@windyshores
I do believe my cervical stenosis and myelopathy caused many symptoms that were relieved after I had C5-C6 ACDF surgery. The tinnitus has improved and daily headaches gone. Keep in mind that compression on your spinal cord not only affect signals from brain to body/body to brain to be affected (sort of like bending/constricting a power cord) but it also affects blood flow in your spinal cord which could cause nerve cells to die (from micro compression/injury). I had weird symptoms in my neck after I got 2 COVID shots in 2021 and not sure if it affected blood flow in my cranial nerves at the base of my skull. This happened before my cervical spine surgery which I had January 2021.

I do have idiopathic small fiber neuropathy and not sure if this added to my hearing loss.

My spine specialist surgeon told me that if myelopathy pressure in spinal cord is not relieved, I could have permanent damage. I was able to recover some bladder control and walking improved but I do have some permanent damage that causes weakness and numbness in my hands/arms/shoulders. My diagnosis and treatment was delayed a couple years because I kept getting misdiagnosed and then COVID hit. My suggestion is to have a surgeon listen to all of your current symptoms, do an office evaluation for myelopathy and then review current MRI to determine if surgery would help you and if a more time sensitive case.