Will I regain my hearing in left ear?

Reply to dloos
Actually, sudden hearing loss does come on just that quickly. I was awake when mine happened, and it was like a switch was shut off on my right ear. I can tell you the exact date and what I was doing when it happened. Not realizing it was an emergency, I just assumed it was temporary like when you have a stuffed ear caused by a cold or something. Had I known better, I would have gone to the ER. The next morning, which was a Sunday, I woke up with severe vertigo so bad that I had to crawl when I was finally able to get put of bed. I contacted my PCP first thing Monday. They got me in to see a PA. No one seemed overly concerned by what was going on with me. I was sent to a physical therapist for the vertigo. Nothing got better so I went back to my PCP a few days later. By the time I got in to see an ENT, 10 days had passed. I had an MRI, and the steroid shot and meds did not bring my hearing back, but I later learned that an eatlier treatment would have given me a better chance. I have zero hearing in that ear. I had just had hearing tests on both ears 4 months before the SSHL so I knew my hearing was better than average for my age...no hearing aids needed.
About a year later, I had an Osia 2 bone conduction implant which helps with directional hearing, but I will never have the life I had before this happened. Only a person who has experienced sudden hearing loss will appreciate the life changing aspects of the phenomena. The sad part is that no one has ever been able to offer an explanation as to why this happened. There are theories, but no definitive answers. You just learn to live and cope with it. There are many things that can be worse in this life, but I still research for solutions. Never give up.

Thank for your response. I'm sorry you haven't had luck. I never had any hearing loss whatsoever. The doctors are calling it sudden hearing loss/sud8 den deafness. I am so uncomfortable and devastated. Everything sounds like an echo or roaring. I don't know how I'm going to live with this if it can't be fixed. I did go to hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber today. The first 15 min my ears hurt from the pressure change. The dr told me to sip water, swallow, same stuff we do on a plane. When the pressure stabilized it was okay. Then coming out of it, the pressure was let down I guess and my ears began popping. She said to do nothing that my ears will stabilize automatically. However, it's now 8 hours later and my right ear, the good one, is still popping. I have an appt to go again tom. I'm desperate to try whatever will work. I'll most likely go. Inside the chamber, I was able to watch TV. It's so hard to talk an listen to anyone and being a teacher that's a tough one! (Sound is horrible)

Thank for your response. I'm sorry you haven't had luck. I never had any hearing loss whatsoever. The doctors are calling it sudden hearing loss/sud8 den deafness. I am so uncomfortable and devastated. Everything sounds like an echo or roaring. I don't know how I'm going to live with this if it can't be fixed. I did go to hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber today. The first 15 min my ears hurt from the pressure change. The dr told me to sip water, swallow, same stuff we do on a plane. When the pressure stabilized it was okay. Then coming out of it, the pressure was let down I guess and my ears began popping. She said to do nothing that my ears will stabilize automatically. However, it's now 8 hours later and my right ear, the good one, is still popping. I have an appt to go again tom. I'm desperate to try whatever will work. I'll most likely go. Inside the chamber, I was able to watch TV. It's so hard to talk an listen to anyone and being a teacher that's a tough one! (Sound is horrible)

@jcj123 I have hearing loss. It came over many years ago I guess but I never realized it until it was too late. I now wear 5000.00 hearing aides that my elderly mother bought for me. Even with them I don’t hear very well. I sympathize with your situation. Suddenly losing your hearing must have been so devastating. I pray 🙏 that things get better for you in the future. Kaye Jackson

SHL (sudden hearing loss) according to one ENT I spoke with is fairly common in young and middle age adults (20-60). No one knows for sure, but physicians assume it is due to a viral infection that permanently kills the cells that are necessary for healing. They usually give you an MRI if you present with this at an ER to rule out a tumor. I was affected at the low end of the spectrum at age 22; I have never recovered my hearing and I am 69 now.
When this first hit me, I had vertigo for several months, but slowly that dissipated.
Supposedly, there are hearing aids that can be fitted for this problem. In my 40s I was talked into dropping a lot of money on one. I disliked having molded plastic in my ear all day, and despite the outrageous expense stopped wearing it. It magnified all noise and was irritating to boot. It never helped me in my daily professional life back then. If you explore this option, think long and hard before falling for the audiologist’s sales pitch. BTW the audiologists now get PhDs, so they call themselves “doctors.” Just like the NPs; they get a doctorate in nurse practionership and call themselves “doctors.” It is an intention blurring of the boundaries. Physicians are very bad at guarding their turf. They are mostly humble people, and I find all the paraprofessionals I meet think they know A LOT more than they do. That puts patients at risk, but it is part of the breakdown of American medicine.

SHL (sudden hearing loss) according to one ENT I spoke with is fairly common in young and middle age adults (20-60). No one knows for sure, but physicians assume it is due to a viral infection that permanently kills the cells that are necessary for healing. They usually give you an MRI if you present with this at an ER to rule out a tumor. I was affected at the low end of the spectrum at age 22; I have never recovered my hearing and I am 69 now.
When this first hit me, I had vertigo for several months, but slowly that dissipated.
Supposedly, there are hearing aids that can be fitted for this problem. In my 40s I was talked into dropping a lot of money on one. I disliked having molded plastic in my ear all day, and despite the outrageous expense stopped wearing it. It magnified all noise and was irritating to boot. It never helped me in my daily professional life back then. If you explore this option, think long and hard before falling for the audiologist’s sales pitch. BTW the audiologists now get PhDs, so they call themselves “doctors.” Just like the NPs; they get a doctorate in nurse practionership and call themselves “doctors.” It is an intention blurring of the boundaries. Physicians are very bad at guarding their turf. They are mostly humble people, and I find all the paraprofessionals I meet think they know A LOT more than they do. That puts patients at risk, but it is part of the breakdown of American medicine.