Sudden Loss of Hearing.

[VantheMan]

Hi,
Just a word about above. Forewarned is forearmed. I am 68 years old and live in the Canaries.
About 3 weeks ago, I suddenly experienced a loss in my right ear, quite drastic I would say, like going to MC into MM input. In my case I noticed it first in the bass. No obvious cause. On a doctor mate´s advice I hurried off ASAP to an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist who looked for the usual wax bung-up in the outer ear, no joy so he said considering your age unless you have had a recent trauma or infection episode (Not the case) it looks like SSHL (Sudden Sensoneurial Loss of Hearing - although over the years my numerous posts about bass channel imbalance wiould seem to point to the fact that it has been going on for some time so maybe not so SUDDEN - Google is your friend) and put me on a course of steroids for a month. Over half way through and no change other than the accompanying whooshing sound ( as in shell to your ear) seems to have "quietened down" a bit, especially in the mornings but it´s there all right. i haven´t listened to my system but with a transistor radio, listening to the news pretty loud , blocking the good one and listening through the bad lug only I can just about make out news announcers so for speech it would seem to be a problem of decibels.
Anyway, we´ll see how it turns out but just to let you know that IMHO, if you have a channel imbalance and the usual things - anti-skating, worn cartridge swapping channels and interconnects etc. would seem to be OK although we say the room is the number 1 suspect, maybe it´s your lugs playing up and IT IS NO JOKE.
Unfortunately there seems to be little specific idea of the causes and I suspect even less research into cure. WE ARE JUST GETTING OLD.
LOOK AFTER YOUR LUGS !!!!!!!!!

[bob orbell]

I can sympathise with you Van. I too now have poor hearing at almost 67 three weeks ago I woke, got out of bed and almost fell over, almost no hearing in my right ear and louder than usual tinnitus, it felt like the ear was blocked by wax, but no, it was clear, I also felt sick, went to the doctor and he said it was vertigo and gave me some tablets, I have to say the hearing is back, the tinnitus has reduced, but what caused it, no one knows . Bob

[VantheMan]

Hi Bob,
Yes, it would seem that half the population has, or has had episodes with their lugs. Un my case the treatment with steroids has proven useless, next step will be a scan to see if a tumour, very common and invariably benign in these cases is pressuring my audio nerve endings. Dunno what good that will do because apparently it´s virtually unoperable. After that it will be a toss up between direct injections of corticoids through the ear drum, or a Eustachian Tube Dysfunction. Beginning to look like a hearing aid job, but people say they are OK for speech but for music, ****.
Will be patient and see what happens.- There´s always Gingko Bulova or scuba diving.....

[Baggy Trousers]

Originally Posted by VantheMan

Beginning to look like a hearing aid job, but people say they are OK for speech but for music, ****.
Will be patient and see what happens.- There´s always Gingko Bulova or scuba diving.....

Those who are truly deaf could not live without aids. Nevertheless, these things can prove of enormous benefit in just providing sound reinforcement.

Hearing loss and impairment are not necessarily a function of age, but suffering a reduced audio spectrum generally is. Hearing aids can prove musically useful too as they can be programmed to compensate for certain frequency deficiencies - invariably stuff much above 5kc. I use mine for listening to music and for me, they work tolerably well in this role but this does little to alleviate the frustration of having spent a fortune in seeking a flat response curve only to have this distorted by wretched deaf aids. But don't knock them - they are useful and can be indispensable.

[John Caswell]

Hi all,
Started wearing hearing aids about 4 years ago. Transformed my life, can now hear all sorts off things that I didn't realise were missing. The free NHS ones are very good and you can get several programmes for them.
There seems to be some social stigma, especially amongst men, about wearing them, but in reality it's just the body wearing out, as I for one have definitely not abused my ears, and a friend who works in film/TV dubbing theatres certainly has and his hearing is 100% or thereabouts.
After all you wouldn't walk/drive with **** eyesight, or would you?, so why put up with **** hearing.
The brain will compensate very well for the slight deficiencies once fitted. I cannot recommend them enough.

John

[bob orbell]

We have spoken about hearing aids before, I too have a pair of NHS aids, sadly, I don't use them, I had the hearing test twice and the graph results were very interesting, starting from low frequency's up to around 1000 Hz the graph is flat, it then goes down low to around 8000 Hz then rises rapidly to just over 9000 Hz. My problem is, around mid frequency's I here a very distorted gravely sound, as if the speaker voice coil is rubbing against its armature, the aids of course exaggerates this problem, so this is why I don't use them . Bob

[Sien]

I do not see any additional difficulties in using a hearing aid. Modern technical capabilities make it possible to make practically perfect equipment. But there is one nuance that may matter. Do you consider yourself a superstitious person? I recently discovered books by Louise Hay. This made me look a little differently at things, including diseases. I myself try to see the signs of fate in such plot twists. I like to use the numerological method to get the answer from the universe, for example, the meaning of 6. To be honest, I would advise you to read at least one book about the karmic causes of illness.

[bob orbell]

Hmm, . Bob

[Greg.]

Spam.

[pre65]

Originally Posted by Greg.

Spam.

NOT AT ALL.

I can appreciate what Sien has said about Louise Hay, and her books.

I'm not going to elucidate, because A) I'll be classed as a crank, and B) I think one has to find ones own help in the journey we call life.

But, if anyone wants to see what it's all about, then "You can heal your life" is a good place to start.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=you+can...l_9d2gsinhbs_e



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