Hearing aids causing optic nerve irritation?

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Does anyone have any idea of the impact hearing aids might have on vision if you always experience bouncing vision from the sound levels of these things. Listening to music makes my vision really bounce, and idling motors and driving does the same thing. I find myself turning my hearing aids off in order to drive with stable vision.

It this a sign of problems, and is this a potential source of irritation for vision problems? I'm trying to find the source of my monocular polyopia. Apparently, it seems to be untreatable except with glasses, but I want to get away from that.

I may have to one day stop wearing hearing aids while living as I currently do to see if hearing aids are a source of irritation (I am profoundly deaf and have my hearing aids up very loud). I have spent time traveling on the road with hearing aids off, like when I would go to Ohio for over two weeks, and I would notice that my vision would improve during that time. I don't know if it's time away from computers or not using the hearing aids so much that contributes to the problem. I did notice monocular polyopia beginning to appear when I was about 9 or 10 in the left eye, and it quickly progressed to the point where I couldn't see very well out of that eye, and eventually, it showed up in the right eye, but has progressed very, very slowly, but it is getting worse, and I'm trying to find out what the F* is going on and stop it.

Thanks, guys.
 
You should probably see an ophthalmologist if you are able to. The multiple images can be something as simple as astigmatism, but it could be caused by something more serious.
 
I WAS diagnosed with monocular diplopia by an ophthalmologist 12 years ago, which was the first time ANYONE understood what it was I have, but even he didn't realize that my condition had already progressed to polyopia long before that. I had to google it myself a few years ago to realize the true condition. Diplopia means two images, polyopia means more than two images. I see that real bad in one eye, and not as bad in the other eye. A coworker works in such an office, and he tells me at this time there's not anything they can do to correct it surgically. Glasses is the only answer. I think it's corneal-related because the effects change from eye blink to eye blink. Yesterday, I had it clear up completely for about 4 seconds, and when I blinked again, it was back again.
 
i gave up my hearing aids ages ago for similar reasons made me feel bad, double vision sick...i got nowhere with dr he said suck it up and gave me meniors treatment i knew it was not, different symptoms..i dont drive but if i was on coach or tube train it was just dreadful...i dont get that since stopped wearing them although do have dry eye syndrome and meniors....mine not quite the same as yours but i am sure the h/a cause some of it...like you with computer the light of underground train would do it to point i could not read
 
I have had the bouncing eyes/loss of focus on amplification about 100db. I need that level, but it comes at a price. I have been fully deaf 5 times with sudden onset hearing loss and can only hear out of my right ear 80-110db loss.

I did notice something though, after I started using a cochlear implant on the other side, together with my hearing aid, my eyes don't bounce anymore. Seems like it has something to do with overloading one side... If I turn my cochlear implant off, the eyes bounce again.

Odd, huh?
 
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The only vision issue I have that is related to my deafness is Usher Syndrome 2. The other one is related to my migraines.
 
and for me, I'm just myopic (fancy way of saying I'm nearsighted) and also have agmagtism.
 
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