Expert Chat: What to Know About Sudden Hearing Loss

That test at the end is gold! The 2 months of hearing loss in my left ear, seems to be 'conductive' as the humming test sounded in my left (deaf) ear! So that's excellent information!!

This man looks so sweet and kind 😢

This is what I'm going through right now. It scared me. Thankfully, I have a doctor's appointment on Monday..even though that is not why I'm going. My ear canal is slightly swollen and painful. I didn't even know this could happen 😔

I suffered that 4 years ago. Can’t hear through my right ear now, and have constant tinnitus. Changed my life...

My son have a right earing loss i hope and pray always in 1GOD that my son left ear doesent effect it for ever..🙏🙏🙏

This happened to me this week. I woke up with a complete loss of hearing in my left ear. No obstruction or observable infection. Thankfully, I am receiving steroid therapy, and my hearing has returned.

What if you cant determine if humming is detected in both ears?

what do you guys mean by humming "shifting" to a side does it take some time of humming before you can tell?

Recently I experienced sudden hearing loss in my left ear on a Tuesday and went and got a hearing test that day. They sent me to an ENT the next day who put me on a high dosage of steroids. I also opted to get three (3) separate shots in my ear. After two (20 weeks I regained about 50% of my hearing (prayers answered). So the faster you get treated the better your odds are of regaining some level of hearing back.

This is how I lost my hearing in one ear. Tried high dose of prednisone and it didn't help. Thank God I have my right ear. The Bible says when you are weak He is strong. Thank you Jesus.

In a patient with total hearing loss in the right ear (when the left ear is normal) Also often seen: 1) inability to hear in the other ear as well 2) Visual impairment in the right eye 3) Inability to determine which side the noise is coming from 4) Disturbance in the hearing of low frequencies in the left ear

I'm not entirely sure if I have, while having tinnitus I always notice these strange moments where the sound of my computer engine or something suddenly stops and that temporarily triggers my ear or ears to full a tad bit full or like they're close to popping with a slightly louder than usual ringing... Afraid that it could be SHL I have to talk to the doctors to have the ENT appointment which was expected for 2-3 weeks to be made urgent and happen as soon as possible.

PSA if you get sudden hearing loss and tinnitus don’t wait! Go the same day. Don’t be like me and not get proper treatment till 10 days later, by then it is too late!! Now I suffer daily with permanent tinnitus for almost a year!!!!

I'm 66. I lost hearing in my left ear after years of Meniere's symptoms including mystagmus. Basically, an over-pressure in the inner ear causes vertigo-like feelings of imbalance lasting minutes to hours. The loss occurred during an episode lasting 2 hours at 3:00am. Slowly, I am recovering, currently plateaued at 30% hearing. But, tinnitus has doubled in both ears. I've gone from thinking that I'm a cochlear implant candidate to a hearing aid candidate.

Thanks because I don’t know why I can’t hear out of my left ear today.

Best video for knowing symptoms about the type of hearing issue.

Thanks for the information!!!! I also got a hearing disorder a few years back but my father's friend suggests him to buy an Ear Care pack for me. And he bought it for me from their online store. I used it and now My condition is much better.

I just came back from the range today stupidly not wearing protection at an outdoor range bc I forgot to bring mine. Me not being able to hear for a couple hours out one ear really concerned me so I ended up here. I tried your at home test and I can hear my humming at the same db level on both ears, I guess that means I dont have much to worry about? I hummed with both my fingers covering my ears and not covering my ears and it sounds okay. But my left ear still has a strong ring and slightly muffled noise threshold.

Hearing Problems I have had trouble with hearing most of my life, mainly Neural-Deafness and Acoustic shock disorder so in speech, what I thought I may have heard is not always what was really said or complete. Like when someone says “The cow jumped over the moon” what it can sound like to me is, “da ow umpt ower da noon”, however I look at lips while listening and my brain is highly trained to extrapolate and interpret, so I still get on in life, although it is stressful at times. Consonants like a P, a G, a D, a J, a, K, a Q a, T, a, B, a V & F, I cannot tell apart. And I cannot hear the S sound, unless it is very loud. This hearing deficit over works my brain and after a while I get what Audiology calls “Acoustical Fatigue” and so I usually snooze for bit after the struggle. Acoustic shock disorder When there is an outburst of loud sound, it shocks my brain to pain, so the loud automobiles with no or poor mufflers, are terrible when they drive by my house. It is no wonder I do not like to target shoot, even with ear plugs on. Most people that know me cannot fathom this hearing situation, like when they are talking to me a big loud truck goes by or a car without a muffler, they just keep on talking all-through the sound moment and expect me to understand. Any background sound like in a meeting, church, school, etc I am essentially 80% deaf during the background sound play. “You talk well and I hear you well, so I assume that you can hear as good as I do” This in not correct! I have recently been doing some experimenting with my hearing loss and it looks promising, so any continued luck, I will be glad to pass it on to others. Robert Shrewsbury

I had vertigo positional vertigo for about 2 weeks and then I came down with a "cold" (I tested negative several times). I woke up one morning and my ear was blocked. I have been on Antibiotics and Sudafed and nothing has changed. I have a follow up today. They mentioned Prednisone...