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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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    • Hearing Aid Know: Trying out a CROS Hearing Aid for My Sudden Hearing Loss
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Category: Single-Sided Deafness

August 14, 2020 Single-Sided Deafness / vestibular disorder

Lockdown Reflections Part 2: Life with a Balance Disorder 

Self-isolation is a concept with which I am well-acquainted. I feel isolated in my illness which cannot be seen.

August 3, 2020 Campaigns and Research / Hearing Loss Projects / Single-Sided Deafness

Working Together to Develop the Research of Treatments for Single-Sided Deafness

In an online consensus meeting, international experts in Single-Sided Deafness (SSD) made important decisions that will shape the future of SSD research!

June 18, 2020 Single-Sided Deafness

Communicating Through the Face Mask Barrier

Unfortunately, through the two layers of face-coverings, her speech reached my ear as a series of unintelligible scrambled tones and fragments of muffled words.

June 2, 2020 Hearing Link / Menieres disease / Other People's Stories / Published Articles / Single-Sided Deafness

Brad’s Hearing Loss Story

She came round the corner just in time to watch me vomit on the side of the street. I think that was the moment she internalised what was happening.

February 18, 2020 hearing loss / Published Articles / Single-Sided Deafness / The Limping Chicken

Airport Workers – Please Stop Shouting

Image by Jan Vašek from Pixabay A friend of mine recently told me a story about how her elderly grandmother, who is in

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January 30, 2020 Hearing Link / Hearing Loss Projects / Other People's Stories / Published Articles / Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Eva’s Hearing Loss Story

‘… a few months back, I decided that I was going to do whatever I wanted to do, without hesitation…What happened? I wasn’t perfect, but I was pretty damn good!’

October 23, 2019 Hearing Link / Published Articles / Single-Sided Deafness

The Loneliness of a Busy Restaurant

What I have realised is that I appreciate the hearing I have left. And, I pay extra attention to my other senses, as I now rely more on these to interact with the world.

September 26, 2019 Campaigns and Research / Hearing Loss Projects / Single-Sided Deafness

CROSSSD Study – You Can Help with Vital Research!

I recently came across an interesting research project, whilst browsing on Twitter. The purpose of the study was to help

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September 12, 2019 BBC Documentary / Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss / tinnitus

Hearing Me – with a Twist!

I am so happy to share an updated recording of the BBC World Service Documentarywhich I was involved in earlier

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September 5, 2019 Published Articles / Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss / The Limping Chicken

Learning a New Language with Hearing Loss

Quite surprisingly, I feel that I have developed some skills that ‘hearing people’ may not be as adept at employing in communication as those without full hearing ability; skills that actually help me to comprehend a second language.

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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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  • Menieres disease (14)
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  • vestibular disorder (15)
  • Vestibular Function Tests (2)
  • vestibular migraine (10)
  • vestibular rehabilitation (3)
  • wellbeing (2)

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Review of CROS hearing aid

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