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@chuckm

This is just venting. No reply expected. I just need to vent. I'm at work and I am constantly noticing the hearing loss. I had interviewed someone on the phone this morning and I had extraordinary difficulty understanding them. I had to keep asking them to repeat themselves ("Say again?" "Please repeat that."). If a phone call isn't crystal clear that's what's happening. I NEVER had that problem before. I just keep ... I can't wrap my mind around this. It's so monstrous I can't believe it. It's surreal that this happened. I keep having these weird moments of disbelief. What makes it even weirder is that it's completely invisible. I sustained this horrible damage and it's invisible. Even my own voice at times sounds different, tinny for some reason.

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@chuckm, my hearing loss forced me to retire because I simply could not hear people on the phone, many of whom became irritated when asked to repeat what they just said. Terribly disheartening. Even friends and family frequently become impatient. The worst are those who say, “Never mind...” when I cannot hear them. Trust me: I feel your pain...