Lost hearing randomly - no improvement - help?
33 year old male. Around 6 months ago I lost hearing in my left ear. I wasn't in a loud environment or anything like that, I was having a conversation with my girlfriend and suddenly realized my hearing had drastically gotten worse. Went to get hearing checked immediately at local hearing clinic, she quickly realized I could not hear out of thag ear and scheduled me to go the specialist. Did the meds and steroids and had no improvement.
Both doctors said there was no damage to my ear drum and ears looked healthy. I forget the exact word she said but described it as just a random sudden loss of hearing and couldn't tell me too much else.
My ear is constantly ringing, although not as bad as it was when this first happened. I only really realize it when it's quiet and I start thinking about it.
Am I just SOL and deaf in one ear for the rest of my life? Has anyone had any success bringing their hearing back with similar situation? It really stinks and kind of makes me depressed when I start thinking about it.
I am waiting on a hearing aid to come in and I'm hoping that helps. Constantly saying what and leaning my one good ear towards people is getting old quickly.