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Sudden Hearing Loss: What are options if steroids don't work?
Hearing Loss | Last Active: Apr 12 12:14pm | Replies (72)Comment receiving replies
@mdmorell Steroid treatment is only effective if given within about 5 days of onset of hearing loss. That statistic comes from an ENT that spoke at one of my HLAA chapter meetings. We will never know if it would have worked in your case but it points out the need for the PCP to understand hearing loss better. As far as your chiropractic treatment, I've never heard of that. It doesn't sound like an effective treatment to me so you may want to ask them for research data. If you find out anything, please share with the group.
Tony in Michigan
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Does anyone know what the subsequent incidence of SHL in the other ear is?
Regarding the chiropractor treatment. I have read of a vibrating gun or wand that you insert in the ear as treatment for tinnitus. It seems to be effective for short term relief…say an hour or so….and the theory is that it is auditory stimulation that can temporarily mask the high pitched tinnitus …something like bone conduction technology. Don’t know if I am explaining that right. Makes sense to me though because the hearing aid that I used to wear in my left ear would mask any tinnitus. Now that I wear the Cros receiver in that ear, the tinnitus is no longer masked. My tinnitus was never a big issue but I do notice it more at night. Amazon actually sells one and maybe it would help with falling asleep. I never actually felt an acute need to buy one.
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That statistic makes sense. I just hope the mild dizziness that I'm experiencing now goes away with the Steroid. Kind of in the mild depressive mood over my new, lonelier experience - ha! My right ear was the better one, and I really enjoyed singing and playing music in a group atmosphere - and Stereo! Time is being punctuated with hyper-focus on what is being said at work and at home! I hope this doesn't contribute to cognitive decline like I've heard. Also hope I'm a good candidate for Cochlear implant which I'm reading up on, as I don't think I want to get too used to single-side hearing.