Menieres without the vertigo?
Hi I was diagnosed with menieres by an ENT 2 years ago following a lifetime of fluctuating hearing loss and tinnitus.
Hearing loss for most of my life was in my left ear in the severe range and across all frequencies and I have some low frequency loss in my right ear until recently. I’ve worn a hearing aid in my left ear since I was about 13.
I’m now 43 and over the last 2-3 years my hearing in my right ear is all over the place with loss across the board and low frequencies often sounding v distorted. Hearing aids help but people still literally need to be standing right in-front of me with no background noise for me to understand what people are saying. Hearing loss can go from 0.5 days to 18 months and is down at the moment. I have no obvious triggers and I’m on a low salt diet, drink minimal alcohol, chocolate and caffeine. Getting down and apprehensive about any kind of social interactions that aren’t immediate family.
I feel fortunate that I don’t get episodes of vertigo, but I understand for most people that suffer with menieres this is a prominent diagnostic symptom.
Interested to know if others have a similar experience. Is it possible to have menieres without the vertigo? Are there any other conditions it could be?
Thanks!