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01-26-2009, 09:19 PM | #11 | |||
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I have lost hearing in my left ear over the last 2 yrs or so...I notice that when I lie on my right side, I can hardly hear...I also have "ringing" in each ear...kind of like an audiology test...never in both ears at once. Is that tinnitis?
So maybe it is a sxs of MS...hmmm
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"Thanks for this!" says: | Kitty (04-10-2009) |
01-27-2009, 01:16 AM | #12 | |||
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FWIW, I have ringing in both ears. I can't count how many years, 20 steady years maybe.
Sometimes it may change it's tone. A higher pitch or a steady ringing sound. Other times it seems like a buzzing or swooshing in my ear, like I can hear my blood going in my head. A few times it went real high pitched and then I lost total hearing in that ear for a few seconds. It comes right back, TG. I used to be able to hear a noise on the outside street, before my dog would, and he had great hearing. Now I blast the TV and Stereo. My DH gets in the car after I had it, and it blasts him when he pushes the button on. I hear background sounds first, then voices. So at a party or a crowded place, if people talk to me I hear the music first and have a hard time hearing their voices. I am getting good at lip reading. My ENT and Neuro said it is probably a lesion in that area. I put the radio on or TV, even a fan to drown it out, so I can ignore it. I thought it was from having Measles as a kid. I had so many ear infections with that illness, and after that for years. Who knows? It's hard to determine.
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01-27-2009, 06:19 AM | #13 | |||
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"Thanks for this!" says: | yeahbut (01-27-2009) |
04-09-2009, 10:45 AM | #14 | |||
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I looked up this thread because my hearing in my left ear has gotten progressively worse.
After reading all the replies here I notice that many of us have hearing loss in the left ear. Isn't that strange? Or just a peculiar coincidence? My Dad had hearing loss in his left ear as did my sister (the one who passed away). So I'm not sure if this is hereditary or a sx of MS. Or something completely different. It's very annoying, though. I'm tired of asking "what" all the time! And I'm sure not ready to tell people to "talk into my good ear"!!
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04-09-2009, 12:25 PM | #15 | |||
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I have 70% hearing loss in my left ear. My neuro sent me to an audiologist 6 years ago. Both agree that the hearing loss is caused from MS and where lesions are located. I have a tiny hearing aid that fits in the ear canal. I hate wearing it! It makes make ear canal sore. So, I'm getting pretty dang good at reading lips also. It is strange that most here have problems with the left ear...
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04-09-2009, 12:39 PM | #16 | ||
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HUH?
Did you say something Kitty?
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04-09-2009, 01:05 PM | #17 | |||
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Hearing loss was what got me my eventual MS dx. I was sitting at my desk one day and all the hearing went away in my left ear. Went to the PCP right away and he shuttled me to the ENT same day. They took and MRI a week or so later and saw lesions. 2 years later when a followup MRI showed more lesions, I got my dx.
My hearing was totally gone in my left ear for about 4 weeks then slowly started coming back. By about 8-10 weeks out, I had gotten most of my hearing back. I still have a slight deficit in that ear that makes it difficult to tell what direction sounds are coming from and gives me trouble hearing conversations in rooms with lots of other noise. I still have tinnitus pretty much all the time, and sometimes my hearing seems to come and go a bit...but only for a few seconds or minutes at a time. |
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04-09-2009, 01:11 PM | #18 | ||
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I have partial hearing loss in both ears, more pronounced in my left. Good for being a passenger while hubby is driving.
I had both eardrums burst as a child. I am handy dandy at reading lips. Good for when teens mumble. I hate surround sound. I don't hear low tones. It confuses me. Also good for when hubby is speaking to me. It does not serve me well with his snoring. Or maybe it does and he is even louder than I hear. <---monkey off to appologize to neighbors.
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04-09-2009, 01:43 PM | #19 | |||
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WHA?????? Talk into my good ear, will ya?
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