Hey there.
I caught some sort of bug a few days ago, with a bad headache, phlegmy hacking cough and some slight ear pain and muffled hearing. It's been very slowly improving, but my hearing is still muffled and, even more alarming, certain noises actually sound annoyingly louder than normal. I'm really worried that the infection has somehow done permanent damage to cells involved in hearing. I already panicked a bit to my parents earlier in the illness when I was worried I was getting pneumonia, so if I spoke to them about this I won't get a great response.
Should I worry about this?