Kawasakirider
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Hey everyone, I'm 18 and I've been profoundly deaf in my right ear for around 2 years now. It happened as a result of mono. The virus caused me to get sshl, which was misdiagnosed. I wasn't put on steroids as a result of the misdiagnosis, so I have been left deaf in my right ear forever.
I suffer extremely loud tinnitis 24/7 and can't localize sounds.
My question is to anyone that has sshl or is 100% deaf in one ear, how do you cope when it comes to localizing sounds? It's very frustrating for me on a daily basis when I can hear something but have no idea where it's coming from, as I work on cars and bikes and sometimes when noises present themselves I need a helper to tell me where they are.
It's also a worry for me that I could be in a potentially dangerous situation and run the wrong way. For example (my example will be pretty far fetched but you get the idea)
Imagine I hear gun shots in a dark street and no one is around, I didn't see the gun being fired so I run. As I have no clue where the gunshot came from, I end up running toward it and getting shot.
This scenario could be altered to change the gunshot to many potentially harmful situations...
So yeah, it screws with my day to day life, it has the potential to be dangerous and because of the tinnitus I have trouble getting to sleep.
Does anyone here have deafness in one ear? Is it possible to train yourself to localize sounds? I haven't managed to be able to do so in the past couple of years.
Thanks in advance everyone!
I suffer extremely loud tinnitis 24/7 and can't localize sounds.
My question is to anyone that has sshl or is 100% deaf in one ear, how do you cope when it comes to localizing sounds? It's very frustrating for me on a daily basis when I can hear something but have no idea where it's coming from, as I work on cars and bikes and sometimes when noises present themselves I need a helper to tell me where they are.
It's also a worry for me that I could be in a potentially dangerous situation and run the wrong way. For example (my example will be pretty far fetched but you get the idea)
Imagine I hear gun shots in a dark street and no one is around, I didn't see the gun being fired so I run. As I have no clue where the gunshot came from, I end up running toward it and getting shot.
This scenario could be altered to change the gunshot to many potentially harmful situations...
So yeah, it screws with my day to day life, it has the potential to be dangerous and because of the tinnitus I have trouble getting to sleep.
Does anyone here have deafness in one ear? Is it possible to train yourself to localize sounds? I haven't managed to be able to do so in the past couple of years.
Thanks in advance everyone!
to AllDeaf forum. Very interesting subject about SSHL when I clicked on Mrs. Bucket's Links. I am sorry that you had to go through this. I hope you can discuss or debate with us while you enjoy reading and posting all the threads here. See you around here.