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Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 11:27 am You are in my prayers TAM.

Warning, the trial attorney in me is coming out. You contacted your doctor's office the day after symptoms first appeared. A PA "proscribed" a week of steroids treatment, but no antibiotics, rather than have you see an ENT. When that didn't help, you were finally referred to an ENT who essentially told you that, after 1.5 weeks, "it's too late." Interesting.

Chas.

Charles L. Cotton wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 11:27 am You are in my prayers TAM.

Warning, the trial attorney in me is coming out. You contacted your doctor's office the day after symptoms first appeared. A PA "proscribed" a week of steroids treatment, but no antibiotics, rather than have you see an ENT. When that didn't help, you were finally referred to an ENT who essentially told you that, after 1.5 weeks, "it's too late." Interesting.

Chas.

eyedoc wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 12:07 pm I will let the doctor in me come out.

"The mean duration of hearing loss was six days, and there was a statistically significant correlation between the start of the treatment and the hearing improvement, i.e. early treatment carried a good prognosis.

Conclusions: Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a common expression of inner ear problems such as viral infection, vascular osculation, or rupture of the internal ear membrane. Viral inflammation is the most commonly accepted cause for the condition. Consequently, adding antiviral such as a acyclovir to steroids increases chance of recovery, especially when treatment is early."

https://www.newswise.com/articles/acycl ... aring-loss

LimaCharlie3 wrote: ↑Thu May 21, 2020 3:52 pm Here’s my 2 cents: I woke up one morning deaf in both ears. I too, am a musician. I saw 4 ENTs and an audiologist. No luck. Not even conductive hearing. A year later, the local Deaf & Hard of Hearing Center tested me. I could hear a little, very faintly. But the tinnitus was still louder. I got hearing aids and with them I can “hear”, but understanding words is hit or miss (I have significant tonal loss. I used a frequency
Analyzer to map out my deficiencies, but nobody makes a hearing aid with a decent equalizer to notch out and even it up.). I started playing in the church band and had to re-learn how to play and learn new music. I could hear it, but pitches ran together and I certainly couldn’t understand the words. But I learned to read lips and follow the music that way. It’s actually quite easy.
Now, at 7 years later, I can hear concussive noises easily. Doors, ice maker, dishes; anything with a sound pressure level above normal conversation. My hearing has improved.
My best advice for music: buy a simple old-school hearing amplifier that uses regular stereo ear buds. Then use in-ear monitors with it instead. You’ll get the full audio spectrum. I use that with the band every week and it’s a huge improvement over hearing aids with music.