I think it is hard to attribute this to PD, but actually something really weird happened to me once. I completely lost hearing in both ears for six weeks. I could not hear a thing. It came on gradually. I had been hearing clicking sounds, like there was fluid in my ears. One night I was watching TV and my husband came in the room and turned it off. He asked me why I didn't turn it down. Didn't I hear the neighbors pounding on walls? At the time I could barely hear the TV. The next morning I woke up totally deaf and terrified.

My husband took me to a hearing specialist and he confirmed my inability to hear. He said to wait it out and see what would happen. Six weeks later, one ear suddenly started clicking and I was able to hear again. The other ear took a few weeks. When I went in for a hearing test, they discovered I had lost 50% hearing in my right ear. The person who did the testing suggested that maybe I should consider a hearing aid. I was still in my middle thirties. Vanity made me say no.

Vicky