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Glad mine went away after using the herbal ear treatment and tinnitus program from dr Liam ogbebor herbal centre CZcams channel , my hearing is also good now about 70-80%

Thank you for your testimony. I found my husband passed away in bed on 11 July - shocked beyond belief as he had had a recent Dr exam and was healthy. Woke up 12 July, I was totally deaf in R ear and half L ear, still am deaf. I’m also a very active Christian so your encouraging words have helped. 😔🙏🏻

I have been tinnitus and vertigo free after using the herbal ear treatment from dr Liam ogbebor herbal centre on CZcams ,his treatment is very helpful for ear ringing tinnitus , and vertigo --220

I have been tinnitus and vertigo free after using the herbal ear treatment from dr Liam ogbebor herbal centre on CZcams ,his treatment is very helpful for ear ringing tinnitus , and vertigo

Thanks for sharing, Rick! I lost mine last week and am navigating this whole process.

I had SSNHL and I took oral steroids and after that I received three intratympanic steroid injections. I believe it’s the injections that brought back 50% of my hearing in the ear that went deaf. I also believe that my faith that I would improve also was the cause for my Improvement.

IRick, thanks for your story. I would encourage anyone who has suffered sudden hearing loss to get an MRI. I already suffer from hearing loss in both ears, moderate in one and severe in the other. FYI - loss of hearing in one ear compared to the other can be a major red flag that something could be wrong. The only reason, I believe, the ENT didn't order other tests before was because I was insistent that my hearing loss was due to an injury from firing a pistol. I also have severe tinnitus. I wear hearing aids for the last couple of years which helps obviously with hearing and it also dampens the tinnitus because it picks up so much background noise. Also, having bluetooth available at all times is really nice. Fast forward to one month ago and I suddenly lost hearing in my right ear. Went to the ENT after 10 days (way too long) and was given a steroid shot and a 10 day regiment of oral prednisone. I was also scheduled for a MRI and a follow up shot of steroids through the eardrum. After taking the shot and only one of the oral steroids before bed that evening, I awoke the next morning and could hear again. I waited one day and cancelled the terrifying shot through the ear drum but kept the MRI appt. Good thing....results found a tumor which they call Vestibular Schwannoma or Acoustic Neuroma. These are benign tumors that grow on the Vestibular balance nerves going from your inner ear (cochlea) to the brain. After much research over this past weekend I heard one doctor say that 10-20% of all people with Acoustic Neuromas will experience a sudden hearing loss like this. I'm simply suggesting to ask your doctor about an MRI if you have this type hearing loss as it would be a good idea to rule out an Acoustic Neuroma.

Amen

seem to be going through this with my left ear did they ever figure out what the cause was. In Canada i dont get to see an ENT for at least 3-4 week

What is the gospel?

Amen brother. Dealing with it now.

Did you get loud tinnitus that lasts a long time? Has it since calmed down at all? I have SSNHL in my right ear. Woke up on Feb 1, 2020 with half my hearing (high frequency) in moderate to severe range of hearing loss. A few days,I started losing more hearing in that ear and my low frequency went from normal range to profound hearing loss. Now I can barely hear anything in that ear, the tinnitus has come roaring back, but now not only do I have high pitch tinnitus, I have crickets and low hum mixed in. It is giving me panic attacks day and night. It's a living hell. I should have called an ENT sooner, but 7 days after losing more and more hearing, I finally seen an ENT today and hope to get on the Prednisone right away if there is any chance of recovering some or most of what I lost over the past 5 or 6 days.

Hi! Question did you get Tinnitus if so how is it now?

Just happen to me left ear.

Same exact thing happened to me and especially the reassurance that we have in Christ. We can hear His word with our eyes 😊

since i had sudden hearing loss in 2018，i begun to seek god. i pray every day,i hope god will heal me,but 5 years passed,nothing happened,i felt frustrated,

Jesus is coming back!

Thank you for sharing. It sounds like my experience ( except the level of hearing) loss - moderate) and I need to turn to my faith as well.

Thanks Rick for your bravery and faith. I too am a believer and lost most of my left ear hearing about a month ago. I have worn hearing aides for over 25 years. My left ear has been the weakest. I and my audiologist attributed the loss of high frequency sound to welding, shooting guns, and listening to rock music concerts with no ear protection. I am just about finished with a second round of Prednisone with no effect thus far and have an appointment with an ontyologist next month. After reading everyone’s comments and doing some research, at age 70, let me finish with some suggestions: 1. If you are not a believer in Christ, please don’t wait to investigate His claims in the Bible. I could not have survived these last 49 years without Him! 2. Limit your caffeine to 2 cups of coffee, coke, or any other caffeinated drink before noon each day. ( My blood pressure was spiking before I reduced my caffeine intake. Between that and the steroids, my blood pressure scared me. It is now back to normal!) 3. Drink only water after noon if you have acid reflux, like me and check with your doctor about Omaprazole or similar drug. 4. Finally, get regular physicals and when something like this condition occurs, GO TO THE DOCTOR. Do all you can to take care of your body. God loves us. I have found that spending time with Him, studying the Bible on my own, in church and in Bible Study Fellowship all have given me hope that this hearing problem will become manageable. God bless!

Hi Rick. It’s great you have adjusted to your new life. I recently was hit by it as well and I’m trying Prednisone now.. One thing that stroke me right away was to find out how many people out there are suffering the same or even worst then me. Like you I’m a spiritualist as well and do believe whatever happens to us either by accident or karma, it always has a purpose in our lives. When I look down at my challenges I’m still very healthy and I’m thankful for what I have. Suffering belongs to this world and my own privilege.. it belongs to all of us. Cheers to your life and mine and ours! Best regards. Nathan.

Hi brother! I’ve seen both of your videos dealing with your SSHL story and thought I’d comment on this one. On August 19, 2018 I went to bed with near perfect hearing, and woke up on Aug 20th with sudden hearing loss in my left ear. My story is much the same as yours. I did have the steroid injections through the eardrum. They were terribly painful and yielded no improvement. I would say that my left side hearing is maybe 10% or less, with the hearing I do have being completely garbled. As you, I have severe tinnitus in that ear, but I quickly learned to live with it. It does, however, add to my inability to concentrate or quickly formulate thoughts in many conversational situations. Directional location of sound is problematic for me, so I have to be careful about that. Ambulances and such can be difficult for me to locate. I went with Phonak CROS hearing aids and I use a Phonak Roger Pen at times, which definitely helps. I would say that the hearing aids give me maybe 20% better hearing, making my hearing experience more “expansive”. Even with the hearing aids, I still have to turn my right ear to hear people in many situations. Of course, loud rooms, restaurants, airports, etc are the worst. I’d describe those environments as oppressive. The problem has actually left me with very sensitive hearing, which can be physically painful under certain circumstances. Hearing aids are far from a solution that replicates original hearing, so one needs to learn about them in order to have realistic expectations, but for me, I’m glad I have them. One thing for sure, if you have normal hearing there is no way to fully grasp the effects of SSHL on a person. I’m blessed with a wife who expresses the love and sympathy I need when I need it. Sometimes you just feel sorry for yourself. With that said, I TOTALLY agree with your thoughts on the love of Jesus Christ and the strength that only He can give. Only through Christ have I been able to “make my own sunshine” in what can often be very challenging circumstances. Your thoughts on how blessed we are despite SSHL are exactly how I feel (most of the time). As fallible humans, we still have to collect ourselves and count our blessings. That’s what prayer and reading God’s word is for. Thanks SO much, my brother in Christ! I plan to make myself available through my church and other means, to do what you have here. Be an encourager to those who go through similar events of challenge.

I really appreciate the positivity, this just happened to me as a side affect of covid...life will go on

I am 44. In August 2023 I woke up during my holidays with a sudden hearing loss on my right ear. First I thought my ear wax was clothed so I only saw a doctor a day later, worrying about a possible painless middle ear infection. Since my work requires auditioning singers I was extra worried when I saw a doctor and got the first diagnoses of temporary hearing loss (an ear infarct). All speaking voice frequencies were under 60% so in the hospital they recommended I would take part in a new clinic study. Luckily this study is also embedded at the Dutch university clinic in Nijmegen. I am based in The Netherlands so I quickly returned home to not miss the window of about 6 days when the treatment should start. At the hospital of Nijmegen I had to undergo new tests and after 6 days when I woke up with the hearing loss my hearing was slightly better so I could not take part of the clinic study any longer. So I started a regular 10 day treatment of 60mg prednisolon per day. I felt the side effects of the medication but 14 days after the start of the treatment started I made another test and the hearing was back to 100%. I obviously was extremely relieved and felt it’s important to share my story, as it helped me a lot to hear positive stories while trying to accept any outcome of my recovery. During my healing phase I did not drink alcohol, I saw many friends, slept a lot, but also did many hikes, I was on a 100% sickness leave for 2 weeks which helped a lot to focus on my needs and healing.

Thanks for your video. Can you please let me know how you are going now. is the tinnitus bothering you yet? I just had SSHL and it is very useful to follow your journey. I am just having some difficulty with tinnitus and worrying about this affecting my other ear too.

Wow I totally relate to your story. I am going on month two and I have had the exact same experience with my right ear. I had pink eye in my right eye right before it though.

Thank you for sharing! I also have a SSHL on my right ear with constant tinitus. Just want to know if you are experiencing slight imbalance while walking or moving around? And did you ever experience vertigo? Thank you for your response.

Not joking, this happened to me and I was told it is also a side effect of viagra. Just throwing that out there. They call it viagra deafness. I'm 60 years old by the way. Good luck to you.

Have you been back on a plane since the hearing loss?

Thank you for sharing. I'm a pastor and just experienced SSHL on May 20. Heard a pop in my ear. I'm currently on a 20 day steroid regiment. I feel blessed that I only lost high frequency and can still hear although it's muffled and distorted. I plan to get a hearing aid. My left ear still has normal hearing. You were right in your first video that when this happens it's scary and life altering. Once your senses start going it feels like freedom is being taken. I also cried to my wife when I told her after visiting the ENT. But I'm continuing to trust in the Lord and that good can come from this. Jesus never promised us an easy life but as you said one day all will be restored.

I woke up on April 7 2023 with total deafness in my right ear after a high fever. Exactly as you describe, the Prednisone, 10% restoration (but very screechy) etc. But I also had an MRI this week which discovered a large brain tumor which the doctor says is non malignant but was totally unexpected. So this was a rough week. I believe in Jesus Christ too, and that may be the only reason Ive been able to take this catastrophic news in stride.

Please reply How is the ringing now is there any improvement in it ? my mom is suffering from the 2

Thanks so much for this Rick. Are you still playing the guitar?

I lost my hearing in my right ear too, yes it sucks! I went to an ENT specialist and they recommended ear injections. I had only 18% hearing left and after the 1st shot I went to 56%. Just got a second shot last week. It's a injection straight through the ear drum, it hurts but it's worth the pain. Don't give up my friend Good luck and God bless

sir ...suffring snhl ....last year than go to ent hospital ....tha treatment start then recover 30% than further not recover beyond day plaz suggetion .....nw doing work heraing cell regenrationn.....

UK here ... had this during lockdown in 2020 I was very lucky and had two intratympanic steroid injections which saved my hearing ... I have two hearing aids now but without urgent help I would be completely deaf in my left ear ... if this happens to you get it sorted immediately

Have you flown since? I have my first flight with SSHL soon and I am terrified of the possible experience.

i hear you brother, pardon the pun this happened to me 6 months ago went to bed one woke up with full ear thought must be wax but nope i ended up with an ear infection walk in centre 2 times antibiotics 2 times back to Drs more antibiotics had terrible headaches was eating pain killers like sweets eventually wen to a private hearing clinic to see if they could clean my ear as it had stopped leaking from a perforation they looked and said tell your Dr to refer you ASAP to the ENT dept after 3 visits cleaning and a polyp removed long story short honest i was pretty suicidal lost all confidence hated going out only felt better in bed i bought an ear amplifier from Amazon and it was a Godsend its gave me balance and i could hear much better its not perfect but its better than it was i was told i have mild hearing loss after a hearing test i prayed it was a eustachian tube symptom ( same symptoms ) that could be treated and my hearing would return but no, sensory loss, now have a hearing aid again not perfect but i get by i am still pretty much damaged mentally and i might never by the same person but i have a partner and grandson who rely on me so i'm plodding on for them, pretty sure if not for them i might not be here to write this story so give the hearing amplifiers a try then move to hearing aids if need be

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Thank you for this testimony. My sister just suffered the same thing. She also has terrible vibrating and noise like cymbals and drums in her head.

Amen. I am experiencing this now and not confident about things turning around with my sudden hearing loss; I have an upcoming 2nd hearing test and meet with an ENT. From what I researched and heard on several occasions form first time SSHL folks is there not much Dr can do and they also don't know the cause of SSHL but only have some ideas. I hope and pray my hearing returns to my left ear. The sovereign Lord allowed this to happen to me and I am mostly prepared to not regain my hearing. I would be a terrible tv preacher for I have believe that christians are not exempt from suffering in life. My strength and hope are in Christ and will be more so in the days to come. He can heal me miraculously or through medicines/Dr. it does not change, God is good!

Hello sir and happy new year. I have just got out of the hospital having the same issue. My case was even worst because i had dizziness and tinnitus. Sudden hearing loss with dizziness and tinnitus means that there is already an extend damage , not only in the area responsible for hearing called hair cells inside the cochlea organ. Please allow me to go to some vital details for everybody as this is a situation that needs high dose of cortizone in less than 12 hours to have some more chances to restore SOME of the hearing. We are talking about inner ear damage. It cannot be prevented as many different reasons can create this issue but we DO know that poor blood circulation may cause among others this problem.Poor blood circulation may definitely occur even in healthy people when they have an eating disorder (ex. eating too many sweets at once) . There are levels of severeness in this issue. First level is only hearing loss , now , this is quite tricky because the lack of other symptoms leeds more of the people to think that their ears are just blocked. How can you tell the difference from just cold (flue) , blocked ear - you can push air holding your nose and that should work , and severe sudden hearing loss ? Its very simple , many people at least a few times in their life has experienced a small high pitch noise in their ears that gone away after seconds.That noise is the creation of the brain. The brain creates that noise to cover up lost sound information that have just got lost in the inner ear. At that moment some of the ear hair tiny cells or even a small part of the acoustic nerve stopped feeding the brain with information. The brain reacts trying to keep the initial balance of sounds by creating this short high pitch sound that goes away in seconds meaning that the sound information has been restored. There is ABSOLUTELY no good reason , to have any sudden change in volume , high frequencies or low frequencies in your hearing , flue needs days to block the ear and you WILL have fever , inchy noise as the virus passes from respiratory system first. Middle ear otitis can be a reason and yes , you need some experience to self exam this but just to give a point , with middle ear otitis you have fluids after the ear drum which again means that holding your nose and pushing air will interfere with the existing fluid (divers have a lot of experience in this ) Second level is hearing loss with tinnitus , probability of (partial always) recovery is against you here . Third level is Hearing loss with tinnitus and low sense of balance.Here we have an extend damage as hair cells are gone , the semicircular canals and the otolith - responsible for balance are gone too. The whole inner structure has been attached here and probability is really against you.The only good thing is that losing balance may alert you to go to the hospital, and that was my case. Hearing ability is measured with volume (db) and frequencies starting at 125(bass) up to 8000hz. People can hear up to 20.000 when they are young but normally an adult can hear up 14000hz which gives that extra quality in sounds , so you can hear leafs falling , small birds . If suddenly and for no good reason(ex. a good explanation losing some of our hearing can be a gunshot) you realize that your hearing has change you have to go to the hospital right away.Time is against you. Its similar to heart attack. I do hope that this may help people to get some more chances of recovery. God bless you all !

Thank you Rick for your video. Really interesting how you told about one ear taking over since this is the same that happened to me. Actually (I have SSHL on left ear) when I cover my right ear, I sometimes have the feeling to hear less left ... In fact I always don't hear much left anymore at all - even though I am wearing a hearing aid since years now but my good ear compensates a lot of it and I am really thankful for this. We all should heep in mind that the treatment doctors give in sich cases are only based on theorys. There are no scientific studies that actually prove that those coriosteroids will help and as you said there is absolutely no reason to try injections if tablets did not help you since the only difference is the time it takes to have a potential impact. Also there is no proven timeframe in which you can say for sure that your hearing won't get better anymore - doctors simply don't know. The only tell you their experiences and what they read themselves. Unfortunately SSHL is still a big mystery and doctors are assuming. Best thing you can do is to adjust - just like you did. It is not the end of the world and there's still much you can do and enjoy the same you could before. Yes, it is a bad thing but it is up to ourselves how bad we let us impact it. To everybody who is experiencing SSHL I wish you all the best and don't give up hope.

This was a great witness. Thanks so much. I have delt with hearing loss my whole life. Very difficult when you are young. I am older now and can handle it much better. Anyone new to hearing loss please realize that it will be ok. I acknowledged this is the cross I have to carry in life that will be with me the rest of my life. That is ok. You can do it. Thanks again Rick. God Bless and take care.

Hey Rick, I would like to ask you how does your own voice sound to you now? Is it deeper or soft or no change?

Hi Rick. Can you wear a hearing aid?

I go deaf for a second

Hi Rick, thanks for sharing your story. It's inspiring how you handled it in a positive way and how you're actually using it to help others who are on the same issue. I experienced SSNHL 10 days ago. Not being able to listen from one ear is far worse than it seems so I feel you. The first day I woke up hearing less in my right ear with a ringing noise that became worse during the day. I thought it might be wax and tried to individually clean my ear. However, I hoped it would get better the next day, but next morning I was completely deaf from that ear. Living in a farm in Argentina I drove 50 km to the nearest town where I found an ENT who checked my ear and ordered to do an audiogram which I did in the afternoon (36 hours since the incident started). She prescribed the max dose of corticosteroids which I started. Five days forward no improvement, I was still deaf in my right ear and wasc starting to get desperate. I started reading a lot and found some positive reviews using hyperbaric chamber oxygen therapy so I called one, made an appointment and started the next day I started the next day. From there on magic happened. The first session I heard a little pop in my ear for the first time. During the following sessions my hearing started improving significantly. I already had 4 sessions and I have already recovered 90% of my hearing loss. I still hear the ringing sometimes but it's less frequent and smoother. I wanted to share this because if someone is suffering from SSNHL hyperbaric chamber therapy is a great alternative. Cheers

Sir my 18 months baby hearing loss plz suggestions me🥲🥲

Thanks for sharing Rick. I had a question for you. I was wondering if you are able to "pop" your ears after the flight? I am trying to see if there is a correlation between the changes in pressure, the effects that has on the eustachian tube, and the hearing loss. Are you able to clear you ears (pop them) at this point. Thanks