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You probably should get your ears cleaned and as mentioned above, Q-tips aren't the way to do that. I'm not sure if you need a prescription for this but pharmacies carry liquid-based solutions to rinse out your ear, or you can have a doctor do it for you. In either of your ears, does it sound as though you hear as though you had a metal bucket on your head? In other words, hearing your body's own sounds through your ears? I ask this because you stated tilting your head to one side would relieve the ticking sound.
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I don't have that metal bucket sound.
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Have all of these symptoms and high sensitivity been around for many years or only recently?
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The sensitivity started about 2 months ago. I think that was when the ticking sound went away.
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The most accurate way to figure out if you do have a ruptured ear drum or a middle ear infection is by using an otoscope or tympanometry. The former is a medical device that is found in every doctor's office. The latter isn't found in your regular GP doctor's office as it's a specialty device but it would definitely be in the office of an ENT doctor.
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I know I should see an ENT but they are very expensive. I did google and apparently if the eardrum is ruptured it should heal by itself. But I didn't have most of the symptoms though.
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I'm not sure if you can buy one for personal use but if so, they're not cheap. If I still have them, I'll post a few pictures of the outputs of a tympanometry from some of the clinical audiological courses I took.
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Thanks for the suggestion but I wouldn't know how to look at my own ears. I am hoping time will heal whatever is wrong but it doesn't seem to be healing as I still feel it is sensitive.
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If you wear ear muffs for a short while, then there shouldn't be a problem. I'm not sure how great your sensitivity is, so cheaper ones may not do the trick and you'd want the ones that cover all of your outer ear.
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I will check some out at the safety equipment store. Thanks so much for your advice!