I completed my four treatments for Meniere's disease last Thursday and went back today to check to see if there was any hearing loss as a result of the treatments. I knew there was and in fact the hearing loss is almost total and a hearing aid won't help. There is also slight loss in my right ear (normal age deterioration) so they re-programmed my now useless hearing aid for the right ear and it does help. On the drive home I noticed an odd clicking noise and realized it was the turn indicator signal.
Other news - I now have unlimited long distance on my phone (and fax) and caller id for less than I was paying on my no long distance land line. I bundled with Charter cable and pay $60 for internet, basic cable tv and the phone. I have to re-negotiate the phone cost after a year.
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That is a very nice deal you fetched for phone/cable/internet.
ReplyDeleteIs there any chance the Meniere's will spread to the right ear? Or is the idea that since it hasn't spread yet, it won't?
Any diminishment of vertigo symptoms?
The vertigo is gone, hopefully for a long time. Suspected causes of the disease are a virus or a blow to the head. Neither would spread to the other ear at this point, and it is not hereditary.
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess that is good news. Although I can imagine how annoying it would be to loose hearing in one ear. At least you already had the hearing aid.
ReplyDeleteApparently, if you were to lose it in both (which happens in only about 30% of those with Meniere's), you could get a cochlear implant. Which is kind of cool in a Bionic Woman sort of way.
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