I had several ear infections since i was a childhood. I still get them all the time. One time is was so bad I was in the hospital over night. That's when I was 16 years old. It spread to my mastoid bone. That turned into mastoidist.
Welcome. I'm was born hearing also. I'm hearing of hearing also due to having chronic ear infections. The most severe one was when I was 16 then I lost most of the hearing in my right ear.