So you know how I can never quite hear you the first time you say something to me? How I ask you to repeat things? How it seems like I turn the radio or tv up or I talk to loudly? It's because I have hearing loss. It's proven now, folks! I went in for the appointment. Apparently though, it's correctable! It's either one of two things. 1: I have a buildup of negative pressure in my middle ear cause by an inflamed or blocked eustation tube or 2: the bones in my middle ear are stiff. How do we figure out which it is? By cutting a hole in my ear drum and placing a tube in there to equalize the pressure in my ear and allowing the eustation tube to go back to normal. If that works, then we know it's not the bones. If it doesn't work, then it's time for surgery to loosen the bones in my ear so they vibrate correctly.
See?
Good times, eh? Prayers would be appreciated. I'm a little nervous, being that music is such an integral part of my life, that there will soon be a hole in my ear drum. But I'd rather fix this now than wait for it to get worse. Right? Right? I can't hear you.
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When are you getting the tube? It's like when little kids get tubes. :) Hope it fixes you right up so you don't need more intensive surgery! Also, did they tell you what your hearing thresholds are? Just curious since as an SLP-in-training, we learn all about that stuff. Send me your thresholds!
Ahhh... thresholds. I don't really know. I'd have to have them repeat it. HAHAHAhahaha ha. ha. BUT I do remember the level of negative pressure in the middle ear... -210 in the left and -240 in the right. The tube isn't quite the same as when you're little since it's not going in the eustachian tube, it's going in the eardrum itself. That's different, right? We're trying this on one ear. If it works, we'll do the other. I'll call you with the thresholds when I find out. :)
Yep, it's different. :) Yes, call me with the thresholds and I can tell you specifically which sounds you might have trouble hearing.
Love, your dorky sister. :)
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