My husband has a Cpap for really bad sleep apena, but he does not have IH. He has never had ringing of the ears from the machine. I know the Cpap creates a positive pressure on your throat to keep it open. Since your throat and ears are connected is it possible the pressure in your throat is affecting your ears?

I think it might be more likely that the increased ringing is from having a higher ICP. When you lay down your ICP goes up, just laying flat is enough to increae ICP and I know when I lay down for any length of time my symptoms, including ringing in my ears, gets worse.

I am glad to hear you are going to the DR. Even though the ringing may have othign to do with the Cpap, it is important to get it checked out. No one knows your body like you do!

Mornin
I use CPAP for mild sleep apnea. I can't really tell you about the ear ringing cuz my neuro said not to use it for the moment. I also have had some severe neck pain (haven't we all!) and I guess he was trying to figure out if the neck flexion might be contributing to the pain. The conclusion has yet to be determined. I still have terrible neck pain....Maybe someone slse can enlighten us!
Nancy

I tried for a month, with 2 different masks. I slept worse than without it. I did not get ringing in my ears but I got headaches worse than usual.

Sleep apnea can CAUSE IH or make it worse. Some people improve dramatically or the IH goes away by using a CPAP and eliminating apnea episodes. So it's important you use it every night. And that you keep your appointments with your sleep doctor so he can check the card/chip from your cpap to see if the cpap is working for you.

The ear ringing and pain can be from lots of things, but most probably not because of the CPAP. Are you sleeping with your upper body elevated? Sometimes that helps with pressure.

Another thing that could result in the CPAP actually making pressure worse is that some people's response to the pressure is they just open their mouth as they sleep and all the pressure goes out that way, not down to keep your throat open to your lungs. Then the apnea isn't helped or could be made even worse. The data card/chip out of your cpap will tell your doctor if that's happening. It's easy to fix - just a chin strap.

It could also be a coincidence. The ear ringing and pain could be caused by a third issue that has nothing to do with how you sleep, your CPAP, etc., like the start of a cold or flu (that you dont' feel yet) or exposure to a new allergy.

It can take weeks to months to get used to a new CPAP. If you have questions or issues during any of that time be sure to call your sleep doctor, okay? They can answer the questions or do any tweaking that's required.