Bad Christmas for Me
stangman67
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Hey Polkies,
Haven’t been around much, life with a 16 month old and work has been a lot.
Bad day in Audiophile land for me. Long story short, some type of infection attacked my left inner ear and has led to 100 percent hearing loss in my left ear.
Being in the navy it took an act of god to get to a ENT specialist who diagnosed it right away (last night) but I lost precious treatment time navigating the waters of referrals and the primary care provider saying “it’s an ear infection, nothing to worry about”. I finally went to the ER 3 days after the total hearing loss and got immediately seen my the ENT specialists.
Started an aggressive oral steroid regime this morning. Doctors put full recovery at about the 30 percent likelihood range. With maybe another 30 percent of “medically significant recovery”.
Pretty damn devastated over here. On top of the general annoyances of only being to hear out of one ear, I am having balance issues and if I don’t recover one of my major hobbies is kaput
Sad Christmas for me. Not feeling especially cheerful. Understand it could be much worse and there are people dealing with things that make this issue look minuscule but hard to put that in perspective at this moment in time
Haven’t been around much, life with a 16 month old and work has been a lot.
Bad day in Audiophile land for me. Long story short, some type of infection attacked my left inner ear and has led to 100 percent hearing loss in my left ear.
Being in the navy it took an act of god to get to a ENT specialist who diagnosed it right away (last night) but I lost precious treatment time navigating the waters of referrals and the primary care provider saying “it’s an ear infection, nothing to worry about”. I finally went to the ER 3 days after the total hearing loss and got immediately seen my the ENT specialists.
Started an aggressive oral steroid regime this morning. Doctors put full recovery at about the 30 percent likelihood range. With maybe another 30 percent of “medically significant recovery”.
Pretty damn devastated over here. On top of the general annoyances of only being to hear out of one ear, I am having balance issues and if I don’t recover one of my major hobbies is kaput
Sad Christmas for me. Not feeling especially cheerful. Understand it could be much worse and there are people dealing with things that make this issue look minuscule but hard to put that in perspective at this moment in time
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Wow, sorry to have that happen to you. Here's hoping for a Christmas miracle!"Don't forget to change your politician. They are like diapers they need to be changed regularly, and for the same reason."
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Prayers go out to you. Hopefully there is something that can be done & steroids help & always get a 2nd opinion. Wishing you speedy recovery..
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Man this is awful to read. Devastating for an audiophile no question.
Hopefully all of the majority of the hearing will return soon
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Years ago my wife lost hearing in 1 ear due to an accident, not something anybody who enjoys music would want to go through. Hope things work our for you!Yep, my name really is Bob.
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Man, I am so sorry to hear about this. I could not even imagine what you are experiencing and feeling right now. Trust me when I say that we ALL feel for you.
Hopefully, you will be able to update us later with better news. "Try" to have a good Christmas.
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I'm so sorry to read this sad news. Prayers sent your way for a Christmas miracle to restore your hearing.
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Very sad to hear about this. Hang in there.
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Really sorry to read of your issue. I hope it all comes back to you. In the meantime, focus on what you do have. Your wife, new child. Easier said than done, I know. As much as you like music, you can still hear that cutest giggle ever from your little one.
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Wow! Sorry that you find yourself in this situation. Don't give up hope 🙏 your body may surprise you with a miraculous recovery, and I am praying that that is the case. Good luck and well wishes for you and your family through this!Sources: Technics SL1200MKII | SME3009 Tonearm | Monster Alpha 1 MC cartridge | Oppo UDP203 disk player | Nikko NT-790 analog tuner | Musical Fidelity Trivista 21 DAC | Preamp: Threshold SL-10 | Amplifier: Threshold Stasis 2 | Speakers: Snell Acoustics C/V | Kimber 12-TC bi wire speakers | Analysis plus Oval 1 preamp to amp | Wireworld Eclipse 7 DAC to Preamp | Wireworld eclipse digital IC Oppo to DAC | Audioquest Quartz tuner to preamp |
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Damn - I sincerely hope that the effects of this can be mitigated to a significant degree. I had a similar experience with my eyesight a few months ago, and I certainly understand the cycle of fear-uncertainty-frustration-anger-resignation that you are feeling. Just take it a day at a time, and do your best to stay positive.“Human beings are born with different capacities. If they are free, they are not equal. And if they are equal, they are not free.”
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So sorry to hear. Hoping you have a full recovery.
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So sorry to hear this. I can't imagine how you must be feeling. One of the reasons I've decided lately to start buying my forever gear is partly for this reason. At 58, I'm on the downside of hearing. To me it's still excellent, but one never knows when it could be diminished or taken away.
I can still hear and pick up tiniest of nuances in gear. I'm sure just based on age I've lost a step compared to a young'in....lol
I really hope they can do something for you. If not naturally, the hearing device technology available is incredible. Perhaps something like that down the road can get your hearing back in that ear.
Also, not to sound overly litigious, but this sounds like a malpractice issue and perhaps a legal remedy is in order on your first doctor.
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Sorry to hear this news. Best wishes for a full recovery.
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Prayers for a recovery. wow that sucks.
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I'm sorry for your loss... of hearing.
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I'm sorry that your ear infection turned worse than the first doctor thought.
I pray you regain your hearing in that ear.
If not...It's good you have other hobbies.
The balance issue sucks big time.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
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Is it viral or bacterial?
They didn’t cover that with me. The assumption I think is that it is viral. I’m on both anti-biotics and the Prednisone at this point
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Thanks for all the kind words everyone. Status quo here. Hoping for the best but prepared for the worst. The hearing would be one thing and I think I could deal with the challenges that brings, the loss of the ultimate enjoyment of music would suck and I would certainly offload all of my high end stuff as there is no point.
On the other side, the balance and focus thing will be very hard for me. A lot of what I love relies on having good balance. Biking, motorcycles, snowboarding etc. Both hearing and balance could constitute a loss of almost all of the stuff I enjoy in my free time. I did ride my motorcycle to the store yesterday, and that went well. Slow speed maneuvering is a bit more challenging but I got through it better than I expected.
I am just hoping the balance gets better or my body learns to cope with it.
Trying to focus on the good things.
Merry Christmas to all.2 Channel in my home attic/bar/man cave
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Hopefully, your hearing will make a full recovery.Political Correctness'.........defined
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Zach, I am terribly sorry that this has happened to you. I sincerely hope you can make a full recovery. Everyone here at Club Polk is rooting for you!
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Dang man, research on your own and try some other things. Hope you get better , matter of fact we know your going to get better because if you don't, Yoko Ono albums will start to sound good to you, and if that isn't motivation to get better, I don't know what is.HT SYSTEM-
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Really sorry to hear about this.
I have to think once you start to heal, your balance should improve pretty rapidly. The human body is insanely adaptable. I can't imagine you'll be off your various bikes for too long.
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Sounds like they are covering you for bacterial with antibiotics.Magico M2, JL113v2x2, EMM, ARC Ref 10 Line, ARC Ref 10 Phono, VPIx2, Lyra Etna, Airtight Opus1, Boulder, AQ Wel&Wild, SRA Scuttle Rack, BlueSound+LPS, Thorens 124DD+124SPU, Sennheiser, Metaxas R2R -
The antibiotics were prescribed from my initial visit to my PCM, when they thought it was a bog standard ear infection. ENTs/ER prescribed the high dose prednisone as is standard with SSHL and “Sudden Hearing Loss”.
To this point, no improvement. Just terrible Tinnitus. Also lots of other weird stuff with my eyes being able to focus and stabilize and headaches. It’s going to be a long road but as long as my body learns to cope with the other stuff, I’ll learn to survive with the hearing. Good news is I don’t need to spend big money on stereo stuff anymore lol.
I’ll keep my DIY speakers and NAD M10V2 and pick up a cheaper record player/phone so I can still at least enjoy the music
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