Hearing loss - do you still listen to music?

I still listen to music and enjoy it. I am fortunate that I still have one GREAT ear; and most days the other ear (with the aid) does well - music depth is not as full in the bad ear but the other ear makes up for it!

 

When i had the hearing loss and distortion, i did not listen to music. Low pitched sound had no reconizable melody and high pitches hurt my ear. Since i regained my proper hearing i listen and it sounds as it always did. I have only one hearing ear.

 

Interesting topic. Music used to be a constant in my life - now, less so. I have single sided deafness due to a labyrinthectomy. Hearing in my other ear remains excellent.

But I don't get the same enjoyment. I can't use earbuds at all - the sound is just never "right". Headphones are better, for reasons I haven't completely figured out. Playing music around my house, or while driving sometimes becomes annoying to me. I guess my one "good" ear has too many competing sounds and my brain has trouble sorting them all out.

Strangely, I still get enjoyment from playing my guitars.

 

I use headphones for music and sometimes Tv. I am single sided deaf. I find the music enjoyable. It helps with Tv I don't feel as though I am straining to understand speech. My good ear allows me to understand most speech other than on Tv that is when I use the headphones.

 

I'm a huge music fan and attend concerts whenever I can, I selected the VNS specifically because it is meant to preserve hearing unlike the Laby that total destroys the hearing in the affected ear. Before my surgery my problem about live music was "would I have an attack at the concert?" Now thanks to the VNS that's no longer a worry.

Regarding headphone I do not avoid them at all and use them often, with some remaining hearing in my "bad" ear I still can appreciator the nuances of stereo music.

 

I am a musician and yes, I still listen to music. I admit; however, that I have had a Laby and as counter intuitive as this may sound, it greatly improved my enjoyment of music. The hearing in my bad ear was so distorted prior to my laby that I couldn't stand to play music any more. Now that I am completely deaf in that ear now, I can enjoy playing and listening to music again without the crap that my affected ear was passing along. Sure, I still miss hearing in stereo, but what I am hearing now actually sounds good again and I am very thankful for that.

Best of luck finding a solution to help you enjoy your music again and don't give up trying!

Kevin

 

Hallo iam Dennis From Germany and i have MM on both ears are here any ppl who have it on both ears and still listening to Music? evenw ith a CI or somthing like that?

 

I do still listen to music and I love to sing... I do not sing as much because it sets off my tinnitus and I can't listen to metal or heavy bass anymore.

 

thanks for the answer did u have it on both ears? and how Long you have it?

 

both and the is my first official year

 

I couldn't live without music. I am a hard core Mozart enthusiast and listen to his music daily. I watch his operas in our home theater quite frequently at a high volume. I can only listen with my left ear because I am 90% deaf in my affected right ear. I refuse Meniere's to preclude me from enjoying my music although, the monster (disease) already limited my physical abilities. Don't ever accept defeat, maintain a stress free life, take your medication and give the disease a thumbs down.

Bert.

 

Yes Music is my live that was the first fear i get when i hear of this disease but i have it on both ears and pray to the Lord In heaven that he let me one ear to hear Music.

 

I do. Though I avert cheaper headphones. Particularly earbuds/in-ear headphones, as their tinnier sound induces my tinnitus, & subsequently my aural fullness.

 

Nathan both or one ear? mean the disease?

 

Both. I'm bilateral. It can & has been mean at times. Particularly earlier in my diagnosis; I experienced drop attacks fortnightly, weekly episodes of vertigo lasting from 10 minutes to 5 - 6 hours, & significant hearing loss - I wore hearing aids though to little avail.

However the severity of my symptoms decreased dramatically 3 - 4 years after I was first diagnosed at age 25. I no longer experience drop attacks, nor episodes of vertigo. My symptoms remain fluctuant & I still do experience episodes of Mal de debarquement, however my symptoms are now very much manageable. My hearing is still compromised, though I no longer require hearing aids & only struggle when in loud environments. Despite constant tinnitus & periods of aural fullness, I'm once again able to enjoy the beauty of music.

Willkommen im forum, ubrigens.

 

Thanks für the welcome Nathan If i understand you right you Feeling much bedder then on the time it was diagnosed?
And also your Hearing changend in a good way?

That gives me hope iam actualy totaly down.
And i realy hope for bedder times.

Thanks for the answer

 

Btw i mean all in all it Change in a good way even when you have still Problems ...

true?

Hope i dont missundertand you

 

You are welcome.

Yes. Correct.

Yes.

Good. Hope is important.

I also felt very down. I basically spent a year bed ridden & with little hope because no treatments were working & I wasn't able to work or communicate & hear my fiends & family. Slowly, over time, my Meniere's self corrected. I still highly, highly recommend trying all treatments available to you, as many people with Meniere's & Migraine Associated Vertigo (MAV) have found as much, if not more relief than I have with treatments that worked for them, though unfortunately did not work for me.

My pleasure

Yes.

No misunderstanding. You understood me correctly.

If you are ever feeling down & want to speak to someone, feel free to talk to me or other members on the forum. We have been there & understand what you are going through.

& remember, Meniere's can be mean, but never mean enough to beat you & your mind.

All the best to you.