one ear hearing
Since my wife had sudden hearing loss and is totally deaf in her left ear - it has been very difficult for her. She can no longer tolerate loud sounds - especially with the dead left ear.
I made her a custom earmold for the dead ear. Whenever she goes out, such as a restaurant, she has to use the ear plug in her dead ear. She has a very low tolerance to loud sounds. This is known "recruitement". I spent over 40 years working in the hearing aid division, testing and fitting hearing aids. When fitting people that suffer with 'recruitement' we had to make sure the loudness did not exceed the loudness level that becomes painful.
John W Dudley
