So which one is Sally?

Kelly, I have a small amount of deafness in one ear now, but for a couple of years I had intermittent & more severe deafness daily. I had my hearing tested, and he said it was likely due to the MS at the time.

The intermittent deafness (and ringing in the ears) went away completely after I stopped A/D's. I don't know if it was coincidence, or if any other drugs can do this to people . . . but that was my experience.

I still have slight deafness, but I think that might be "normal" for my age group.

Is this constant for you? Is it possible it is related to sinus/ear issues, not the MS? It's worth being checked out ...

Cherie

Me too, Sally & Lady! The only way I found that out was after a dose of IVSM. I do transcription work and had the volume way up. After the 2nd IVSM dose, I went to type and I thought dang this is loud! Turns out it was part of that exacerbation.

I have gained most my hearing back in my left ear but every now and then it will act up.

(((Kelly))) Try to get it checked out so that they can give you something to help you out and possibly prevent permanent damage. I know that you have vertigo as well and this could all be part of the vestibular nerve. Valium helps with this as it is one of the only drugs that works directly on that nerve. (Learned that with DD17 and her vertigo) Plus, Valium also helps muscle spasms so it would have a double benefit for you.

Lost the hearing in my left ear years ago - it came back slowly but with tinnitus in both ears - the ringing - I prefer to describe it as tree peepers - gets louder in the evening - I have learned to ignore it - but at the same time I can't hear sounds that are in that pitch - got small hearing aids a few years ago when ears were really loud to sort of mask the tinnitus and bring in the sounds I wasn't hearing - birds for instance - it's annoying - I remember the sound of snow falling and rain on the leaves which is good as I won't be hearing them again - at the time - my neuro didn't think it was from MS but from a milogram I had just had - thought an air bubble had gotten in somehow and lodged in my ear - time has proved him wrong -

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

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.

This describes exactly what I experience. To a "T". The ringing is worse at times. Sometimes I can barley hear it but it seems as soon as I realize it's not as loud it gets worse...I have it in both ears (I think).

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"!!