Sudden hearing loss from Covid

[olds1959special]

Today I'm off the meds and my hearing is stuffy again. Is it congestion coming and going? I thought it was better yesterday.

 

[raindance]

In my understanding (and experience) the loss of high frequencies starts up again as soon as you stop the steroid.

 

[ErVikingo]

You should go measure your hearing now (actually give it a couple of weeks)

 

[davidc]

May I request that anybody who gives specific medical advice include their qualifications. Thank you.

 

[Keith_W]

Has it occurred to you to go back and see your doctor instead of asking a bunch of non-experts on a forum? Yes there are medical professionals here (I am one) but I am not going to give you advice, for which I have some legal liability, without knowing what is going on. Notably, you failed to state which meds you came off.

 

[olds1959special]

Has it occurred to you to go back and see your doctor instead of asking a bunch of non-experts on a forum? Yes there are medical professionals here (I am one) but I am not going to give you advice, for which I have some legal liability, without knowing what is going on. Notably, you failed to state which meds you came off.

My ENT appointment is coming up! I was taking Presnidone 40mg for 5 days then 60mg for 5 days. I really do feel better but I do have a bit of tinnitus that was always there (not sure if it's worse now.) I have a long history of exposure to noise working as a production and post-production sound engineer and playing the saxophone for most of my life. And my last hearing test many years ago already showed a little more hearing loss in the left side, in the high frequencies, which was the same as my recent test. So now that I feel better, I'm curious what my hearing tests results will be. But the most important thing is, I feel I can hear again! The meds were tolerable. I felt the effects the first day, although I got a lot of heartburn from them.