Sounds like a cup on my ear.

So I recently am trying to correct my hearing, but currently am just diagnosed with “mild to profound conductive loss” in my right ear, and “a small conductive component at 1kHz; mild to moderate loss 6kHz-8kHz” in my left ear. Which I’m told is just a lot of high frequency hearing loss.

Yesterday at work I was doing something that had a high pitch sound that’s similar to metal and rubber squeaking. But after a second of it starting my right ear just stopped hearing background noise and felt like someone put a cup on my ear and all I heard was waves and like a bug digging in my ear.

It was strange and I can’t describe it. First time it happened, and it continues to happen still on and off around high frequency things. What is it? Is it normal for someone with hearing loss?

Posted Mar 10, 2026, 11:29 AM UTC

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