The World Seems a Little Too Noisy Now

I went to have my hearing checked today because I've been having problems hearing, especially at work. As it turns out, I had impacted wax in my "bad" ear. I had it cleaned out and now everything's so loud. It's a little disorienting. I'm also feeling a bit queasy. I'm probably going to hit the ceiling when my alarms go off early tomorrow morning because suddenly they're loud. I have another hearing test set in a week, but we'll see if I need it or not. Why didn't I do this sooner?