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Menieres and Hearing Loss

Discussion in 'Your Living Room' started by Gords, Feb 14, 2020.

  1. Gords

    Gords New Member

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    Hi, i was 'diagnosed' with menieres around 10 years ago after being rushed into accident and emergency one night with a really bad bout of dizzness that i hope never to experience ever again. I was told by my doctor some days later that i probably had menieres without any tests but after listening to my symptoms. I took this as a good diagnosis after reading up on menieres and realising i had been suffering for a few years from pretty much all the symptoms.

    A few years ago i saw a hearing specialist in the private sector who did way more tests and listened to my story and was not sure about my diagnosis and thought it more likely that i had damage caused by my antidepressant which is ototoxic (toxic to your ears).

    Thats a little history but my question today is...

    I have recently (2 days ago) lost a large portion of my hearing in one ear and was surprised as i thought hearing loss from menieres would be very gradual. i had some slight sensitivity to sound out of the blue and within an hour or two had the hearing loss/ringing. my sensitivity to low frequency sounds has dropped dramatically in that ear and it feels like im walking around with my finger in my ear. i have already lost a fairly small amount already at some point in the past 20 years. Ive just returned from the doctors and i dont seem to have a cold, any blockages or any damage inside my ear so it looks like its the menieres.

    Does this sound like a common scenario for menieres sufferers when encountering hearing loss?

    Thanks for reading.
     
  2. Gardengal

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    Yes. I went to the school dr in college bc over a day or two I noticed my hearing was down, ear felt blocked. I thought I might have had a wax build up. She saw a nice, clean ear. No blockages. It was actual hearing loss that came on rather quickly. That has been 15 years and I am still in the moderate hearing loss range, not total loss.
     
  3. California Sun

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    Permanent hearing loss in Meniere's tends to happen gradually, over time. The fluctuating loss can be very sudden. The hearing returns, but as more damage occurs, the permanent loss takes place, and over time less and less hearing returns.
     
  4. Clare

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    Which antidepressant is ototoxic?
     
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  5. AnneT

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    Sudden Onset Unilateral Hearing Loss can be part of Meniere's, but you also need to rule out acoustic neuroma, etc. You should be offered an emergent or urgent CT scan or preferably MRI.
     
  6. AnneT

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    Was it Effexor (venlafaxine)? It's ototoxic... and I happened to be withdrawing from it when my Meniere's emerged.
     
  7. jose suarez

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    I used to have loss in one ear now I have bilateral. Both, in my right side lost a lot of hearing, I use a hearing aid but it feel like I had a finger in my ear I can not hear to much. Now it started in my other side. I feel very worry to be deaf. Dr said every time I got vertigo it make lost hearing sense to all had menier disease. I would like to know what to do to avoid more vertigo or to reduce the ringing
     

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