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  1. dz dave

    Car Accident Started It All

    Ironically, the airbags didn’t deploy. Never had tinnitus or hearing issues at all until that accident, then the left ear rang immediately. I was hit while I was stopped - the other car hit me at an estimated 55mph. So, I think both sound and trauma could have caused mine. Audiologists think the...
  2. dz dave

    Car Accident Started It All

    Deb, sorry to hear about your issues, as well. I developed the Menderes about 6 months after the accident -crazy dizzy spells that lasted until I’d throw up. Took me Liz one proactively to stave off the dizzyness that my body told me would be coming. Once I lost my hearing a few years later the...
  3. dz dave

    Car Accident Started It All

    Even if that was the case, the FDA would not allow the surgery if there is at learner 15% hearing left in thexear. I have close to 60% but seems lower due to the tinnitus. Then cost would become an issue, as the surgery and accessories came to $90K for the one side. Assuming a 50% savings of...
  4. dz dave

    Car Accident Started It All

    Yes, it helps control the tinnitus when on and the hearing is excellent. I wasn’t as concerned about the hearing as much as getting rid of the tinnitus, but it was a nice “side effect”. The tinnitus is so loud in my right ear, though, and have too much hearing left to qualify for a cochlear -...
  5. dz dave

    Car Accident Started It All

    Rear ended in 1994, tinnitus started in my left ear immediately . Thought the herniated disk was the worst part of the accident. Nope. Menieres started within a couple months then lost hearing in my left ear by 1999 with very loud tinnitus that rivaled any ambient sound volume around me. I was...