I had a bad cold last week and on wednesday night it seemed to move to my ear and my ear ache was absolute agony and I was up all night with the pain. The next morning the pain wasn't as bad but gunky stuff was coming out of my ear (nice!).
The doctor said its a perforated eardrum and has given me antibiotics to clear up any infection and said the perforation should close itself. But since then I've had a ringing noise in that ear and can't hear very well at all out of it. I'd hoped it would gradually improve but its still ringing as much as before. Its really disorientating, feels as though I'm underwater and I keep feeling slightly nauseous and dizzy.
Got to go back to work tomorrow because apart from that I feel ok, cold has gone. But I'm dreading having to talk to people because I can't hear them, can't work out how loudly I'm speaking and keep feeling confused!