@Martinf I'm very sorry to hear about that, and I'm in a bit of a similar situation. But while scrolling through your profile, I read of numerous loud noise exposures...
@Martinf Sadly, that's very true, but we can do our best to minimize it. I'd for example never be in public without double protection, even if I do a splendid recovery, the risks are just too high, likewise I would try to rearrange my life to completely avoid places that could potentially be loud. It can be boring, but there's a lot of other fun stuff one can do instead.