Recovery in cases of conductive loss

[chandersood]

I have mild to moderate conduction hearing loss of about 48 dB in right ear and 26 dB in left ear. This started in 1999 when the first audigram showed almost double loss. That point in time I was a helicopter engineer. Is there chance of full recovery. I am now touching 50 years of age? Any specialists in India?

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

I do not feel that non-audiologist should not offer opinions....  now you are making up things....

But then again, you stated that "medical people" don't believe you....    there may be many reasons for that.


Dr. J

[Nancy T]

You are leaving because someone corrected your spelling? OK. Sorry you are apparently so insecure, or defensive, that you see that as an insult, and that you feel non-audiologists should not offer any opinions or knowledge on these forums. I intended no insult, but clearly you don't believe me. I'm really sorry you feel that way. You have insulted plenty of people on these forums. Isn't there a better way?

And I apologize to the original poster that this thread has gone so awry. I hope you found Dr. Jimmy's original response helpful.

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

Sorry Nancy,

You are now the delagated "arm chair" expert from now on. I do not need to come to a web site and spend my valuable time ofering "free" advice, only to be corrected, insulted, etc. I am sure your spelling skills qualify you for the positon.

Its all yours.

Dr. J

[Nancy T]

I am an expert speller (I'm a professional copyeditor). Not an expert in ENT or audiology and not pretending to be one. Just a layperson with a longtime patient's experience who's done some reading. These forums are for everyone to participate in, not just MDs and AuDs.

In my world, people are not insulted when someone makes a friendly correction; the normal thing is to say thanks. (Not that I wanted or expected you to.) In the medical world, the normal thing seems to be to get defensive and never acknowledge having made a mistake.

My purpose wasn't to correct YOU--it was to help anyone trying to Google otosclerosis. You can believe that or not, as you choose. Medical people don't believe me anyway, so I don't care whether you do either.

Don't go away. Instead, grow up and keep offering your expertise here. You give people lots of helpful information (among the occasional unnecessary putdowns and irrelevant remarks). It's great to have an audiologist here. Don't be offended because I try to help people in my own way.

Best wishes in any case,

Nancy

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

Tell you what Nancy,

This is my last post ever.

You can now take on the banner of expert.


Thank you,

Dr. J

[Nancy T]

True! But putting in the wrong spelling still brings up a lot of other instances of the wrong spelling, which just perpetuates the confusion. People who aren't sure which spelling they see on Google is correct might assume that because you're an audiologist--i.e., an expert in the field--yours is the correct spelling.

But what the hey; I guess there's no need to attempt to spell things correctly anymore, even in one's own field. Personally, though, I always wonder, when I see a medical professional getting something wrong--whether it's a spelling of a term they should know, or any other basic fact--it makes me wonder what else in their job they don't care about getting right. Especially if they don't seem to give a hoot that they got it wrong, or try to check or correct themselves. (I am thinking of a neurologist who recently used the wrong formula for figuring upper normal level of sed rate; when I pointed out the correct formula, he did not even look it up to see if I was right; he didn't care one bit about getting it right. My level of confidence in him as a doctor plunged.)

No offense intended. I don't correct spellings just to be mean or try to feel superior; I do it when there's a good reason to.

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

and google would have "facilitated" that just fine....

[Nancy T]

Just to facilitate Googling for information on the condition, the correct spelling is "otosclerosis."

[Wear/a/Jimmy]

I am a doctorate Audiologist trained in the USA.  That said, I am located in Thailand, I do know of a American trained Doctorate level Audiologist working in India, and a MS level audiologist (Indian trained) working in Singapore.

I can locate the specialist in India, if you need me to do so. It will take a few days.

Now lets address your hearing issue.

You say that you have a loss of 26dB on the left.  Well honestly given the information you have given me, it is difficult to answer you question regarding your question.  A pure tone average of 25dB is considered normal, so if you have a PTA of 26dB, you are just a whisker shy of normal in the left.

Now a conductive loss of 48dB and suposedly "progressive" sound like "otoschlerosis" and if this is the case, a full recovery with or without medical intervention is doubtful.

Most people that have otoschlerosis do eventually end up using hearing aids....  not a bad thing, I am just telling you the facts.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

Dr. J