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My Hearing Loss Story

My experience of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and how it affects my life.

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Author: myhearinglossstory

Hi, My name is Carly and I'm currently living in Spain. I am originally from a small seaside town in Yorkshire called Bridlington and have also lived in China and Thailand. For 14 years, I worked as a teacher, specialising in Early Years Education. I am currently working as a transformational coach for people with hearing loss, and a hearing health writer. In August 2016, I experienced sudden sensorineural hearing loss in my left ear. I started this blog as a way to inform my friends and family about my progress, for anyone else who is going through a similar experience as me, or for anybody who is interested in learning about this type of hearing loss, and the way it can affect everyday life. I am also the founder of the Sudden Hearing Loss Support website, which provides information and support to anyone affected by sudden hearing loss. I love walking in the countryside, getting lost in Madrid, going out for breakfast, taking photos, listening to music, storytelling podcasts, baking, running, drinking wine, and eating spicy food.
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September 18, 2023 Balance Awareness Week / dizziness / Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Balance Awareness Week: Airport Spins

Making my way through the queue barriers, zig-zagging through the empty pathway, I feel like a mouse in some cruel

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Carly and her sister when they were around 6 years and 5 years old. Carly is wearing a yellow dress and here sis is wearing a blue and pink dress with a white collar. They are both smiling.
July 25, 2023 hearing loss / interview

Sister Talk: A Conversation About My Hearing Loss

My sister is my best friend. We have always been there for each other through significant life events such as

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July 21, 2023 Cochlear Implant / hearing loss

My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 3 – Reasons Not to Get a Cochlear Implant

Image by ErikaWittlieb from Pixabay I walked through the door, and the person sitting there wasn’t a doctor I recognised. I had met

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May 25, 2023 Cochlear Implant / hearing loss

My Cochlear Implant Story, Part 2: The Results I’d Been Waiting For

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay 4 days following the hearing tests, I’m back at the hospital to meet the ENT specialist to

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Side profile of a woman having a cochlear implant fitted.
May 24, 2023 Cochlear Implant / hearing loss

My Cochlear Implant Story, Part 1: Could I Be a Candidate?

Yet again, I’m wandering around a Spanish hospital with no idea where I’m supposed to be and what I’m supposed

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April 4, 2023 hearing loss / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Could Botox Help My Vestibular Migraines?—Part 2

Photo by Diana Polekhina on Unsplash I was a little nervous waiting for my number to appear on the screen to signal me

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February 22, 2023 hearing loss / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Could Botox Help My Vestibular Migraines?—Part 1

Photo by Raghavendra V. Konkathi on Unsplash “Have you ever tried Botox?” he asked me. I raised an eyebrow questioningly.

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Image of Frieder Kuhne on the left and Carly Sygrove (me) on the right. Title reads: Tinnitus and Sudden Hearing Loss w/Carly Sygrove, Ep 43
January 23, 2023 hearing loss / podcast / sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Podcast: Sudden Hearing Loss and Tinnitus

I recently had the pleasure of speaking to tinnitus coach at Outring Tinnitus, Frieder Kühne. Like me, Frieder has hearing

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January 11, 2023 communication / hearing loss

My Hearing Loss Family 

Image by Rishi Singh from Pixabay  While visiting my family over the holidays, hearing loss was a strong theme throughout.  I live overseas

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October 26, 2022 hearing loss / single sided deafness

Self-Advocacy: I Should Have Done More 

Image by StockSnap from Pixabay Another doctor’s appointment and I’m sitting in the waiting area. I’m a little nervous. I take a breath.

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Welcome to my blog!

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I’m Carly Sygrove, and this is the story of my experience of sudden sensorineural hearing loss and how it has affected my life.

Top Posts & Pages

  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 9 – Activation Day
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 8 – Choosing an Audio Processor
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 3 - Reasons Not to Get a Cochlear Implant
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 18 – One Year Post-Implantation
  • Living with Single-Sided Deafness
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 7 – Surgery Recovery
  • One Year On... My Thoughts on My Sudden Hearing Loss
  • Could Botox Help My Vestibular Migraines?—Part 3: The Verdict
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 17 – The Day I Met Another Rondo
  • A Note on Diuretics (and more medical terminology)

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  • Balance Awareness Week (1)
  • BBC Documentary (5)
  • Blog Awards (4)
  • Book Reviews (1)
  • Campaigns and Research (7)
  • Coaching (2)
  • Cochlear Implant (18)
  • communication (2)
  • dizziness (1)
  • Fundraising (5)
  • Hearing Link (5)
  • hearing loss (46)
  • hearing loss coaching (1)
  • Hearing Loss Projects (13)
  • interview (1)
  • Menieres disease (14)
  • migraine (1)
  • Other People's Stories (5)
  • podcast (1)
  • Published Articles (14)
  • septoplasty (4)
  • single sided deafness (3)
  • Single-Sided Deafness (54)
  • socializing (1)
  • Sudden Hearing Loss book (1)
  • sudden sensorineural hearing loss (53)
  • The Limping Chicken (7)
  • tinnitus (9)
  • vertigo (1)
  • vestibular disorder (15)
  • Vestibular Function Tests (2)
  • vestibular migraine (10)
  • vestibular rehabilitation (3)
  • wellbeing (2)

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Hearing Me Documentary
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Review of CROS hearing aid

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