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Originally Posted by Todd
Interesting. A couple of years before my motor symptoms really started to become an issue, I started losing my hearing. I was diagnosed with something called osteosclorosis, which basically means the bones in your ears that vibrate to transmit sound (anvil, hammer, stirrup) have calcified and hardened. When they test my hearing through my ears, I've lost about 50%. But when they test my hearing from behind my ears on my orbital bones, then it's perfectly normal. They say it's hereditary, so maybe check your family history. There is no cure except for a highly risky surgery that has serious side effects like facial paralysis, permanent loss of hearing, and permanent vertigo. Yay! 
I have noticed a number of people with PD who also have hearing issues. Coincidence? Who knows...
It reminds me of when I was talking to a nationally recognized MDS once about young-onset PD patients and migraines. He said there was no research to back that up but that now that I mentioned it, he realized that a great number of his patients had this issue.
My guess is, there's still so much we don't know about PD, the brain, and resulting issues like this (hearing loss, migraines, etc.) that we may never get the answers we seek. So frustrating...
And as a side note, I threw vanity out the window years ago. I wear hearing aids, they suck, but at least I can hear most things now. |
This is very interesting. I have not had total hearing loss, however my ears ring, buzzy and sometimes I lose hearing in one or the other ear. But only for a few minutes.
Now migraines is a different issue. I have struggled with migraines for sometime now as well as daily headaches that just kind of sit in the back of my head. I have been able to get them under control with the help of a migraine specialist. He put me on an old blood pressure medicine and a supplement called Migra-Eaze. It has B-2 and Butterburr root in it. It has worked wonders for me. I have seizures due to my migraines, but when the migraines are under control, so are my seizures.
I haven't been dx with PD, but suspect that I have it. You can look at my other post to get the jist of what is happening to me.
If any of you have any thoughts/ideas/suggestions, I would appreciate you letting me know.
Thank you in advance.
Missy