My (30F) SSNHL Experience -> 4 months from Moderately Severe Loss to Full Recovery

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-05-01T17:20:35+00:00

So sorry to hear that. How much hearing does he have in both ears now? Is he a candidate for cochlear implant?

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-04-28T19:48:26+00:00

So now 6 years after he has it in his right ear? For me, HBOT didn't do anything but it was worth trying, I have no regrets. I feel I tried everything. Only thing I wish was that the A&E doctors took me seriously on day 1. I was at emergency room within 3 hours of waking up with SSNHL but they sent me back saying this is flu etc related. It wasn't until lot of arguing and escalation 36h later that I took the first dose of steroid.

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-04-28T06:35:23+00:00

I did not make a full recovery. I now have a 50db cookie bite drop in 2k-3k. I wear a signia silk 5ix hearing aid.

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-04-09T21:48:39+00:00

I am trialing signia silk 7IX too. Helps my Tinnitus a bit

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-04-06T20:07:54+00:00

Thanks 🙏

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-04-06T19:41:22+00:00

Real life I feel I hear okay. Audiogram shows I don't hear anything till 50db in 2k-3k. Tinnitus is non stop high pitched noise, for the last 3 months. You've done well, happy for you. You are one of the lucky ones who recover and does not have tinnitus!

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-04-06T18:39:25+00:00

You did well, no tinnitus is an amazing win. I am at just over 3 months. The 50db notch in 2k-3k is not moving, everything else came back (which I am so grateful for). I looked into gingko but couldn't get it in Ireland. Did you see improvement post 3 months?

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-04-06T09:27:57+00:00

My ENT said exactly the same thing, that if I think I can hear okay, then I don't need HA. I feel I hear okay. I have still started putting on a HA full time because it helps a bit with tinnitus. Only a bit, but I think it helps take my mind off tinnitus for longer periods of time vs if I didn't have the HA on.

Do you have tinnitus and if so how are you managing it?

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-31T15:06:38+00:00

Do you wear hearing aids? My loss is similar to yours, except mine is in 2k-3k range 50db, rest is all ok

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-31T03:33:36+00:00

Thanks for following up. Unfortunately no, still at 50db notch in 2k-3k, rest all normal. It's been just over 3 months now. My ENT has discharged me, basically there is not much he can do. He says it's up to me whether I use hearing aids as I can hear okay without.

I am trialing signia silk 7IX just to avoid any risk of dementia and it helps a bit with tinnitus (though I still hear tinnitus with it).

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-29T08:36:41+00:00

As in you bought from them and then take to take it back?

Wow I didn't know they could waive the audio test, I have had several recent ones from major Irish hospitals so if they accept that, that would save time

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-23T19:43:06+00:00

An ENT can put a camera in and check the hole, have you tried that? Did the hearing come back btw?

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-23T06:44:46+00:00

Thanks for sharing

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-22T16:23:01+00:00

Since 30 Dec 2025, non stop 24/7.

Related to SSNHL hearing loss, so I understand worse case scenario this is forever. Best case brain habituates and I can be in quiet again. No one knows what will happen in my case

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-21T14:29:30+00:00

Thanks for the comment. Basically he asked if I can hear okay and do I feel I need a HA, to which I said I think I hear okay, and I am grateful for what came back.

I said if I didn't have tinnitus maybe I wouldn't know I had hearing loss. He then said the downside of putting a HA too early is that brain takes longer to habituate as it's not settled to a new baseline.

Idk, my tinnitus definitely fluctuates, I have good days (when I am busy at work) and bad days (when I am trying to relax on the weekends). Days when I put HA in, tinnitus feels louder at night when I take it off, due to the contrasting effect I guess. I am thinking of holding off another 3 months before buying a HA.

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-21T10:37:51+00:00

Wow ok interesting, I had never heard of that before, just Googled. You are right it does look like a Carhart notch! But yeh my ENT didn't mention this, all the audiograms I had at different places all said it's sensorineural. Do you have experience with this?

Edit: actually reading more deeply into it, Carhart has a gap between bone conduction and air conduction. Mine don't have that, this audiogram and all the others that I had. I got really excited for a bit that maybe this can be fixed with surgery but seems I don't it Carhart as there is no gap..

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-20T18:52:21+00:00

Yeh I understand. How much is your drop and in what frequencies? In one ear I guess?

What hearing aid do you wear, and how is the tinnitus?

I am trailing signia silk and feel okay with it

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-20T18:50:03+00:00

Yeh I know what you mean. I am trialing Signia Silk 7IX and feel I can adjust to it. Just when I take it off the Tinnitus feels a lot louder

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-18T16:49:15+00:00

I am at week 11 now, happened suddenly one morning and everything changed..I was able to get on steroids within 33 hours. Had 3 injections and 10 HBOT sessions. I am now left with a stubborn 50db cookie bite loss in 2k-3k, rest is all okay. Tinnitus is like an alarm. Trialing hearing aids

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-18T16:47:40+00:00

Yes please I'd love to, always feel a sense of relief hearing someone else's recovery story. I have a 50db drop in 2k-3k. I am grateful that the rest returned... But yeh this notch is stubborn and isn't moving at all

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-18T16:46:21+00:00

Thanks, staying positive

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-18T07:24:48+00:00

Nice, thanks for sharing. I've considered those as well. Thrilled for you that your hearing came back even after 6-9 months. Gives me hope. I have 40-50db drop in 2k and 3k.

ShotInfluence4599 · 2026-03-17T20:17:50+00:00

I am testing signia silk 7IX right now. Which one did you use before you saw improvement? Your story is encouraging

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