i have had Meniere's for well over 20 years. In the early years the attacks were horrendous and frequent but gradually settled down to one or two a year. More recently they have returned with avegence. This is not the normal pattern of the disease from what i have read. Also my hearing remains almost perfect despite having suffered with tinnitus daily from the onset of this disease. Obviously i am grateful for this but was just wondering what pttern the disease is taking with others? Has anyone noticed significant hearing loss?
I have it for 2 years and i dont have hearing loss yet i hope i wont have in the future too.
I hope so too. Despite the length of time i have had this disease i only had my first hearing test a couple of months back. Specsavers offer a free hearing test service which is handy as you don't have the lengthy NHS waiting time.
I haven't had it for this long, but haven't noticed any significant hearing loss. I have dizziness and tinnitus. The tinnitus is somedays worse than others but the dizziness is with me constantly. I am trying to learn to live with it.(not easy)
I take betahistine and they are really helping. I don't know why ,(but who cares!)
My dizziness comes and goes as do my balance problems. All we can do is to learn to live with it.
if my Menieres was following the predicted stages i would no longer be having any attacks and i would be deaf by now but regardless of hearing loss the tinnitus is generally present throughout life.