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Mysterious hearing loss, what could have caused it?

Hearing Loss | Last Active: Oct 10, 2021 | Replies (27)
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@megwest512

Update on my hearing: I went in for surgery so my doc could look in my ear to see what was wrong. Turns out my incus wasn’t touching my stapes and he just put in a prosthetic incus. Hopefully that works! My tinnitus is gone so I am hopeful

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Stephanie (she/her/hers) | @sam2678 | Sep 27, 2021

Happy to hear that, Meg! Sending best wishes your way!

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Helen, Volunteer Mentor | @naturegirl5 | Sep 28, 2021

This is very good news.

I'd like to point out here that @megwest512 told us in her original post that her hearing loss was conductive. I'm thinking that most of us here have sensorineural hearing losses associated with the cochlea in the inner ear. I include myself in the latter category. I have a sensorineural loss in the high frequencies of sound and have hearing aids that work really well for me.

Meg, did your doctor tell you what happened to the incus and why it wasn't connecting with the stapes? It's sounds like the little bones in the middle ear were disconnected? I'm so happy to hear that the surgery worked so well for you.

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