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Eustachian tube dysfunction and balloon dilation
I lost my hearing to SNHL on left side 9 months ago. I tried everything possible including hyperbaric oxygen therapy. This therapy messed up both my ears and my eustachian tubes did not open after treatment. So I am totally deaf in left ear but my right ear I can hear everyone else clearly but my own voice is muffled. Five days ago I had balloon dilation surgery to open my eustachian tubes in both ears. Here are my questions:
1. Why is my own voice muffled? ( I can't seem to get an answer to this)
2. It's only been 6 days since the surgery but I feel absolutely no better nor any improvement. Will this surgery work?
3. What would the next step be for me? I can't live with closed eustachian tubes, can I (I don't want to because I'm uncomfortable 24/7)
4. I can't seem to get any answers, it's like I'm the only one in the world that this is happening to. I do have appt with surgeon tom for follow up so I'll ask her but she was against tubes because she said I only had one good ear and she didn't want to risk anything happening to it and losing my hearing in that ear too. So what would the next step be?
Every place I ask on line, I get no response. So thank you if you can help.
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I have never had a definitive explanation as to what caused my sensorial hearing loss. Probably Covid. It has turned my life upside down for three years. I have had differing diagnosis for my problems from eight different ENTs. I wear traditional hearing aids but they don’t really work for me. I am wondering if this might help me.
I'm sorry I know it's hard not to be able to join in when you can't make
out what people are saying.
And some people think screaming at you works..
Yikes..
It's going to take an ear specialist to say what will work for you.
I know the bone conduction bypasses the ear drum and canal
But don't know if it requires the ear hairs to be in adequate condition.
It works with my smartphone.
So it'll be weeks before I talk to my ENT.
I'll let you know what he tells me.
I’ve seen so many “ear specialists” I’ve given up on them. Audiologists as well have proved completely worthless for me. I suppose there are some good ones. I just haven’t found any (and not for lack of trying)
I have spent thousands on state of the art traditional hearing aids, so spending a few hundred to try bone conductive ones doesn’t seem like an outrageous thing to try.
Anyway, if you have luck it would be good to hear.
Thanks.