How Your Allergies Can Affect Your Hearing:

How Your Allergies Can Affect Your Hearing:

Allergiescan affect your hearing when, immune system responds to allergens by producing antibodies that release histamine. Allergies can cause a variety of problems in your ears like:

·        Itching

·        Swelling

·        Fullness

·        Dizziness or balance issues

The release of histamine produces an allergic response; which can cause conductive hearing loss.

Conductive Hearing Loss:- 

This hearing loss affects the passage of sound between the ear drum and the inner ear. Sound passes down the ear canal to the ear drum and through the middle ear, where the sound is transmitted across the middle ear by the three bones called the ossicles to the inner ear.

Conductive hearing loss occurs when sound waves are not able to travel through the outer ear due to a blockage. 

Causes of Conductive Hearing Loss:

1        Wax (cerumen):- Increase of wax in the outer ear may stop sound from reaching the ear drum.

2         Infection:- Infection and inflammation in the outer ear (otitis externa) or middle ear (otitis media).

3         Glue ear (otitis media with effusion) :- Inflammation in the middle ear with associated fluid filling the middle ear space around the ossicles. The fluid stops the ossicles and ear drum from moving effectively and stops sound from passing easily through to the inner ear.

4         Ear surgery :- May damage the ear drum or small bones in the middle ear stopping sound from passing easily through to the inner ear.

Ear symptoms related to allergies

•           Chronic itching of the outer ear canal
•          Frequent outer ear infections
•          Feeling of fullness or pressure in the ear
•         Frequent infections of the middle ear
•          Dizziness
•          Tinnitus (noises in the head)

Ear has three major sections, all of which can be affected by allergies:

Outer Ear: Allergic skin reactions can cause itching and swelling of both the outer ear and ear canal. 

Middle Ear: This is where fluid buildup can happen, causing earaches or ear pressure. When swelling stops your middle ear from draining, it gives your ear a full feeling. Also being uncomfortable, it can also cause balance issues.

Inner Ear:  Hearing can be temporarily impaired in individuals with inner-ear disorders like Ménière’s disease. This can also cause vertigo , tinnitus, a ringing in the ears.

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