Recent content by Darren H

Dexamethasone.

My ENT let me get up and leave whenever I was ready i.e. 2 minutes. I know a lot of people are told to stay put for maybe 20 odd minutes with their head leaning to one side/not swallowing etc. This makes sense and in hindsight wish I had done it. That said, I still feel as if I benefitted a...

I've had 3 intratympanic injections for SSHL and my experience was just fine. On each occasion, the doctor numbed my eardrum and 30 minutes later he injected me. The only sensation I had was the coldness of the gel and a slight loss of balance for a few minutes. I don't remember any significant...

How much hearing loss in the high frequencies was there? Sounds like SSHL to me. Same thing happened to me in May. I started oral steroids on day 7 (5 day course), intratympanic injections day 17 (had three injections over a 3 week period) and started HBOT on day 19 for 10 days. I recovered all...

I didn't have vertigo at any stage. My ear felt full though, much of the fullness subsided on day 10 when oral steroids had some effect. The rest disappeared over the course of the next few weeks. I assume the fullness in my ear was inflammation.

Hello. Really sorry to hear this. I've been through all this. I'm 25 and suffered SSHL on May 11th. I weigh 85 kg but only had 40 mg of steroids per day for 5 days only, starting on day 7. I saw most improvement 3 days after starting my prescription on day 10. Over the next 3 weeks (day 10-day...

I've reached out to the person whose post I've shared. They've basically become a friend given our mutual experiences with SSHL so I won't disclose too much but they: - Are thrilled with results so far. - Confirmed improvements across 3 frequency bands, that have been retained after 8 months...

I'm just going to leave this here :)

Your story gave me great hope and I had thought about it a lot. Sorry to hear this. Hope things improve again

Hi Bryan, glad to hear you're doing so well. Can I ask you about this? when you say you were deaf, do you mean you couldn't hear as a result of ETD or did you have actual sensorineural hearing loss? I'm 25 and suffered SSHL 4.5 months ago. I had profound loss in high frequencies and I improved...

View this as your lowest point, and look forward to improvement. Things will get better. I am 25 and suffered SSHL over 3 months ago. I have severe high frequency hearing loss and Tinnitus. As detailed in many posts here your Tinnitus is so likely to improve considering you don't have major...

Galway, Ireland :)

I suffered severe profound SSHL across all frequencies, blue line is audiogram after 1st round of oral steroids, red line is current status after 2 months. I had oral steroids, 3 injections, HBOT and acupuncture. So you're not the only one my good man and you're much better off than I. I was...

In similar fashion to how these companies have to put their new drugs through years long trials, does anybody know if the same applies for methods of delivery? Does a method of delivery also need to be approved by the legislative bodies? I have moderate high frequency hearing loss 3000 Hz upwards.

They should give me a call :)