Starting November 17th I started having issues hearing in my right ear. It quickly progressed to the point earlier this week where I could hear nothing in my right ear and immediately scheduled appointments with audiologist & ENT. Yesterday, before my appointments, I started experiencing similar hearing loss in my left ear.
Here's what it looks like:
Side note: I had 'normal' hearing using the DecibelX iPhone app with ipod pros as recently as late October.
The doctor's initial diagnosis is cochlear hydrops, which is a relatively rare form of Meniere's disease (without vertigo/dizziness).
It's absolutely heart breaking at the moment, given recent investments and my love of audio. I'm not a volume knob abuser and this isn't caused by ear abuse. Doc has prescribed some meds that may help reduce fluid in the ears but we will see.
Pretty scary how isolating severe hearing loss is when it happens so suddenly.
Here's what it looks like:
Side note: I had 'normal' hearing using the DecibelX iPhone app with ipod pros as recently as late October.
The doctor's initial diagnosis is cochlear hydrops, which is a relatively rare form of Meniere's disease (without vertigo/dizziness).
It's absolutely heart breaking at the moment, given recent investments and my love of audio. I'm not a volume knob abuser and this isn't caused by ear abuse. Doc has prescribed some meds that may help reduce fluid in the ears but we will see.
Pretty scary how isolating severe hearing loss is when it happens so suddenly.