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stephen61100
stephen61100

High to all,

Had my E.N.T. today,

i mainly went because of my growing concern with my left

ear as have menieres in the right and i am getting symptoms

in the the left now i.e. tinnitus and intruding high and low pitches

that come in fast and fade out just as quick..

so i told him what was happening and he seemed surprised that

i was still getting attacks of vertigo as menieres usually burns it self

out after 10 yrs he agreed he would need to monitor my left ear before

making any decision on the new condition i then went on to ask him

if there were any new treatments for menieres and mentioned some

of the the things that i had read on this site and the internet .i.e.

steriod injections grommet ..he quickly dismissed these options has

not proven and said there were no new options he was aware of and

then said i may like to try an hearing aid..i expressly remember 14 yrs

ago being told that an hearing aid would be no good as it would only

amplify the sound i was hearing then which was distorted and of course

tinnitus plus turbo sound and force of trucks and vans passing when im

walking along side traffic so that would be no good i felt totally disulusioned

the interview lasted about 10 to 15 mins and all he did was run is right finger

up and down in my eyes..im starting to think that because im on benefits

in  England they are not available on our N.H.S. because of the cost..

the last time i went to E.N.T. i had to do an audio test there and then

and they did some balance test and head menouvers just turning the head slowly

to the right and left looking for adverse effects that was in 2001.. 

any way he has booked me in for an audio test and see how we go from there..

  

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  • Bertman
    Bertman stephen61100

    Posted

    Hello Stephan, I will be curious to hear how your audio goes, do keep us posted, I have bilateral meniere's, one ear effected and then 7 years later the other. I hope that is not your case. It's bad enough to have it in one ear. Wishing you the best! Bertman 

  • NeddyO
    NeddyO stephen61100

    Posted

    You do not say if you are on medication. If not I would urge you to get onto betahistine asap and at as high a dose as is necessary to get full control over vertigo and nausea, then stay on it for 5 months after last attack before gradually weaning off. This approach has worked for me.

    Whilst it is true that 70 % of sufferers recover eventually there is no way of knowing how an individual will get on.

    Your financial circumstances should have no bearing on how the NHS deals with you. Your GP can refer you for a hearing aid to either your local hospital audiology department or a high street provider contracted to supply NHS hearing aids.

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