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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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Pre-marketing advert showing the book front cover - a background of purple, pink and blue, with "Sudden Hearing Loss" written in yellow capitals. Next to the book is a blurb from Peter Wix, editor at Audiology WorldNews.
March 3, 2025 hearing loss / Single-Sided Deafness / Sudden Hearing Loss book / sudden sensorineural hearing loss

Exciting News for World Hearing Day: Our Book on Sudden Hearing Loss!

My Sudden hearing loss changed everything. In an instant, my hearing went from my superpower—something I prided myself on as

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November 28, 2024 Cochlear Implant / hearing loss / Single-Sided Deafness

My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 7 – Surgery Recovery

I had prepared for the worst regarding my cochlear implant surgery recovery. I am the kind of person who seems

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November 27, 2024 Cochlear Implant / hearing loss / Single-Sided Deafness

My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 6 – Surgery Day!

12th November, 2024  I woke up from my cochlear implant surgery to the familiar sight of the anaesthetist, his wild

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Headshot of Carly - woman in her early 40s with brown hair in a bob style, wearing a yellow top. Over the photo is a drawn-on white cochlear implant over her left ear.
October 25, 2024 Cochlear Implant / Single-Sided Deafness

My Cochlear Implant Story: Part 5 – It’s a Date!

It’s finally happening! I have a date for my cochlear implant (CI) surgery. After 8 years and 2 months since

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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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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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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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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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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
  • 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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