Yesterday we went back in to see Dr. Huang. Nothing nasty going on in the head scans, so no left ‘n’ right ear tumors or anything scary like that. I do seem to have some sort of inner ear fluid issue, which seems most likely to be Meniere’s Disease, like my Grandpa Holderby had. I’m [...]
I think I mentioned this before, but the blood tests for genetic issues, autoimmune disorders, and unspeakable mutations—all of the inner ear—came back negative. But we couldn’t let the fun stop there, so last week I went in to the otologist’s office for some additional testing.
The first test involved artificial pressure changes, ear popping, [...]
Aunt Bev wrote to point out that my Grandpa Holderby had Meniere’s Disease, discovered when he was about 59, in 1967, after he woke up one morning and couldn’t hear. He wore hearing aids after that, which I also didn’t remember, but then I was pretty little when he died. Although most cases of this [...]
Back on the 24th I went to see Dr. Huong, the otologist. I received yet another round of hearing tests, which seem to be in agreement with the other two from this year. Apparently my hearing loss is mostly nerve-related, rather than mechanical, which makes otosclerosis less likely.
Here’s the list of possible hearing loss causes [...]
My hearing has been a little problematic for years, but I didn’t really have it checked until 2005. I recently had it checked again at Costco, since it’s free there, and the results weren’t encouraging. Dr. Tracy asked me to get a second test done at an “official” hearing lab, and the results were the [...]
Rona and I are on the third day of a cleanse, wherein we’re not eating dairy, wheat, or eggs. Rona is also to avoid honey and zucchini, and I’m off soy and pineapple, all for the next three weeks. Both of our allergy blood tests came back as highly sensitive to dairy and eggs, and [...]
I have had trouble with my ears at least since high school, when I noticed that it was a lot easier to hear what people were saying on the phone if I put the receiver on my left ear. Thinking back, I didn’t really spend much time talking on the phone before that point, so [...]
