Posts by boldhound99

So, my coworkers are basically being polite just because they can't deal with me anymore, but I keep bugging them about the fact that I can't hear a damn thing... and honestly, it's the exact same story once I get home...

Amanda Hughes5 said:Hey there...

So, I’m dealing with some massive hearing issues in both ears—specifically, my middle ear is pretty much trashed. I’m 37, and honestly, ever since I can remember (I had meningitis when I was four, and everyone says that’s the culprit), it’s been a struggle. The folks over at Suvag basically told me my inner hair cells are dead and there's nothing they can do about it 😢
My outer ear is also super small—like, when the specialists at Suvag saw my first device, they actually asked me who gave me that thing 😁 because they thought it looked like a tiny kid's model 🙄... even though it was custom-molded to fit my ear perfectly 😢)
The main issue, though... it's everything. There are certain sounds I just can't catch at all, others are muffled, and sometimes I can't even tell where a sound is coming from. But the absolute worst part? Understanding what people are actually saying. As soon as I'm in a group setting, I just shut down because I can't keep up with the conversation... or if someone talks from the side, it's game over. I find myself asking people to repeat themselves constantly (and 90% of the time, I get the tone right, but the actual words just don't make sense 😢)
On top of all that, I’ve got this constant chirping in my ears 24/7—it’s like being stuck in the middle of a forest full of birds in the springtime. It is TERRIBLE.
Slowly but surely, I'm losing my mind ☕
I laid all of this out for the team at Suvag, and honestly? Nobody gave me any straight answers. Like, WTF... if they can't give me answers, then who can?!?!
But the hardest part of all is having a little girl at home, she's only two and a half, and I have to ask her to repeat herself over and over again... it's such an intense frustration 😢

Does anyone know of any actual solutions for this? Maybe specialized clinics abroad or something similar? Any surgical options? Literally anything
I am more than ready to take out a loan and pay whatever it takes, because this is becoming brutally frustrating for both me and my family.....

Hey... I'm reading back through this old post of yours and honestly, it feels like I wrote it myself... how did you end up fixing your hearing problems in the end?