SSCD - Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence.
I was diagnosed with this problem last week. Will have three more test including a CT scan in a couple weeks.
Just curious if anyone here has experienced this or had the corrective surgery.
If interested, you can google search it.
My symptoms are a mechanical rattle in my head with every step or vibration that I encounter plus a popping sound with each heart beat.
When I talk loud it sounds like I am talking through a harmonica.
No serious balance issue yet as some people experience.
The reason I mention it here is that it happened after a long spirited ride on my Motorcycle. It probably was going to happen anyway but that high speed vibration for around an hour or so, probably finished it off.
As soon as I came in the house after that ride, the first time I talked t was like talking through a harmonica or when kids we used to put wax paper against a comb and talk through it. That was two months ago and the problem has remained the same since.
The top of the Semicircular canal is normally attached to a thin piece of skull bone and when that deteriorates or breaks off, it leaves a little hole there and sound or pressure can enter from more than one direction and that area has a reflex response to that which doesn't happen wen it is supported normally.
If I am in a place with loud music, a heavy bass will make me want to get out of there asap.
I have ridden Motorcycles since 1962 but now I am concerned about riding even if I have it repaired.
This problem was only diagnosed and given a name in 1998 although it has been around for a long time I guess.
I will have to think long and hard about having the surgery. They have to enter your skull, push the brain up enough to do the repair and then put it all back together.
My condition is annoying, but not nearly as bad as many people experience.
I could probably live with it if I knew it would not get worse. I am in pretty good health so that would affect my decision.
I was diagnosed with this problem last week. Will have three more test including a CT scan in a couple weeks.
Just curious if anyone here has experienced this or had the corrective surgery.
If interested, you can google search it.
My symptoms are a mechanical rattle in my head with every step or vibration that I encounter plus a popping sound with each heart beat.
When I talk loud it sounds like I am talking through a harmonica.
No serious balance issue yet as some people experience.
The reason I mention it here is that it happened after a long spirited ride on my Motorcycle. It probably was going to happen anyway but that high speed vibration for around an hour or so, probably finished it off.
As soon as I came in the house after that ride, the first time I talked t was like talking through a harmonica or when kids we used to put wax paper against a comb and talk through it. That was two months ago and the problem has remained the same since.
The top of the Semicircular canal is normally attached to a thin piece of skull bone and when that deteriorates or breaks off, it leaves a little hole there and sound or pressure can enter from more than one direction and that area has a reflex response to that which doesn't happen wen it is supported normally.
If I am in a place with loud music, a heavy bass will make me want to get out of there asap.
I have ridden Motorcycles since 1962 but now I am concerned about riding even if I have it repaired.
This problem was only diagnosed and given a name in 1998 although it has been around for a long time I guess.
I will have to think long and hard about having the surgery. They have to enter your skull, push the brain up enough to do the repair and then put it all back together.
My condition is annoying, but not nearly as bad as many people experience.
I could probably live with it if I knew it would not get worse. I am in pretty good health so that would affect my decision.