I do have hearing loss in the ear, and a constant pressure. But there is pain when I push around the ear or tug on it as well.

When I went in Tuesday night, after looking at it the first time, he said there was some wax built up that he wanted to get removed so he could get a good look at the ear drum. So, the nurse came in and flushed the ear out. After that, the doc looked again and said the ear drum was bulging and there was redness behind the ear drum. That's why I said above that I'm 99% sure it's an inner ear infection - because he said the redness was behind the drum and it was bulging.