a visit to the doctor increases your risk of infection. Understanding what causes these ruptures can help prevent them from occurring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eardrum, also known as the tympanic membrane, is a thin tissue that divides the ear canal and middle ear. A ruptured eardrum is the result of a tear or hole in this tissue. It is sometimes referred to as a perforated eardrum or tympanic membrane perforation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How bad your symptoms are will depend on the size of the tear in your eardrum rupture. You or your child might experience any of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many possible causes of an eardrum perforation. The most common include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you or your child experiences an eardrum perforation, it\u2019s important to schedule a visit with a Louisville doctor as soon as you can. Even though ruptured eardrums almost always heal on their own, the process can take months and leaves you susceptible to infection. To treat pain and reduce swelling, try nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like ibuprofen. Your doctor might prescribe antibiotics or eardrops if an infection is occurring. Some patients might have to undergo a surgical procedure called a tympanoplasty to repair the hole or tear in the eardrum. I<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contact a Louisville hearing specialist<\/a> for more information about ruptured eardrums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Downtown Louisville<\/strong><\/a> Children and adults in Louisville who experience a ruptured eardrum end up dealing with pain, dizziness, hearing loss and other symptoms. Most heal on their own eventually but skipping a visit to the doctor increases your risk of infection. Understanding what causes these ruptures can help prevent them from occurring. What are the symptoms of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"502-584-3573 | A ruptured eardrum can cause pain, dizziness and hearing loss. Understanding what causes them can help prevent them from occurring.","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hearing-loss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5772"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10896,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5772\/revisions\/10896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehearinginstitute.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related Hearing Loss Posts:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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