Jules, Thanks for sharing your experience. I also take meds that are very drying to me but they haven't affected my ears. My ear canals are very moist...one of the many things that my Drs looked into, when I started having these problems.

My ENT has done a pressure test on my ears every 2 weeks, to see if there is any change in them....not an ounce of change. He also at one point punctured my eardrum and cleaned out all of the fluid that was built up. He let it heal back up and did another pressure test...no change but the eardrum went back to the same way it was prior to him puncturing it ( it's concaved rather than straight up and down).

All of my Drs are convinced that if things continue as they are now, that I'll be completely deaf within a year. That's why they're running every type of tests that they can think of, to try and get a dx, so they can hopefully treat and at least stop the progression of the loss.

Thanks again everyone for sharing your experiences and taking the time to respond to my post.

cjay