When reading up on menieres it states that After years of menieres vertigo gets less But tinitus and hearing loss continue to Get worse. Really!!??? Is there anyone Who has gone years with the vertigo Stopping but experience continued hearin Loss and tinitus? This is ridiculous !!!
Hearing loss is caused by damage the attacks make. Tinnitus comes from the brain not the inner ear. I do not believe after years of MM vertigo it gets less for everyone. I had it most of my life and it got worse 3 and a half years ago, that's why I found these forums.
Vicky did your hearing and tinitus get much worse? What if there is very little vertigo or no vertigo And mostly tinitus and flucuating hearing loss? Is the hearing lost or just flucuating? I'm not sure if what I have is actually True vertigo or just very dizzy even tho I cannot move without wanting to fall Over. Sorry for all the questions just get Stressed every now and then
I have a bit of tinnitus all the time. Sometimes its a low buzz or a hum other times its a loud squeal or a soft squeal. Lisa you sound like me two years ago wonder have you thought about Vestibular Migraines? or did we talk about this already ug I can't remember anything anymore.
no worries, always feel free to try and find answers for your situation. I know how scary and stress full these symptoms are. My situation is a bit different. I do not have hearing loss due to Meniere's and it is moderate loss and in midtones which is not caused by any disease. and my last 3 hearing tests has been the same. My tinnitus has basically stayed the same so far mild and background noise drowns it out. Unless I get an attack or get sinusitis or allergies then it roars like crazy. My tinnitus is high pitched which I am pretty sure is caused by MAV not MM but who knows.
Lisa I know it is hard to believe that you can still have sound in an ear that has no hearing. Believe me, I have had a laby and I have tinnitus and always will. Exactly what Vicki said, the brain is use to hearing and once there is no hearing it produces sound in the form of tinnitus. I believe it will always be there but it is somewhat softer than before my laby. Something we just have to accept and live with. Sorry....
My vertigo stopped a few years ago after having 3 perfusions in my right ear. However, yes, the hearing loss has become greater. I've had tinnitus for 60 years and it never stops. I'm able to ignore it when my concentration is on other things, but when I'm quiet or have gone to bed for the night, then I'm very aware of the noise in my head. It can drive me crazy if I let it.
Thanks everyone I really do appreciate All the info , Karen yes I think we did Talk about mav once before . Vicky i remeber you giving me the link as well. I asked My dr he said no bc it wouldn't affect my Hearing as much as it did ( but my hearing Returns to normas for now)Now I'm thinking maybe it is Mav especially with my thyroid all over the place, I get somewhat headachy a lot. I'm trying to adjust to the tinitus but Sometimes I feel so jumpy and nervous. Thank you all again
Just prior and during every attack my hearing would go away almost completely and after each attack it never came back to the point it was prior. I would get alot back but each time when compounded the loss was significant. The ringing almost a steady dull tone - a few periods when my Meniere's was most active and I was most stressed there were a few times that it started screaming so loud I thought it was a fire alarm and woke me up. UGH
I get high pitch squeal in my ear then I can't hear in that ear for awhile sometimes for up to 2 hours and I usually do not get full hearing back in that ear.