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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: vestibular migraine

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July 12, 2024 migraine / vestibular migraine

Migraine, Migraine, Go Away

Image by KERBSTONE from Pixabay I’m fed up. Frustrated. Another flare. Six days in. Months of flares. Chronic vestibular migraine,

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January 23, 2024 hearing loss / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Could Botox Help My Vestibular Migraines?—Part 3: The Verdict

Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay I have now been receiving Botox as a preventative treatment for my vestibular migraines for around 9

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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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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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September 20, 2022 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Balance Awareness Week, 2022: Are You a Vestibular Warrior?

Image by Mark Frost from Pixabay This week (September 18-24, 2022) is Balance Awareness Week. Here I’m sharing something I wrote earlier this

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December 1, 2021 hearing loss / Menieres disease / vestibular migraine / wellbeing

How Moving Home Has Impacted My Hearing Health

𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗯𝘆𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗱 Goodbye to our first home together, and friends so special to me. Goodbye to getting lost on city

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September 21, 2020 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

My Dizzy Life: Balance Awareness Week

This week is Balance Awareness Week. Charities such as The Ménière’s Society are running various events to raise awareness of vestibular (balance) disorders,

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March 5, 2020 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Some Kind of Vestibular Disorder 

With a lack of coordination-control and a pounding head, I feel both drunk and hungover. I’m walking on sand, sinking with every step.

November 6, 2018 Menieres disease / vestibular disorder / vestibular migraine

Dizzy Dollies

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay When I was a child, I used to play a game with my sister, called Dizzy Dollies.

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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 18 – One Year Post-Implantation
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 3 - Reasons Not to Get a Cochlear Implant
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 7 – Surgery Recovery
  • Living with Single-Sided Deafness
  • 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
  • My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 5 – It’s a Date!

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