Recent content by Kdub

Hi all I am single sided deaf due to acoustic neuroma. How bad is the implantation procedure? I had every complication in the book from the tumor surgery so I am really gun shy at having my head messed with. I am finding there aren't that many downsides to SSD except that I have developed...

Thank you! Thank you all for the warm welcome. The hearing in my "good" ear is considered good but I have developed hyperacusis - the extreme sensitivity to normal environmental noises. My ENT told me that it isn't abnormal to occur as a result of sudden SSD. I also have normal age-related...

Hi everyone. I am trying to figure out if I am half deaf or half hearing and if it even matters. I had an acoustic neuroma on the hearing nerve removed in November and came out of surgery competely deaf in my left ear. I am trying to get used to not knowing where sound is coming from, having...

Whittier CA. Newly SSD and just thinking about learning ASL

AAAaaaaaaa....... I am so new to being SSD and so confused about options and whether I even want to pursue any type of hearing "aid." I like being able to sleep through my fiance vacuuming the whole house if I am sleeping on my "good" ear (I also like having a fiance who vacuums...). I am...

Thanks for the additional information. I have read so much on BAHA and have been so confused that I figured she knew what was what since she works with my ENT at a major research hospital. More info is always better than less.

Hi. I know that is post is late to the game but I have been considering a BAHA after losing all hearing in my left ear due to an acoustic neuroma on the hearing nerve. I had a long talk with the audiologist and she said that the BAHA doesn't reproduce sound like normal but signals to the...

Hi all. I am Kathy from Southern California. I had an acoustic neuroma removed from my ear canal in November and went from hearing to deaf in my left ear in a six hour operation. The adjustment has been interesting. I am trying to figure out if I am half deaf or half hearing. I know that it...