Question regarding hearing loss

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Hi All,

Asher just had his audiology appointment today and I was surprised to learn that

he has a mild hearing loss in his right ear. They did the Auditory

Brain...(Can't remember?!) Test with the electrodes and one other test and

confirmed that he has the loss and that it's origin is consistent with nerve

conduction problems seen in mitochondrial disease. I'm shocked as I often slip

into denial with this disease and then am rudely reminded of its presence. Thank

God it's a mild hearing loss at this point. They say, if it doesn't progress, he

will be fine in one on one conversations but have trouble hearing when there's

much background noise.

Anybody know what the liklihood of it progressing? Anybody know how to stop it

from progressing? Anyone else experience this? Are there particular components

of the mito cocktail that need to be included when there's this kind of nerve

damage? (he takes B1, B2, COQ10, and carnitor).

Thanks,

Anne R (mom to Asher - complex III defect, and possible complex I defect)