Really odd question about ringing in the ears

I have been suffering with ringing in my ears for a couple years now. I started reading up on it in preparation to go to the doctor, and I found that tinnitus (ringing in the ears) is caused when the tiny hairs in your inner ears, which sent auditory signals to your brain, are damaged or killed. For some reason, when something happens to those hair cells, the brain perceives it as sound, and your ears ring.

Well, since I have alopecia pretty much everywhere, including inside my nose, it stands to reason that I could also be missing my inner ear hairs, which could be the cause of this problem.

I was just wondering if any fellow alopecians also suffer from ringing in the ears?

At this point, it's just a theory, but you never know!

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Comment by Kari M on May 4, 2010 at 10:02am
I think it is still too much of a coincidence to dismiss out of hand . . . besides, doctors know so little about alopecia in general. I have no nose hairs either, and that is a different type of hair as well . . .
Comment by Mary on May 4, 2010 at 9:42am
It's not an odd question at all.

In just the last couple of years (coincidentally, the same time I've become AU), I have developed severe tinnitus, which in my case, is a constant, loud high-pitched tone. Recently, I developed vertigo (the room spinning around), which is caused by an inner ear problem.

I have asked my doctor about whether the tinnitus or vertigo have any relationship to my AA, and he says the answer is no. The hairs in the inner ear are cilia, and are not the same type of hair as the hair that grows (or is supposed to grow) out of our skin.
Comment by Tina on May 4, 2010 at 8:27am
OH wow! i had no idea that is what it was... i do get the ringing alot in my ears, its strange! and i thought something was wrong with me. I ignored it!

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