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Nancy · 08-09-2005, 05:50 PM

I was also born with Rubella (had a heart defect because of it), but I was either born hearing or had a mild hearing loss...nobody knows for sure (they didn't test newborns back then)....but when I was almost 2 years old, I had spinal meningitis. Six months later, my parents found out that I have a severe hearing loss in both ears because of the meningitis. When I was 14, my hearing in left ear went from severe to profound (I don't know why)...but my right ear is still stable at the severe hearing loss level.

08-09-2005, 05:50 PM	#19 (permalink)
Nancy Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central FL Posts: 2,288	I was also born with Rubella (had a heart defect because of it), but I was either born hearing or had a mild hearing loss...nobody knows for sure (they didn't test newborns back then)....but when I was almost 2 years old, I had spinal meningitis. Six months later, my parents found out that I have a severe hearing loss in both ears because of the meningitis. When I was 14, my hearing in left ear went from severe to profound (I don't know why)...but my right ear is still stable at the severe hearing loss level.