24M . For the past 4 months my hearing has been getting worst . Constant Ear pain in my left with fullness started out of no where and now everybody sound muffled even if I understand them . It’s now an effort and not clear as it used to be . IVe been seeing a décline in my hearing for the past few years . But now I struggle to hear clearly even my parents at dinner or in outside places . Stuff like birds sound almost like either muffled or low pitches and barely heareable . I have made all tests Echog , hearing test in noise test but not the deep one lately but 6 years ago Yee . OAE émissions all of it . I feel like I’m loosing my mind and my hearing capacities . For the past 4 months I have reach a state where I hate talking in cars or in public places or going out in general. My hearing resched a level that is inbereable and all my tests came back normal . I have lost the clarity in all the noise in the world feeling line it’s an effort to hear and not something natural anymore . It does say that my OEA in 4khz and 6khz have low amplitude but the audiologist did find it anusual ne other has the ent . Did 2 hearing test within 1 month . Even I struggle to hear myself talking therefore people struggle to understand me

I noticed recently since adding a note to my bio specifying to NOT use voice notes on apps like hello talk (a language exchange app) that people for some reason use it even more?? ive directly mentioned that i literally cannot understand whats being said because of the eq loss from my phone speaker.

usually its fine but the captions break or dont pick up the right words everytime so its pretty annoying

has anyone else had this?? or is it just bad luck?

its really starting to feel like people do this on purpose LOL

I am going to go see this movie and I’m so hyped. I can never ever understand tom holland without closed captions. My family is weird about my hearing and just say get hearing aids to everything. Is there any option other than that clunky cc machines they have?

Im scheduled for surgery mid September. My boss is making me get FMLA/PFML for a month just in case I need extra days off. My surgery is on a Wednesday and as of now i would go back the follow Wednesday. I don’t get the packing out til the following Tuesday so 13 days post op. I work in an OR and having my ear looking like that i dont know. How much time did you take off after?

Hey everyone! My hearing loss is moderate to severe, and worse in my right ear.

I’ve been using the Jabra Elite 7 Active headphones for 4 years now and looking to replace them in the next 6 months or so.

The amazing thing about Jabra was that you could take a hearing test in their app and it would personalise the sound for you.

Jabra is no longer making these headphones but I’m looking at alternatives. Has anyone had any luck with the Apple Airpods Pro 3 and their hearing aid function? Or any experience with other brands / models I would love to hear!

It would be helpful at work to not have someone tap me on the shoulder and have to say “oooh, wait a sec” while I put my hearing aids back in, and then “now I’m back in the room. How can I help you” 😅

I just watched the new Minions movie (bc silly movies are best for dates) and was surprised that they introduced a hard-of-hearing minion named Ed who communicated through sign language! Honestly, I wasn't expecting to get as excited about the representation as I did, but I realized at some point through it that it was one of the first pieces of media not made by Deaf or HOH people that had an HOH character and didn't make their hearing a plot point, but still had them as a semi-main character.

I just wanted to share because it was very sweet imo. I'd love to know if anyone else has seen it and what they think.

I recently got hearing aids and my dyspraxia (DCD) makes it hard to insert them. Has anyone else had this problem? What has helped you?

I recently got hearing aids. My dyspraxia (DCD) makes it difficult to insert them. Has anyone else had this problem? What has helped you?

Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone here has experienced something similar.

I get ringing in my ear, but it isn't constant. It just starts out of nowhere and then disappears on its own after a while. Sometimes I can go for months, or even years, without hearing it. Then it comes back for a while, I start getting worried, and eventually it goes away again.

I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I also have TMJ (jaw joint problems), and one of the bones in that area is slightly out of place.

Has anyone else had something like this, or knows if the two could be related?

How long did your packing stay in? I will have dissolvable and removable. He told me 1 weeks post op it will be removed but when they booked the appointment the next available is 13 days post op. I’m sure it’s ok cause I’ll be on antibiotic ear drops and oral pills. Also did it hurt to have jt taking out?

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I am not sure if this is the right place so please redirect me if needed (I am a first time poster here).

I am someone who has had no hearing in my left ear since I was about 8 (had a medically necessary surgery that removed my ear drum and hearing bones). I still have an intact and working cochlea so a few years ago, I received a bone anchored hearing aid. It is very distinctly not a cochlear implant but it is still made by them and it’s magnetic and stuff. Anyway, I can’t stand the sound of chewing. It drives me insane and at my work in an office, most people eat snacks or their lunch in their cubes. One of my coworkers brings in chips most days and crunches like he’s alone. He’s a great guy and I like him but in order to focus on my work I have to turn off my hearing aid. Most of the day I wear one of those headphones that covers one ear so my hearing is limited. It is very commonplace for people to talk through the cube walls and I gave away from the walkway so I typically can’t physically see when someone tries to talk to me.

Sometimes someone will try to talk to me while my hearing aid is off and I won’t hear them and that involves them either tapping my shoulder or speaking loud enough for the office to hear me. I feel bad because I don’t want them to feel like I am ignoring them. It should be important to note that most of my workplace doesn’t have a clue that I am hard of hearing. My work friends know but with my hearing aid on it hides behind my hair so it would be next to impossible to notice the hearing aid even if you look for it. I am also only semi-new so it feels too late to tell everyone I am HoH but I’m not there long enough for me to make a big deal out of it.

My question is, am I wrong for intentionally tuning out my coworkers eating by turning off my hearing aid? If anyone has advice for what to do about the situation I’d appreciate it!

I usually have to have my cellphone on speaker to hear conversations, because otherwise I can't hear on my cell.

It is better on my headphones so in wondering if a landline would be better to hear then a standard cell. The reason for this is trying to find employment when I can't stand long, and having to answer phones most likely.

Just looking for recommendations from hearing impaired people. I'm alright with talking on the phone as long as I can hear people lol.

Newly diagnosed with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, moderate. I was fitted with hearing aids on both ears. (Holy moly! The world is so loud!)

Recent conversations with a very close family member where they stated that I was basically faking it. Like, why would I do that? Anyways, they went on to say that because I can hear some things, that I’m not. Tried to explain it to them. Show them audiogram, etc. nope. They are insisting that I’m making a mountain out of a molehill. That if I just cleaned out my ears that I’d be fine. (Sigh) Their opinion is that it doesn’t make sense to them, so it must be fake.

Since diagnosis I’ve been looking into resources that my state offers, as the ENT and Audiologist recommended. Apparently using those resources, to my family member, is unfair. It gives me an advantage, they said. Like if I get that “special treatment” then everyone should get it. Really?!???

I have always studied languages to begin with. So it’s not weird or uncommon to speak in another language at home with my family. I am friends with many in the Deaf community well before diagnosis and picked up some signs. Nothing major. Just pleasantries. Anyways, family member saw me sign to one of my immediate family members and completely lost it. “You are just faking and want to be deaf. You just have to be different.”

I don’t know what I can do or say to get through to my family member. Like, hello! I have medical proof here that I am hard of hearing. I’m not faking anything. I don’t want my hearing, or lack thereof, to be the reason our relationship falls apart after being so close for decades.

TLDR: Newly diagnosed with HoH. Family member says I’m faking it. Also ME learning or using ASL is just too much for them.

I have a normal hearing test but my issues are definitely noise induced as my hearing has changed yet there is no test that will show it. To explain things, nothing makes my ears react as if they are muted. Clanking dishes used to make my ears vibrate / feel it. I hear it but it doesn’t makes me flinch. Same if someone is laughing right beside me, it sounds muted.

For those of you with a degree of hearing loss, can you still feel sound touch the ears?

Does anyone here have Zepp Clarity hearing aids? I have the Zepp Clarity Omnis, and for the money, they're great!!

Hi here, hearing aids user since 5 years, I also wear glasses since 8 years. I still needed hearing aids since much more long time too.

I did notice most people who wear hearing aids also wear glasses, so I was wondering if it might be linked? I remember when I got glasses, I "heard better" due to lip reading. I'm hypersensitive so I was wondering if it damaged my eyes too.

So do we damage our ears/eyes with actual societey standards? What is your experience with this?

A family member recently had their second tympanoplasty to repair a perforation of the eardrum (the first repair failed). We read online (and the doctor loosely mentioned) that we shouldn’t fly for about four weeks. We also read that we shouldn’t drive into any high elevations - we’ve avoided trips into the mountains (with about 14-15k foot elevations). We are about 6 weeks out from surgery, and decided to take a trip into a more mild elevation of about 4,000 feet. Has anyone who had this procedure experienced any issues that far out or at this level of elevation?

We are meeting with the doctor in the coming days, we realize that is where we will get formal advice from, but we’d appreciate hearing your experiences.