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campbellmerlin:
  It's been almost 5 years since my gamma knife treatment. I have the constant tinnitus which I expected,  complete hearing loss in right ear (also expected), off balance, dizzy, all of the above. But I am recently becoming very crabby with no patience for people (especially my 90 yr old mom. Being in small spaces with noise or continual talking drives me nuts. Can't go to restaurants because of background noise annoying me. Watching TV has become weird because if the actors have an accent I cannot understand them at all. Anyone have this kind of extra-special weirdness going on?

CHD63:
Hi campbellmerlin .....

I did not have radiation treatment for my tumor, but welcome to my world!   :(

It has become a real exercise in patience dealing with these issues.  Every morning I get up and tell myself "Today you will not let these things bother you."  Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.  I do find that when I push through it and stay busy, it is better!

Thoughts and prayers.

Clarice

Nannybee:
Hi Campbellmerlin -
I'm right there with you! I'm coming up on 3 yrs post treatment and the tinnitus literally drives me mad. My husband has given up trying to understand why I'm so depressed and I've stopped looking to him for support. After all, I look fine from the outside & why can't I just get over it?

Dealing with the balance issues, constant distraction of the screeching inside my head and now a recent abrupt drop in my hearing has me questioning if life is worth living. Like you, I have stopped going to restaurants and parties. The closed captioning feature on TV is the only thing that allows me to watch TV.

Crabby would be a polite way to describe myself lately! I long for silence and find myself envious of the people close to me who can do normal things that I used to take for granted and can no longer do.

arizonajack:

--- Quote from: campbellmerlin on January 29, 2016, 11:43:14 am ---Watching TV has become weird because if the actors have an accent I cannot understand them at all.
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I have that problem. Along with that the dialog is often overshadowed by the background music or noises.

I mentioned that to my audiologist recently and she got me the Phonak TVLink to match my Phonak hearing aid in my almost good ear. The TVLink transmits audio from the TV directly to my hearing aid. The audio bypasses the TV's crappy speakers and the dialog comes over crisp and clear, even accents, and the background music and noise not as noticeable.

I've had it a few weeks now and it's been working great.

PaulW:
I have had the privilege of bad hearing and tinnitus and it getting better again.
I was definitely crabby with bad hearing and tinnitus.
Hearing can cause this crabiness. If you don't have a CROS hearing aid or by the sounds of it BiCROS I think it is worth investigating..

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