i am 15. and i got meningitis a month ago. i am over it but i think it ruined my hearing. i dont even relize people are talking to me.
what can a doctor do? should i see one? my family says i will go evenually. how inportant is this? i can hear most loud things. and i am DEATHLY afriad to have to wear hearing aids!!! i cant go to high school like that!!!! i dont want to go to the doctor to find out. i'm scared. will it get worse?
HELP!!!!!
2007-04-15 11:28:53 · 9 answers · asked by .:.:.Mizz_undaStood.:.:. 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
Post-lingual hearing impairment is a hearing impairment where hearing loss is adventitious and develops due to disease or trauma after the acquisition of speech and language, usually after the age of six.
In some cases, the loss is extremely sudden and can be traced to specific diseases, such as meningitis, or to ototoxic medications, such as Gentamicin. In both cases, the final degree of loss varies
I have some degree of hearing loss in my right ear due to otitis media (infection in the middle ear) as a child.
And I don't blame you for any apprehension about the use of hearing aid. They look so tacky. However, I strongly urge that you should be examined by the doctor. You need to be immediately referred to an audiologist for in-depth hearing test to determine the degree of your hearing loss. And find therapeutic measures before it's too late for intervention to avoid total hearing loss. The test is not painful at all.
There is a modern procedure now called the cochlea implant. It's a surgical procedure to apply this small hearing device in your inner ear. This will not be visible at all to the naked eye. You might check into the possibility of having your sinuses drained; as meningitis sometimes affect the sinuses. Sinus congestion can also affect the hearing..
As i was growing up, I usually asked to sit to the front of the classroom; as I can not hear very well from the back. when i watch DVD movies, i also put on the subtitle mode to help me. I try to concentrate to hear with the good ear. And I don't hesitate to ask anybody to repeat if I didn't hear what they just said. I try to face them directly or be within hearing range. My family members and friends are well acquainted with my hearing problem.
In time, maybe your hearing problem will resolve itself. Remember, that as we get older, our hearing diminishes anyway. I just try to speak clearly, and slower and not necessarily loud. Moreover, there are a lot of modern very miniscule hearing aids avialable in the market nowadays.
Ultimately the affected person may bridge communication problems by becoming skilled in speech-reading, accepting elective surgery to use a prosthetic devices such as a cochlear implant, using a hearing aid, or acquiring skill in sign language for communication.
In more serious cases, bacterial or viral mengitis can cause hearing and/or speech loss, blindness, permanent brain and nerve damage, behavioral changes, cognitive disabilities, lack of muscle control, seizures, and memory loss. These patients may need long-term therapy, medication, and supportive care. So consider yourself lucky, if you only suffer some hearing problem from this deadly disease. I know a lot of pts died from this fatal disease.
2007-04-15 12:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by rosieC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Get the hearing test right away. A doctor is the only one qualified to tell you if your hearing will recover and by how much. Don't rely on the opinons of family or friends to tell you about your body and what needs to happen to repair it.
Also, don't worry about a hearing aid just yet - see the doctor first, and see what your options are.
2007-04-15 11:39:58 · answer #2 · answered by thelostmedici 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not go get the hearing test? If he tells you that you need a hearing aid, that doesn't force you to get one. So you would be no worse off than now, but you would have more information. Who knows, he might tell you that your hearing will gradually come back. Information is good. Then you can decide for yourself what you want to do.
2007-04-15 11:36:58 · answer #3 · answered by Larry 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Meningitis is a serious disease and can have lasting effects. You should see a doctor as a follow-up measure. Although it sounds as though your family means well, you do need to be checked up on from a physician. Mention to him that you seem to have some hearing problems.
2007-04-15 11:31:34 · answer #4 · answered by Nurse Megan 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Uhh... no. nicely, perhaps. Does she surely go deaf for countless minutes? Or is it in ordinary terms a particularly lessened experience of listening to? The brains reaction to such intense excitement ought to be to diminish her listening to for some reason... in all danger no longer anthing to stress approximately, in all danger no longer something too intense.
2016-10-22 06:19:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the doctor. They may be able to give you some medicine to clear up your hearing. Good luck and take care.
2007-04-15 11:32:05 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you want to hear someone warning you of a life threatening prob like a car coming at you or not??
Only by knowing your quirks can you fix them.
2007-04-15 11:34:32 · answer #7 · answered by Doc 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes go and go asap before it gets worse.what's the point in waiting just b/c you're scared to know? you must know b/c it could be helped but it you wait longer, they might be unable to help you.
2007-04-15 11:38:34 · answer #8 · answered by youngpoet07 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HUH?
2007-04-15 11:36:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋