stapes surgery

[dannysing]

hi. i had stapes surgery last november and i hear better and everything was successful, but i get a popping in my ear every once in awhile. i asked my ent and he just shrugged me off,...like it wasn't important to talk about....has anybody that had the operation or knows please help me...i want to know if thats natural/ thanks

[JamesC186282]

Can you comment on how the stapes surgery went?   My ENT said this is something that would fix my hearing but that he thought it was too soon to "saw open my head"   I've tried to read up on this and I guess in a way he is correct about the "sawing" but....    How long are you out of work?   Did you do both ears?   How does it feel to suddenly be able to hear 2000 hertz?  ;-)

[dannysing]

should i expect the 'popping' to be there always...getting it every day? it is annoying and i hope it will not last forever. any info? thanks, danny

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

There are tubes called 'Eustachian  tubes' which connect the middle ear to the throat, this balances the air pressure in the ears. So, if these tubes are opened during the act of swallowing or increasing the air pressure, this can cause a popping sound in the ears. This is a normal phenomenon.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.