Follow Up With ENT~Sept 29

Well the news not so good... I am apparently pretty deaf in both ears with my left ear being the worst. It seems to be a hereditary issue as my mom is deaf in her left ear (she could have surgery) and also being fair/blonde is another factor per the dr. I had to do a hearing test that lasted about 30 mins between both ears and couldn't hear quite a bit of the sounds etc they were doing.

I have 2 options to "remedy" the situation. I can either have surgery in both ears to try to fix it or I can get hearing aids for both ears. I have not decided what I am going to do at this point, I am a bit down right now as I was worried that my hearing problem was serious. I do have a consultation with the hearing aid specialist in early Oct and then the surgeon in early Nov and once I weigh out all the options then I will make a decision on what to do.

The surgery isn't a "major" one, however 1% of the patients lose total hearing in the ear. If I was to have it done I would start with my left ear since its the worst , literally can barely hear anything at all. The dr showed me the chart on where I tested at, and there is the gray area which is average and anything in that is good, but I can barely hear the "average" on any of the sounds they were all below average and my left ear was way below closer to being zero hearing I think.

The name of the problem is Stapedial Otosclerosis if anyone is curious. I appreciate everyone's kinds thoughts as the last 2 days has been kind of rough.

Welcome to My Hearing Loss Blog

Hi and welcome, my name is Frances and I am a hard of hearing adult who just found in Sept that I have severe hearing loss in both of my ears. My left ear more so than my right but they are both affected.

I am starting this blog to just vent, cry or scream about my situation and the things hard of hearing people go through. I am lucky enough that I can get hearing aids or surgery to correct my problem however not so lucky in the fact that insurance will cover neither.

I have another blog that I am going to copy some of my posts from and post here so you can see my updates as they came along and then I'll be able to update from there on out.