ANA Discussion Forum
General Category => Hearing Issues => Topic started by: chloes mema on September 19, 2019, 07:55:42 am
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I'm basically deaf in my left ear, AN ear. For the past two months my right ear, which has diminished hearing, has been experiencing intermittent hearing loss. I can hear then I can't hear then I can hear this goes on for about 30-45 seconds. This has happened at least a half a dozen times, happens whether I'm wearing my bi-cross hearing aids or not. I don't think my neurotologist has a clue what's going on but yesterday he labeled it as "...auto-immune inflammatory..." situation. He said that sometimes the hearing loss from the AN ear will affect the hearing in the healthy ear; if I totally loose my hearing in my right ear call the office.
Has anyone else had any experience with intermittent hearing loss in your "good" ear?
I'd like to get a second opinion but so far have not found another neurotologist / ent in my area but I'm still looking.
Karen
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That really stinks. I'm sorry you're struggling with that.
Personally I think I'd be looking for another ENT. I'd want to (much) better understand the nature of the "auto-immune inflammatory" diagnosis and its prognosis. That sounds a little like a shrug.
I don't know that I've ever ran across a mention of the "the other ear also impacted" notion aside from really rare stuff like NF2.