I went camping this weekend, sometime around 11pm last night while sitting around the campfire I notices my hearing has degraded quite a bit and my tinnitus has taken over. We had the radio on very low, no way that it was loud enough to cause damage, as any camper would know a loud radio would have brought the park ranger over, especially after 10pm. I had a few beers, but by no means was I even buzzed, let alone drunk. It was chilly out, but not cold. I was shocked to wake up this morning and find no improvement. If my hearing was at 90% before, I'd guess it to be about 50-60% now, all within an hours time or so. When i got home today I kayed down and found that if I lay still the tinnitus lessons, movement such as turning my head would cause almost a whistle in my ear such as when the wind is blowing into your ear. I'm about 2 1/2 months into wait and watch with my next MRI in April, although I expected hearing to deteriorate, I did not expect it to be this quickly an as sudden. Will call the doc tomorrow first thing, perhaps steroids could help.
I attended my sons raquetball banquet tonight and was nearly in tears realizing I could only hear sound on my AN side but can't make out the words. Another thing, my ears are extremely sensitive to everything, IP everything sounds sharp, if that makes sense.
Becky
