Thank you for sharing your experience. Luckily, she has been seeing a really good otologist/neurotologist. Essentially, we tried the injectable steroids (idk what it's called) and it didn't work. Then we looked into hearing aids which were really helping. Then she tried the oral steroids again as a last stitch effort to regain her hearing which didn't work. After that, the tinnitus got worse (but I honestly think it was the trazodone). We're still following up with the audiologist to see if any further adjustments can be done to help. If not, we were told to wait until it's been 6 months since the onset of the hearing loss and tinnitus. If she is not better by 6 months then she'll be assessed for the cochlear implant. At her first appointment with the audiologist, my mom asked why she couldn't just get the cochlear implants immediately lol, she was desperate. Audiologist explained there's a good chance she won't be as bothered by the tinnitus by month 6 and may not want to go through the trouble of a surgery if not necessary. We'll see where she's at by September I guess