Recent content by Gregory Altman

Lorac, the prednisone accomplished nothing, but I understood that it may not at the time it was prescribed. The MRI showed nothing that would cause the sudden deafness. I have received, on a trial basis, a hearing device. It is helping me regain some semblance of "normalness". The expense of the...

11 days ago I lost the hearing in my left ear. It was sudden and virtually completely gone! I do have tinnitus, very load, in fact, most of the time. It's a loud hissing sound. My ENT gave me an injection of steroids at the first office visit and a subsequent 11 day regimen of Prednisone. I...