GRAMMYP

Location: ST. LOUIS, MO

Who Has Hearing Loss: I do

Hearing Loss Type: Sudden Loss

Hearing Loss Cause: Meniere's

Device: baha

    I was diagnosed with Meniere's in 1987 on the right side.  In 1996 the vertigo became unmanageable and the hearing loss so great that I underwent a labyrinthectomy.  I have tolerated tinnitus on that deaf side since beginning the Meniere's.  Following surgery it increases when I am in noisy environments, and I now find that I am hyperacussive.

 

     I am now bilateral Meniere's, but have been able to control the episodes with an extremely low sodium diet.  A new Dr. suggested that even though I have some hearing loss in my only side I am a candidate for the BAHA. 

 

     I've lived with the single-sided deafness for quite a while, and have sort of learned to accommodate, but it is socially restricting, and I am losing my tolerance to it.  I'm investigating the BAHA but am concerned that it could aggrevate the tinnitus and/or hyperacussivity.  I do not want to do anything that could cause that to increase.

 

     Perhaps someone can answer what the BAHA community has experienced in this regard.  I understand that each individual  has unique responses to sound.  But I am looking to make an informed decision.  Thank you, Grammy P

 

    

    

 

BAHA, labyrinthectomy, tinnitus