What Causes Dizziness And Hearing Loss?

Posted on Thu, 8 Jun 2017

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Question : I get dizzy. The room sometimes spins on me. I noticed happens more often when I lay down. I noticed I do have problems hearing. Could it be my ears even when I lay down?

Answered by Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal (18 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Benign positional vertigo

Detailed Answer:
Hi

Balance of the body is a very important function of ears. As you have vertigo on lying down, it is positional vertigo. Please get a pure tone audiometry done to see the amount and type of hearing loss. It will tell about neural loss also. Your ENT doctor will know about this test.

Presence of hearing loss and vertigo is a feature of inner ear disease. And tablet promethazine thrice daily should help you. This is a prescription drug.

Follow up with the reports so that I can suggest you better.
Take care
Thanks and regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal (2 hours later)

I made an appt. today. I will mention the audiometry.
Thank you.
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Answered by Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal (13 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Benign positional vertigo

Detailed Answer:
Hi
you are always welcome with any further questions.
Wish you get well soon.
Thanks and regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad