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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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Category: Single-Sided Deafness

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.

August 14, 2019 BBC Documentary / Hearing Loss Projects / Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Hey Rosey – My Music Festival Story

I was dancing! I was smiling! Some of my hearing loss grief was lifting, and this stifled part of my personality; this love of live music, was being reignited.

June 10, 2019 Published Articles / Single-Sided Deafness / The Limping Chicken

Living with Single-Sided Deafness

I lost the hearing in my left ear through sudden hearing loss in August 2016. There wasn’t a known cause

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February 26, 2019 BBC Documentary / Hearing Loss Projects / Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Hearing Me – A Documentary for the BBC World Service – Now Available to Listen to!

It’s been two and a half years since I suddenly lost the hearing in my left ear, and today I

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February 22, 2019 BBC Documentary / Hearing Loss Projects / Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Hearing Me – A Documentary for the BBC World Service

Something exciting happened last month! I was involved in making a radio documentary for the BBC World Service, which describes

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December 11, 2018 Single-Sided Deafness

Small Talk with a Stylist

During the summer, while spending some time in England, I had a really great experience at a hair salon. Although

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August 21, 2018 Single-Sided Deafness

“You Really Need to Learn How to Lip Read.”

I walked into a busy classroom and the teacher motioned for me to go over to where they were sitting.

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February 1, 2018 Single-Sided Deafness

Working With My One Ear

I used to almost consider my hearing as a super strength; it was a sense I relied heavily on as

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December 9, 2017 Single-Sided Deafness

Specialist Appointment Part 2: Ear Bubbles, a Blocked Nose… and a Plan

…The specialist only briefly addressed my noise sensitivity. It had been my understanding from my previous appointment, with the previous

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October 23, 2017 Single-Sided Deafness

Another Consultation With Another Specialist – Part 1: Distractions

The first thing he said to me was that I would never get my hearing back. There was no greeting.

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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.

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