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Help a singer with painful ear with tinnitus? go to ent or selftreat?

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Dr. Danny Westmoreland answered

ENT: Tinnitus can be devastating even to non-singers. I would get checked to make sure what the problem is regardless of vocation. Your singing could just make your middle ear worse.

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Answered 8/5/2015

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A member asked:

Help a singer with painful ear with tinnitus? go to ent or selftreat?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Danny Westmoreland answered

Dr Brown agreed

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