SSHL recovery timeframe

[brendajj9]

at what point does a person with diagnosed SSHL, who has already been treated with oral steroids and tympanic injections of steroids, give up hope of experiencing any further hearing improvement?

[GeorgeJosephP]

You are a true hero.

[GeorgeJosephP]

Hi Randy.  I don't really have any valuable input.  I just wanted to say hang in there.  Perhaps a second injection will prove to be the one that makes it all better.  For me, after my first injection, things got better.  Then before the second injection, I was at around 80 % healed.  The second injection got me back to 100%.  Good thoughts your way.

[GeorgeJosephP]

Hi Yuki.  I am very sorry I am just now responding to your message.  I too took Ginkgo Biloba when I was going through SSHL.  I took 240 mg per day.  Since my hearing came back, I have not taken it as regularly.  The ringing left and sometimes I just forget to take it.  Please email me with any other questions!

[YukiYeap]

I just went to see the doctor today. He stated that my hearing improved abit but not significant. I'm seeing the ENT doctor again on next Friday ;) going to start on Ginkgo tomorrow too. I'm starting with 120mg a day to try first. Yeah hope mine will recover soon !! ;)

[lapieper]

Anyone who needs to discuss their experience with SSHL please feel free to email me. I am three years out was a 31 when it occured, hearing has not returned. But everything else will, and you might gain some positives from the experience. As scary as it is, the biggest healer is time. Tinnitus will fade, balance will return, and normal will happen. ***@****

[onlyinmyright]

thank you for your post.  I was just diagnosed with SSHL on Monday.  Mentally dealing with the hearing loss is bad, but the tinnitus that is driving me crazy.  How long did it take for the tinnitus to fade?  

[YukiYeap]

Hey everyone. I'm 21 years old from Singapore. On 14th April 2016, I was at work when I couldn't hear anything from my right ear all of a sudden. At first, I thought it was just a blockage and I went to see the GP  doctor the next day. He gave me antibiotics and refer me to see a ENT specialist in a month time. But after a few days when my ear didn't improve, I went to book a slot to see the specialist on the spot. I was diagnosed with SSHL and I broke down in front of the specialist immediately.
I'm currently on oral steroids for 2 weeks. Went for MRI scan and blood tests. From what I been reading, gingko and zinc seems to help with SSHL. May I know the dosage that you guys take?
You guys gave me a lot of motivation after I found out about it. Thank you so much.

[RandyABC123]

I like you guys have been dealing with a deaf ear since a virus 6 weeks ago. Had the steroid shots and slight improvement but now it is Noisey without understanding the noise. Actually it was better before the injections. That said is there a stein for people who have tried the wireless AIDS vs. the Baha?  I love music festivals and concerts and cannot find any info on which would be better for music or neither would be work?  Any input would be great

[careohlinn]

Hi. I'm a 26 year old woman, who experienced severe sensory-neural hearing loss about a year ago. I got home from work around 6 and heard a faint ringing, in the background, but couldn't figure out where the sound was coming from. I checked everything and everywhere; microwave, gas stove, cell phone, TV, stereo - I just could not locate the sound. Maybe 10 minutes later my right ear went blank. My head got super heavy and congested, equilibrium thrown off to the point of falling over if I looked up or down, and my tinnitus set in at an excruciating level. After hoping it was just something that would fix itself, I tried to tough it out, but I couldn't fall asleep, and it was scaring me enough that I had my dad drive my to the ER around 1:30 in the early morning. The doctor did his ear checks and found nothing blocking or damaged so he prescribed me a nasal spray to clear out my sinuses, which I used for I believe 5 days. Nothing had changed by that point, so I saw my normal physician, who then referred me to an Audiologist. I called and made the soonest appointment they had. I called the day of my appointment to confirm my time and with a calendar glitch, my appointment wasn't for a month. This had been around 3 weeks since my visit to the ER, and I knew the importance of getting this done in a time frame, so I pushed for an opening and got one, but 50 miles away. And am I glad I did, after a few discouraging tears with my hearing test, I was found to have profound hearing loss, and she said it was a good thing I came when I did and if I could wait a few hours, there would be and ENT doctor available to see me. The doctor did her tests, sent me for an MRI, and blood test to rule out deficiencies and tumors and also prescribed me a high dose of steroids for the next 3 weeks. All tests came back normal, and after the 3 weeks, I went back for my hearing test. It had then improved a smidgen, to moderate to sever hearing loss. My tinnitus by then was not improved, but something I was getting more used to. I now know the things that make it worse; Ibuprofen, alcohol, caffeine. But let's be real. I am 26. I love wine, and live in the city where Starbucks was founded, so these things happen and I suffer through it. I went in for my a little over a year hearing test update and all things tested the same. If I could advise anyone, it's be proactive early on. I was embarrassed by this, and really didn't do anything to help myself except cut out all aggravators, not listen to music or TV, sit in absolute silence with ear plugs and not see anyone for nearly 4 months. I was terrified of it getting worse or spreading to my other ear, all irrational, but I wish I had of asked more questions and done more things to help myself come to peace earlier on. Now that I have found myself more at peace with this, I'm able to ask questions, maybe a little too late but am finally able to grieve my right ear, but be thankful for my left and treat it like my fragile child. Tinnitus is still front and forward in my life, but, it is what it is. All that being said, supplements may not do what you want them to, but they can give you hope; which is really what you need. If it's early on, less than a month, do what you can and see more than one person. The sooner the better. Natural path, physician, whoever you can, just do what you can. Keep it positivity and try not to overload on things that may hurt your body more than help.