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Can you still make improvements after one week on steroids? One week since I woke up with severe hearing loss in my left ear. I’m on the steroid taper and terrified it’s going to come back. I’m starting HBOT tomorrow. The steroids brought back a great deal of my hearing but now there is extremely loud tinnitus in that side. By the evening it is so fatiguing and there’s nowhere to get away from it. Glad to hear again but talking to people and hearing voices in person hurt. It sounds like my head is inside of a bucket. Always gets worse throughout the day. One week ago I was fine and now my reality changed overnight. I’m not sure how to live the rest of life like this.

Diagnosed with SSHL 6 days ago. Currently on the steroid taper and have had some improvement but not really. Dr wanted to wait 3-4 weeks to reassess and possibly salvage with steroid injection in the ear but I kind of don’t want to wait. I asked today if we could do sooner and they said the current course of steroids and waiting is as aggressive as they can be. Is this true? Should I push harder or find a diff doctor to do the injection?