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arkityp
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16 Feb 2009, 11:30 pm

has anyone here been diagnosed with hearing loss as an adult? do you wear a device?



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17 Feb 2009, 1:23 am

I wear hearing aids. Why do you ask?



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17 Feb 2009, 9:55 pm

I lost my hearing sometime about aged 2 - so I don't think it qualifies as adult loss.

I wear hearing aids sometimes (occasionally) but most of the time, I've learned to cope without.


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17 Feb 2009, 9:58 pm

i've experienced hearing loss in my right ear recently (and suddenly). i just wondered if it was generally "common", or due to hypersensitivity.



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18 Feb 2009, 12:14 am

Possible causes;

Wax? don't laugh.. it's a very real and frequent cause - often you can't get it yourself.
Wax is the most common problem - especially if you've recently had a cold.

Recent Ear infection?

Stroke? You can have a stroke that affects hearing without knowing that you've had one.


First things first. See a doctor and find out from him if there's an externally visible cause.


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18 Feb 2009, 2:46 am

gbollard wrote:
Possible causes;

Wax? don't laugh.. it's a very real and frequent cause - often you can't get it yourself.
Wax is the most common problem - especially if you've recently had a cold.

Recent Ear infection?

Stroke? You can have a stroke that affects hearing without knowing that you've had one.


First things first. See a doctor and find out from him if there's an externally visible cause.


thanks. p.s. i love your blog and comment often!



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18 Feb 2009, 3:03 pm

arkityp wrote:
has anyone here been diagnosed with hearing loss as an adult? do you wear a device?


Yes. I have been using hearing aids for over 15 years. I know I have been hard of hearing for at least 25 years.

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19 Feb 2009, 1:22 pm

Yeah i have hearing loss in both ears. The thing with mine, is my hearing went in one day. All it took was a sneeze and it was gone.That was 9 years ago and my hearing improved slightly and ive just been fitted with new hearing aids. To this day nobody knows why a sneeze buggered up my hearing. so having limited eye contact due to my aspergers, and the hearing loss forces me to lipread, makes learning eye contact near impossible.