Guest guest Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Hi guys- I've got a question about hearing. I had inner ear mastoid surgery about 3 weeks ago. I think it's kind of a typical story for people with cholesteatomas but when I was a kid I had two surgeries- one to remove the growth and the next one to make sure the growth hadn't come back and to try and get my hearing to work. The doc put a cadaver bone in there but the conduction never worked right so for the last 20 years I've had about 20% hearing in that ear. Finally gathering the courage (and insurance) I got a specialist and he was enthusiastic after seeing the CT scan. I had the surgery about 3 weeks ago and doc put a titanium thing in there. He said it could take 6 or more weeks before we can tell how improved my hearing will be because of the packing they put in there needs to disolve. It's hard to find first hand accounts about how this process worked for folks so I thought I'd ask if anyone here has any experience with this? Did hearing improve? Any complications? Right now my ear is starting to feel much more normal. The swelling is down and the only drainage is the dissolving packing doc put in the ear canal on the outside of the ear drum. Doc also enlarged my ear hole opening and used soft tissue to fill the cavity my last surgery left to help alleviate outer ear infections. I can just barely hear a teeny bit out my ear right now. For a few days this thing was happening where my own voice was really loud in my ear even though I couldn't hear out of it. Doc said that was a good sign haha. Ok thanks guys and here's to good hearing! Jimmy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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