Hi, I was sorry to read your post, you certainly have a lot on your plate as the saying goes. I do have a few leftovers myself, lucky for me not as many as yourself. Post MVD my hearing never returned. My understanding is that during the operation they 'monitor electrical signals from the auditory nerve in order to prevent hearing loss' - being a relatively rare complication. Well I don't know what went wrong with me but I was one of the small percentage that this happened to. Also, since the MVD I have tinnutis which kinda drives me pretty mad at times, and that's never gone away either. I was also recently diagnosed with AD, even tho sometimes they say it is dysesthesia, all I know is that it isn't pretty! The MVD didn't fix me up but it did make an improvement so all of this is not exactly a matter of one step forward two steps back, but it can feel like it sometimes. It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out, it's the pebble in your shoe............Muhammad Ali.