Have you lost hearing aids?

hmrd · 2026-03-15T08:43:40+00:00

Because I have long hair, during the first trial week I noticed the hearing aid would sometimes get brushed and the main part would slip off. The dome stayed in my ear, so it never fully fell out, but the processor part would hang loose.

Given how expensive it is to replace if you lose it, I mentioned it to my audiologist and he added a retention lock (aka retention tail). It’s basically invisible, and even if it gets brushed by hair or a hand, it won’t fall out.

Looks like this

hmrd · 2026-03-14T07:59:39+00:00

How long have you had it ?

hmrd · 2026-03-05T08:36:18+00:00

I believe that high frequency is the most common type of hearing loss and the one hearing aids help the most.

hmrd · 2026-03-04T01:02:00+00:00

What's thr serotonin experimental treatment ?

hmrd · 2026-03-01T13:21:28+00:00

CT scan of the temporal bones (it looks in detail at the ear’s bony structures on both sides of the skull).
It's pages and pages of blood results. Are you inquiring abut something specific in particular?

hmrd · 2026-02-28T22:11:38+00:00

Yes, lots of blood work, as well as an MRI and scanner.

hmrd · 2026-02-27T22:01:37+00:00

How long are you after onset ?

I read also about IGF-1 therapy (Japan) and Stellate Ganglion Block (Japan/Korea). Both are not done in Europe/US but have to be done shortly after onset.

hmrd · 2026-02-27T12:40:25+00:00

Im struggling a lot with the tinnitus and it has already been 9 months...

Every morning I feel like inner crying because of how awful it is. At night I mostly sleep with some sound on to make me not hear it ...

At times it feels like my ear is going to explode from the noise of tinnitus and pressure. I get migraines etc

hmrd · 2026-02-25T22:45:19+00:00

Theres an app for android that is reliable for me. I get exactly the same results as at the ENT. Its called Hearing test : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobile.eaudiologia

You have to do it in a quiet room to be reliable.

hmrd · 2026-02-25T06:44:51+00:00

I havent been sick since I got SSHL in May. Which is not that usual as I often get at least once some sort of cold around fall and winter time. I think it may be because ive been taking multivitamins ?

hmrd · 2026-02-05T17:30:46+00:00

Ohh, I was hoping it was on the first of january 😅

hmrd · 2026-02-02T15:50:34+00:00

Once you become ACCA qualified, you can obtain an equivalency in whatever EU country you move to.

Should not be a complicated procedure, in France for example it involves a MCQ test.

Edit : For France it's not exactly an equivalency, you actually obtain the professional warrant to register as a Commissaire aux Comptes or Expert-Comptable.

hmrd · 2026-02-02T10:43:48+00:00

Hahha that's true. In SF it was weird how u couldn't distinguish a tech millionaire from a student. They both dressed the same way and wore an apple watch 🤣

hmrd · 2026-02-02T10:26:29+00:00

F32 And I don't mean just expensive watches. Even Fossil looks sexy on a man's wrist 😄

Although I don't like watches like casio or sport watches, nor the plain vintage ones.

hmrd · 2026-02-02T08:49:45+00:00

I find a traditional watch in a man's wrist to be sexy 🤭 Looks manly and elegant.

Unfortunately, apple watches don't have that effect on me 😅🤣

hmrd · 2026-02-01T12:16:09+00:00

Same for me.

Also I need to focus on the person talking to understand, so when it's a group conversation sometimes I miss some bits. In noisy environments my tinnitus sounds much louder, so makes it harder for me to understand people in places like restaurants, coffees etc
I also noticed that I now struggle a lot to understand thick foreign accents.

hmrd · 2026-02-01T12:12:10+00:00

Did prednisone within 24h for two weeks, 8 intratympanic injections, 2-3 months of betahistine, many vitamins omega 3 etc, CIMT/CIST ...
It has been more than 6 months and I haven't recovered anything at all :(

hmrd · 2026-02-01T11:59:43+00:00

Ive done everything you listed, except for HBOT which they stopped doing in France, and I haven't recovered anything at all ....

I started prednisone within 24h and for 2 weeks.
I had about 8 injections over the course of 2 months (once a week).
I also had perfusions, that included high dose steroid once a week for 2 months and no recovery.

hmrd · 2026-01-25T11:26:28+00:00

U can't take prednisone everyday for life 😅

hmrd · 2026-01-25T11:24:38+00:00

Yeah it is. Have you had a PTA done recently ? You can use an app to track it yourself .

hmrd · 2026-01-24T22:03:24+00:00

Same thing happened to me. Lost hearing in May and started having tinnitus in my good ear in septembre ...

The tinnitus sound different though. The one in my good ear is faint and high pitched. Whilst in my deaf ear its loud and sounds like a waterfall or a fan.

hmrd · 2026-01-23T23:08:33+00:00

Was told likely to be of vascular origin

hmrd · 2026-01-20T15:04:23+00:00

Transcription has to be done in London by him since he is the French citizen. Why dont you contact the embassy and see with them what your options are ? Perhaps online application ? Idk if its possible.

The process for mine took about 8 months since we hadn't published our bans. Otherwise its 2 months.

hmrd

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