things improved considerably in the days after i visited the ER, since then i have had an audio test and visited an ENT doctor.

the audio test showed normal hearing, which didn't surprise me as i now feel only 10-20% off of normal. the doctor looked in my ear with a microscope and said she didn't see any damage, just maybe some fluid. i am continuing the steroids.

so things are a lot better now... although a problem is still noticeable and it flares up and down depending on what i am doing. i get the sensation that one side of my head is in an audio test chamber... where everything sounds deadened... if that makes sense. i can hear fine, but something just feels/sounds off... like the feeling you get when you go into a soundproofed audio test chamber.

hoping it doesn't get any worse, and also that it eventually returns to normal.