Reply With QuoteFor years I've been under the misguided belief that only us Yorkshire folk call em lug hole's
A not so funny thing happened over the weekend. I lost just about all hearing in one lug hole. Over a day - gone - slow and steady - gone. As good as zilch. Thought it might be earwax (hoped). See the quack? No chance. Went to an ear clinic Monday evening for wax removal but there wasn’t any. Was given a hearing test confirming about 50db drop in left lug ‘ol. Suggested to bugger off to AE at UCH with a window of 72hrs otherwise risk of total loss of said lug.
Not best pleased.
Spent 7 hrs there yesterday and given max. dose of steroids for next 5 days after which fingers crossed or maybe injections or may be to ta ta to left lug.
I’ve discovered hearing out of one ear makes figuring out direction of sounds quite tricky, amongst other things. Cause? Dunno, maybe a viral infection I’m told. No real reason. Shit happens.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed. I’m in uncharted territory for me at least…..
For years I've been under the misguided belief that only us Yorkshire folk call em lug hole's
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Quarter past three.
Sorry. I hope it gets sorted. Hearing loss if awful.
I have same problem. It's a bit selective though and only seems to crop up when wife talking to me.
Seriously though, hope it clears up ok.
Hope you get it sorted, you will probably find it affects your balance and co-ordination which is a horrible feeling
That sounds rather worrying!
I expect you are doing lots of online searching on that.
Good luck with the steroids!
Thanks folks - appreciated! As an audiophile it’s a bummer. Right channel only as one would say…
Too many times slamming the door?🙈
Very good.Originally Posted by seadog1408
I’ve got mild tinnitus as a parting gift from glandular fever which used to cause me serious frustration but over time my brain seems to tune it out.
Hopefully its just an infection and improves ASAP.
Sorry to hear. I’ve been deaf in one ear since a child, resulting from mumps. Couldn’t walk for two weeks but that obviously came back. I’m used to it now but it isn’t easy. Noisy places are a nightmare to have a conversation, can’t hear where my phone is ringing even if it’s right beside me, can’t detect where any sounds come from. Have to walk on the right side of people and sit on the right side in restaurants and meetings. Feel isolated at pubs and gatherings as you can’t make out what people are saying, and just find yourself nodding along. Only recently learnt that single sided deafness is a thing, and there is a lot of information about it. It’s not just that you cant hear stuff on your deaf side, having one ear means you can’t triangulate the sound so have no idea where it’s coming from of course, but it also prevents you from isolating on sounds (ie a voice in a noisy environment)
I always wear an earplug in my better ear to look after it, even for things like mowing the lawn etc. Got to look after that one.
All the best, and really hope it gets better for you.
I've had this "cold of doom" that's been circulating recently for the last 3 weeks or so, proper head cold with stuffy sinuses etc and taking the usual cold/flu decongestants.
In parallel I thought my TV was on the blink as I normally sit with the volume on, say 35, but lately it's been more like 45 so I can hear it. I mentioned "the stupid TV" to my wife and she said no it's fine you've just had it lastingly loud lately
I sat and did an extremely firm forced ear pop with a held nose and all of a sudden the world was on maximum volume again! been repeating same a couple of times a day as the cold subsided, and touch wood things are getting back to normal now. It's been a very odd experience though.
You have my sympathy and I do hope it resolves itself.
I found myself in the exact same situation around 20 years ago. Had a buzzing in one ear and genuinely thought I had an insect in my ear. Left it a couple of days before seeing a GP - mistake.
GP, who was a locum, checked ears and found no wax or anything untoward. Suggested I go home and rinse out affected ear with olive oil. When I asked why I should do that if there was no wax, she got rather uppity and asked me what I should expect her to do...'ring the hospital she asked'
My response was yes, if you think it's appropriate...you're the professional and I'm a patient seeking a diagnosis.
She did and twenty minutes later an ENT consultant met me at hospital door. Then I was getting a little worried. Kept me in for 4 days dosed with steroids.
Apparently, the hearing loss can be indicative of a brain tumour.
Cutting the rest of the story a little short, when I went back to see consultant, with no improvement in my hearing loss and my wife thinking the worst I was asked if I wanted the good news or the bad news first.
The bad was my reply...'look over your left shoulder and wave your left side hearing goodbye' was his response, I got out of my chair and did a little dance! The good news was that there was no tumour.
I saw the scans and it appeared there was a 5mm piece of the nerve/signal pathway to my brain 'missing'
The only explanation was an unknown viral infection had possibly caused the damage.
I spent a fair chunk of my career trotting around the Far East in the RN and it was suspected the virus was picked up there.
The hearing loss still causes me issues in social settings, where even with slight noise, I cannot understand what people are saying. For the first couple of years after it happened I felt disorientated and could not sense where a noise was coming from...over the years you adjust to it.
I too was a hi-fi nerd, it's all gone now which for me was a big blow, just couldn't appreciate it any more.
Is there a benefit? Yes, Ikeeo my wife on my left hand side (deaf side) and it's bliss!
OP, I wish you well and my post isn't designed to cause you any additional stress. But please make sure you get the right level of expertise involved to diagnose what's going on and to rule out anything sinister.
Good luck :)
David
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This happened to my mother many years ago. Fairly sudden hearing loss in one ear. She had a slow recovery and I believe she eventually recovered most hearing on that side. She was lucky to have that much recovery.
It was put down to an unknown viral infection.
She was an audiology technician at the time. It seems likely she picked it up from a patient. But in truth anyone can catch something like this from anywhere at any time.
I had a viral infection a few years ago that severely damaged my sense of smell. No, not Covid. A long time pre-Covid. Mostly recovered now but some things still smell 'different' and overall smell/taste is not as good as it used to be.
Had problems with ears since my teens. Had 30-40db lost hearing in both ears until I met a doctor who was more concerned with my problems than I was. 10 years and 4 surgeries later I can again hear in stereo. My hearing will never be perfect, but at least I don't have problems in noisy places, meetings anymore.
Glad you found such a massive improvement. May I ask, what was the surgery you had?
Might be worth checking with doctor.Same thing happened to me in 2015,now totally deaf in one ear.
My lad woke up deaf in one ear a couple of months ago - was quite concerned naturally.
Doctors didnt know what to do with him so arrange for a specialist appointment for a week or so later.
In the meantime it just cleared itself and the subsequent visit didnt show anything untoward.
Hope it's a similar thing for you!
Ha ha. Phoned doctor to be told no appointments available on phone or otherwise but that somebody might call around lunchtime. I’d hoofed it to the A &E before then but wifey said nobody phoned anyway. Total bunch of t*****s.
Did she hear the phone ring?
I had a conductive hearing loss i.e. eardrum didn't had a connection to inner ear. doctor replaced what was left of mid ear bones with prosthesis.
from one hand I am happy with outcome, but from other hand I am missing those days when I could say "sorry honey, I didn't do this or that because of I didn't hear what you asked" :D
Excellent, thanks.
Hehehe
Certainly worth checking and ruling out an Acoustic Neuroma. It's a small benign tumour on the nerve - also known as vestibular schwannomas, and they are noncancerous tumors that grow in the ear, and that can affect hearing and balance. Treatment is the Gamma Knife - no blade involved despite what the name suggests - painless and without incision.
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