I’ve been lurking for a while and I’ve just had my eval today and could really use thoughts.
Feb 2025 I had ISSNHL and had profound loss (heard nothing) across all frequencies. After steroids, injections and HBOT, I recovered normal lows up to about 300 and then a quick ski slope to profound for everything else. I’m 43f.
My WRS today with an aid was 24% and my sentence score was 40%.
I am a candidate.
I was really hoping to preserve my existing hearing…. But based on something that happened today in the booth (her fully plugging my bad ear made the reactive tinnitus go away) made my audiologist say it’s like I have a broken speaker. I’d agree. A hearing aid just made the crazy noises that come with sound…. Crazier.
So, now I’m super nervous that preserving the hearing means I’ll be stuck with broken hearing.
So do I chose between fully deaf in that ear plus cochlear and, what I have today, some feeling of stereo sound when I play my piano, but otherwise mostly chaotic noise in conversation and in crowded spaces.
I sent my surgeon a note. He’s at OSU and a leading researcher on hearing preservation so I’m sure he’ll have a thing or two to say on the matter.
Just wanted to hear some thoughts and hear and introduce myself.