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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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April 18, 2024 hearing loss / socializing

Lost in the Crowd 

I recently moved to a new house. It was a Friday and a friend of my partner whom I had

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March 13, 2024 hearing loss

In My Cocoon: Flying With Hearing Loss

Image by Nikhil Kurian from Pixabay “You would’ve thought they’d have learned the first time, wouldn’t you?!” commented the stranger

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December 1, 2023 Cochlear Implant / Single-Sided Deafness

My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 4 – Why I’m Getting a Cochlear Implant for Single-Sided Deafness

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay As I write this blog, it is November 30th, 2023, and I have been living with single-sided

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February 23, 2018 septoplasty

Waking Up: My Septoplasty Story – Part 2

I awoke from a deep satisfying sleep with my first memory being a blurry vision of my boyfriend. Well, it

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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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August 28, 2017 Published Articles / Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss / The Limping Chicken

One Year On… My Thoughts on My Sudden Hearing Loss

It is one year since the day in the auditorium when I suddenly lost the hearing in my left ear.

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July 21, 2017 Single-Sided Deafness / sudden sensorineural hearing loss

A Meeting With the White Rabbit

I was sitting opposite her, at her desk. The tip of her nose was a smudgy black, and the area

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July 6, 2017 sudden sensorineural hearing loss

More Alternative Therapy: Part 2 – a Scattering of Needles

…As soon as he entered the room, the practitioner began to work on my neck. It felt like he was

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June 26, 2017 sudden sensorineural hearing loss

More Alternative Therapy: Part 1 – Skin Popping Included!

My consultation with the maxillofacial doctor, which by this time was 6 weeks previous, had concluded with her recommending some

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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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