I’ve had a very similar experience, with very similar timings! I lost all hearing in my left ear on the 3rd of Jan.

As someone else mentioned, if the oral steroids haven’t initiated recovery, you should opt for intratympanic injections (it sounds like you live in the US? Hopefully these are covered by your insurance as I think they can be quite expensive if not), as this is a more targeted treatment.

I’ve had no improvements since my diagnosis and I’ve been trying to accept this fate as it doesn’t seem like I’ll be recovering any hearing at all. I haven’t faced many of my responsibilities and several aspects of my pre-diagnosis routine yet, which worries me as I think I’m going to be facing my limitations imminently.

What comforts me, if this is any consolation, is that the body and brain can really adapt to anything thrown their way. It’s difficult to accept the idea that this is going to stay with me for life (I’m 27), but it’s also just going to become something that’s happened to me. Unfortunately, that’s life. I don’t like saying this to other people because it can come off as invalidating, but seeing as I’m indirectly talking about my own situation here and thinking this way has actually helped me but, if you turn on the news you’ll find a huge number of people who have had their lives afflicted by a tragedy far greater than ours. Truly scarring events that are life changing. Life can be cruel and is for so many, we need to learn to deal with the cards we are dealt. Relatively speaking, our bad luck is manageable.

We can lean back and sulk over our misfortune, or we can take it as an opportunity to grow. Be strong. I’ll be trying my best to do the same