March 9, 2010
- Hearing LOSS - SSDI Qualification Rules?
Just My Opinion asked: SSDI says (in their blue rule book) that hearing loss speech discrimination must be 40% or less in the better ear. My last test shows I have 8% left in my right ear and 20% left in my left ear. I have a job but I’ve been struggling more and [...]
February 27, 2010
- Am I having hearing loss? thx?
Don’t cha know that I love u asked: I just notice (about 1 week ago) that my left ear can hear clearer than my right ear. I have done test by myself to confirm this, I cover each ear to see which one hears clearer. No wonder whenever I listen to my mp3 player, my [...]
February 26, 2010
- Why do i hear a beep sound in my ear & am i having hear loss if this happens?
Jordan T asked: Every now and then i get a beep sound in my inner ear thats annoying but eventually stops and i can hear in that ear again, but im worried in the long term, am i having hear loss because of this?Sandra
February 23, 2010
- question about depression and hearing loss in a young adult?
Vixen S asked: I am a 26 year old female and mother of 2. I have had poor hearing since childhood but due to my families income was never checked or treated for it. I managed for the most part by lip reading and saying “what” a lot. Now a few weeks ago I got [...]
February 20, 2010
- Hearing loss, advice please?
marie s asked: hiya, My 6 year old daughter failed 4 hearing tests (all on the same thing) she was referred to hospital, where she went today, and they found that the loss is quite a bit more than what they originally thought. The thing is they dont know why this is, she has no [...]
February 16, 2010
- Possible hearing loss? Ear infection maybe? Sinus infection?
A Superhero with Roid Rage? asked: I had the flu and recovered from it and then I had a sinus/ear infection so the doctor put me on amoxicilin (how ever you spell it) and it knocked out the fluid in my ear and I notice that lower tones are a little harder to hear for [...]
February 14, 2010
- hearing loss and brain cancer ?
DrangonFly asked: ok so my best friend mother she is 45 years old
and my friend is worried and am asking this for her
she said her mother started complaining from hearing loss in her right ear and she even used her left ear only for using her mobile
and she have bad allergies and went to an [...]
February 13, 2010
- Frequent headahces and hearing loss.what is it?
chaplin asked: I remember always having headaches in high school more than others. I graduated about a year and a half ago. In the past nine months the head aches have progressed greatly. I get them a lot more and the pain is at a level where i cannot do other things because [...]
February 5, 2010
- Hearing loss? wax? HELP?
asked: I’ve been listening to music to around…20-40% for three years. I never listened to music alot until I got an ipod.
But I don’t listen to it loud, only when I’m in the car. I can’t stand loud music when I’m laying down, so it;s around 20-30%. But Uh, one day [...]
February 4, 2010
- Dodgy ear ‘fullness’/hearing loss?
DarkFlame asked: Hey,
I’m a little worried about my hearing in my right ear. I just got an iPod and I’ve been listening to music a bit too loud, for about an hour tops. At the end of listening to the music, my ears have hurt slightly and also had a ringing effect, but I thought [...] - Still have intermittent hearing loss and loud tinnitus, pressure in head?
yanksgirl asked: I’ve seen my ENT doctor, have finished 2 weeks of Valtrex and Prednisone for what is diagnosed as viral caused hearing loss. I had an MRI of the head and it was ok. For a week now, my head feels such pressure (just in the upper portion), and the hearing comes and goes [...]
- Hearing loss and getting into ROTC. Is it possible?
Christopher asked: Hello, last December, I was sent home from basic training at Ft. Benning, Ga for hearing loss in one ear. I would very much like to, and very passionately want to serve for my country as those have done before me. My question has to do with the ROTC program and whether I [...]
January 31, 2010
- How to prevent hearing loss when playing in a band?
Justin A asked: I’ve always been a lover of punk/emo/screamo music. I recently started learning how to play the bass guitar so i could start a “garage band” with a couple of my friends. I don’t want to be a serious musician I just want to have something to do to survive high school. How [...]
January 30, 2010
- I have hearing loss and need hearing aids,but cant afford to pay for them.how can i get them?
slim16928 asked: I was born with slight hearing loss.I got it from my dad and i think his mom had it. But anyways it has gotten worse over the years and i need hearing aids. But the thing is ,that the insurance companys do not pay for those . so if i wanted to buy [...]
January 28, 2010
- do i have hearing loss :(:(?
paradise city kid asked: im 14 and i keep getting this strange kind of throbbing kind of pain in my ears more on the right one. i went to the doctor he said i have some exma in it nd gave me a spray. but its a new kind of pain it doesnt really hurt [...]
January 23, 2010
- I have hearing loss, but I want to get operated, is that possible? More details?
shy girl asked: I currently wear hearing aids, and I have gone to one audiogolist and she said that it seems like I won’t be able to get operated. However, I dont know why maybe it’s just me getting my hopes up high, but I really feel like theres a way that I can get [...]
January 19, 2010
- hearing loss.advice please?
marie s asked: hiya, My 6 year old daughter failed 4 hearing tests (all on the same thing) she was referred to hospital, where she went today, and they found that the loss is quite a bit more than what they originally thought. The thing is they dont know why this is, she has no [...]
January 18, 2010
- some help with hearing loss and tinnitus?
Ryan asked: so im 17 and listened to my ipod at full for about 2-3 hours a day for a year with big **** headphones, well at christmas i found an article on tinnitus(i never even knew it existed) and then i realized my ears were ringing slightly, so i have been to the ear [...]
January 16, 2010
- Bilateral moderate conductive hearing loss?
Ramanuja Dasan asked: hv taken audiometic test and the results are Central audiometic weber - pure tone average in dB Rt 53 Left 53
Speech Reception in THS in dB Rt65 and left 65 and Speech Discrimination Scores is 85% on both ears. I am diagonised Bilateral moderate conductive hearing loss. What is permanent remedy [...]
January 11, 2010
- Azithromycin and hearing loss?
jess asked: im in need of some serious help here!
about a month ago i had a bad ear infection and my doctor perscribed azithromycin (also taken in the past) and i took it and the ear infection went away.. then about 2 weeks later, i woke up, and i had EXTREME sound sensitivity and [...]