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Title: Does hearing ever improve?
Post by: arcteryx on June 16, 2006, 11:11:38 pm: I had perfect pre-surgery hearing and am completely deaf in the AN ear now. The surgeons said they left the nerve intact and had a positive ABR during the entire procedure, but still no luck.

Did anybody ever lose hearing during surgery only to regain some at a later time?

Thanks!
Title: Re: Does hearing ever improve?
Post by: Battyp on June 17, 2006, 12:39:48 am: I had very limited hearing going into surgery and did regain a very small amount. I'm unsure how much due to the night it happened I had just gone for my post surgical hearing test and was told I had no hearing. It's not enough hearing to use the phone or hear someone talking to me on that side but it's enough that I dont' have the wonky headed feeling I had for the seven or so months after surgery. Wish I had better news for you!
Title: Re: Does hearing ever improve?
Post by: Battyp on June 17, 2006, 12:43:37 am: I had very limited hearing going into surgery and did regain a very small amount. I'm unsure how much due to the night it happened I had just gone for my post surgical hearing test and was told I had no hearing. It's not enough hearing to use the phone or hear someone talking to me on that side but it's enough that I dont' have the wonky headed feeling I had for the seven or so months after surgery. Wish I had better news for you!
Title: Re: Does hearing ever improve?
Post by: arcteryx on June 24, 2006, 08:57:27 pm: Still, I think that's really great news for you.Ã‚Â If I understand correctly, this means you could possibly use a regular or implantable hearing aid if you ever wanted to.Ã‚Â From my research, they're making amazing progress on producing super small hearing aids (and even undetectable for the implantable ones).