Can Hearing Loss Cause You To Not Be Able To Stand Without Help?

The balance mechanism in your ears may be affected thus causing vertigo which might make it difficult to stand without help.

Vertigo can happen with hearing loss; especially if the loss comes on suddenly. It tends to be intermittent. Meniere's Disease, is often accompanied by vertigo/balance issues, Meniere's usually comes with hearing loss.

Has your medical doctor discussed Meniere's Disease with you?

Thank you Julie: No, that has never been mentioned to me. But, thanks to you, I will research Meniere's Disease as much as I possibly can. After living with MG for 31 year's and not learning much at all about MG from the many doctors I have seen, it taught me to be more self-sufficient and learn things on my own. So, by reading medical journals and joining many support groups online like this one has provided me with more information then I have received from all my medical doctors combined...Thanks again and enjoy your Sunday...Bill

@willie23 You are welcome. I hope you find information that will help you. I know that many people who have hearing issues feel that support groups provide information that doesn't come from those whom we expect to get it from. Sharing experiences is hopeful.

I highly recommend The Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA) for further support. http://www.hearingloss.org

I recently lost all hearing in one hear due to sudden sensorineural hearing loss. With the loss of hearing I also have some vertigo and a little dizziness at times.

Anyways, if the vertigo gets bad I've discovered what they call the "epley maneuver" thanks to someone that recommended it to me and it's helped me quite a bit. It's just a matter of laying back quickly on a bed for 30 seconds and then turn on your side with the bad ear up for 30 seconds. Then kind of roll off the bed keeping the bad ear up.

If interested you can do a search for epley maneuver and view the instructions and reasoning behind it. It think there might be some other simple exercises to do also but might be a good idea to check with a doctor first? While I was at the ENT doctors office I noticed on a poster that they offer therapy sessions for balance issues so there might be some options for you at a ENT doctor ? Hope that helps.

Welcome, @shawns. I noticed that you wish to post a link with your message. You will be able to add URLs to your posts in a few days. There is a brief period where new members can't post links. We do this to deter spammers and keep the community safe. Clearly the link you wanted to post is not spam. You were posting a link to another discussion on Mayo Clinic Connect 🙂

- New book on Hearing and Balance with contributions from members https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/new-book-on-hearing-and-balance-with-contributions-from-members/

As the title suggests, hearing and balance often go hand in hand. You might be interested in this discussion that @joangela started a while back. It is chock full of helpful information:
- Balance issues and hearing loss https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/balance-issues-and-hearing-loss/

Shawn, it sounds like your hearing loss is relatively recent. How are adjusting?

Hi Colleen. Yes, I had a profound/total hearing lose in one ear on 1/12/2023 so it's been about six weeks. I received a steroid injection in the ear yesterday (2/21/2023).

The first thing I noticed after the injection while walking out of the doctors office was that I no longer had the lightheaded, kind of dizzy feeling, plus, a lot of the fullness or pressure feeling is gone also . The doctor didn't say anything about the possibility of the dizziness being relieved but it sure has been so far thankfully.

As long as the good ear stays healthy I will be doing great especially if the dizziness stays away. I'm very thankful to have good hearing in the one ear that's for sure! 🙂 ps - thank you for the info you posted above.