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    Hearing Aids

    Hearing aids were a huge help for me. Got hit with severe sudden single sided hearing loss (unknown cause, happened overnight), and as a result...
    Post by: Shem, Dec 1, 2019 in forum: Treatments
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    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

    There is plenty of hard evidence that a timely application of HBOT can help with sudden severe hearing loss. Just do a search on Pubmed....
    Post by: Shem, Mar 26, 2019 in forum: Treatments
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    Poll: Have You Ever Had Intratympanic Injections?

    It was awhile back, so not sure of the exact number, but IIRC I think I had about 5 shots, starting from onset, over the next month or so. This...
    Post by: Shem, Jan 30, 2019 in forum: Support
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    Sudden Deafness and Tinnitus

    Hi Louise, I also woke up one morning with profound SSHL in my left ear and severe ringing. My initial audiogram looked alot like yours, but I...
    Post by: Shem, Jul 31, 2018 in forum: Introduce Yourself
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    Hearing Aids

    Sure. I actually created a chart to trace the results over time. The vertical axis is the DB level, the horizontal is the date the test was...
    Post by: Shem, Jul 17, 2018 in forum: Treatments
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    Hearing Aids

    I'll throw my own data point in there in case it's helpful to somebody. Hearing aid has helped my tinnitus substantially. I had severe single...
    Post by: Shem, Jul 17, 2018 in forum: Treatments
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    4 Days In

    Hopefully this quickly resolves naturally, but I agree with Nike - see an ENT ASAP. Some of the possible treatments are time sensitive, such as...
    Post by: Shem, Dec 19, 2017 in forum: Introduce Yourself
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    My Story — Some Positivity for You

    You make some fair points. I probably should have framed it more in terms of what worked "for me" as oppose to framing it like I did. Understand...
    Post by: Shem, Dec 8, 2017 in forum: Support
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    My Story — Some Positivity for You

    Thanks for the comment, and I agree 100%. Everybody has to figure out what works or them. I'm sure some people have it way worse than me. For...
    Post by: Shem, Dec 7, 2017 in forum: Support
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    Audiogram and Other Hearing Test Results

    My initial scan (10/03) after sudden overnight hearing loss in my left ear, pretty bleak, and then my most recent from last week (much improved)....
    Post by: Shem, Dec 6, 2017 in forum: Support
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    My Story — Some Positivity for You

    Just a small note to pass on some positivity - I'm fairly new to tinnitus as well, I've had it for 2 months now following sudden unexplained...
    Thread by: Shem, Dec 1, 2017, 11 replies, in forum: Support
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    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

    Actually, what I meant is that intratympanic injections are mainstream, not HBOT. In the US it's not very common. As far as intratympanic...
    Post by: Shem, Nov 29, 2017 in forum: Treatments
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    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

    Not that I know of but ask your Doc. It's probably a tiny hole, so I wouldn't think it would cause any measurable hearing loss. I did not notice...
    Post by: Shem, Nov 29, 2017 in forum: Treatments
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    Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

    I'm not a Dr, so take it for what it's worth, but intratympanic steroid injection which is part of the standard treatment, also leaves a small...
    Post by: Shem, Nov 29, 2017 in forum: Treatments