I’m going through something similar. It started after Covid, and I am quite sure it’s all related. I wear hearing aids....not much help. They are pretty fancy Signia with the tinnitus and blue tooth features. I really don’t like Bluetooth myself because it blocks out everything else. I have hyperacusis too, so I have to balance some hearing, but not loud enough that background noises make me jump out of my skin. It’s tough to balance. It all sucks.
I have gone the Integrated Medicine route because I couldn’t get in to see an ENT early enough for the steroid treatments to be valuable.
So now, we fight the inflammation. I have no idea what the outcome may be. I hope I don’t go totally deaf.
Worse than the hearing loss for me is the “full” feeling and pressure, along with tinnitus and hyperacusis.
Feels like my head may explode.
ENTs all suggest SSRIs. I have not found one that I tolerate.
And, really have not had a definitive diagnosis either.