Question from our Lany on hearing loss ...

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(Posted by Lany on her SBIPrayer Forum ... please write her directly and send me a copy of any responses ... thanks from Ilena)

" lany " <lany25@...>

Dear Members,I wrote you not long ago, letting you know that I had lost nearly all ofthe hearing in my left ear, and that I had severe tinnitus.

I don't have Meniere's Disease.Day before yesterday, I went completely deaf in my left ear. I saw anaudiologist today who dx'd me as have " moderate to severe hearing losswith tinnitus " She said I would be a candidate for a hearing aid, but

not for about ten years or so.I've not been able to hear at all since Wednesday afternoon, and I'mafraid I will lose my hearing completely, or bilaterally.Has anyone had this problem, or know of a SBI Patient who has? It could

be from a dozen different things, but from the very baffled looks on thedoctor's faces, and the fact that my ENT wrote me a hand-writtten letterencouraging me to go to the audiologist for further evaluation, I have

to wonder why this has happened, how serious it is, and why they are sobaffled, like most doctors get when they are presented with one of our'weird' illnesses.I can't believe all of this . . . I think I'm still dealing with shock

and denial.Lany

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