--- In baha_anz@..., "welshjanet"
<gourmetkitchens@...> wrote:
>
> I lost my hearing in my right ear 20 years ago - noone has been
able
> to say how or why it happened. I was at work and when I answered
the
> phone - I couldnt hear anyone. I thought something was wrong with
> the phone till I switched the phone to my left ear and could hear.
> I spent the new few years having tests, seeing doctors, going
around
> in circles. I was left with very severe tinnitus and no hearing in
> one ear. All the specialists I saw said that it would be just
> something I would have to live with. There was nothing they could
do
> about the hearing or the tinnitus. I occasionally have episodes of
> vertigo but, thankfully, they are becoming less frequent. The
> tinnitus has been with me every day since and I still struggle with
> it.
> I had learnt to accept the deafness and found ways to help me in
> different situations. I still avoid large crowds, and struggle if
I
> am in a group of more than a couple of people. If I go out for
> dinner with more than one other I try to choose the seat at the end
> so noone is sitting to my right. I find it impossible to
distinguish
> where a voice is coming from.
> Each time I need to go to the GP for some reason, I usually ask if
> any advancements have been made regarding my ear. The answer has
> always been the same - no - the hearing is gone.
> My youngest daughter is a nurse, and is now specialising in the
> neurology theatre. She has encouraged me to see an ENT again as
she
> is seeing how many new procedures are being done now with regard to
> ENT. She works at Royal North Shore and had not heard of the
BAHA.
> Apparently the procedure is not done there.
> At her insistence I again visted an ENT who referred me on to Dr.
> Chang at St. Vincents Private Hospital. Dr. Chang told me about
the
> BAHA and said I would be a candidate. I am having my trial BAHA
> fitted tomorrow. I am very excited at the prospect of being able
to
> hear again. Only a month ago, I didnt realise that such a thing
> existed.
> I took a BAHA brochure back to my GP and she had not heard of it
> either.
> I go back to see Dr. Chang in a couple of weeks, so I will let you
> know how I go with the trial.
> Fingers crossed.

Hi again, if you want to meet up for a coffee and have a look at my
Baha and ask questions, give me a call. It's amazing technology and
I am positive that you will benefit so much and your life will
improve beyond your dreams. Wendy Jansz
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