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The hearing loss I've been waiting for
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 657784" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>SWOT, My hearing loss was gradual.</p><p></p><p>The first thing I noticed was my left ear ringing for a couple of hours after I got off shift, and that only started after I'd been working in the "farms" for a couple of years.</p><p></p><p>I noticed the hearing loss in the left ear by the time I was in my late 20s, and it was just considered an "occupational hazard" at that time.</p><p></p><p>The nerve deafness was actually noticed by friends who kept telling me to lower my voice, "that they were right here!"</p><p></p><p>The outright damage to the left ear quit progressing once I got into the networking end of things and out of the mainframe side, but the nerve deafness is progressive and worse in the left ear due to the other damage.</p><p></p><p>Re; tubes. My mother had tubes placed in her ears when she was in her late 70s! They made a world of difference to her well-being. Improved her hearing some, and cut way back on the number of ear infections she was getting as well.</p><p></p><p>Luckily, I don't get ear infections, just sinuses.</p><p></p><p>I hope your hearing issues turn out to be fixed by the tube(s) and that your hearing loss, if still extant, is minor and not progressive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 657784, member: 1963"] SWOT, My hearing loss was gradual. The first thing I noticed was my left ear ringing for a couple of hours after I got off shift, and that only started after I'd been working in the "farms" for a couple of years. I noticed the hearing loss in the left ear by the time I was in my late 20s, and it was just considered an "occupational hazard" at that time. The nerve deafness was actually noticed by friends who kept telling me to lower my voice, "that they were right here!" The outright damage to the left ear quit progressing once I got into the networking end of things and out of the mainframe side, but the nerve deafness is progressive and worse in the left ear due to the other damage. Re; tubes. My mother had tubes placed in her ears when she was in her late 70s! They made a world of difference to her well-being. Improved her hearing some, and cut way back on the number of ear infections she was getting as well. Luckily, I don't get ear infections, just sinuses. I hope your hearing issues turn out to be fixed by the tube(s) and that your hearing loss, if still extant, is minor and not progressive. [/QUOTE]
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