Sudden Hearing Loss
Something weird happened to me just over a week ago: I experienced sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL). I’ve just about fully recovered now, but it was quite scary and very different to what I thought it was going to be like. It started on Monday 20th February. I had just taken a shower and my ear felt strange, quite similar to the pressure from an airplane flight or some kind of blockage. I felt a bit dizzy but it didn’t really bother me. I could still hear fine, or so it seemed; I didn’t think it was serious. Then the next day, I woke up completely fine. Whatever the problem was seemed to have resolved itself and I felt normal. Then the next day… my ear felt blocked again. ...