hearing and vision loss

[drz]

Has any one here lost all their vision or hearing from
Wegs. Or know any one who has anyone got a Cochlear implant for hearing.

I lost most of my hearing at time my diagnosis. It wiped out hearing in my only good ear that had only mild or moderate loss, along with my balance. The other ear had serious hearing loss from years of infections and surgeries and was missing all the bones of middle ear so conduction of sound was very limited.

Once i was able to attain a drug induced remission I was able to get a BAHA on my deaf ear side that sent sounds through my skull to the inner ear on the side that had some limited hearing even with a strong behind the ear (BTE) hearing aid. With the BAHA my hearing greatly improved.

My vision loss is attributed to glaucoma which is side effect of diabetes, Wegs and the meds used to treat both. My vision is also impaired by dry eye caused by inflammation of eyelids from Wegs and side effects of meds I have to take to try reduce high eye pressure causing glaucoma. Pred meds increase the eye pressure. Trying to save some hearing by increasing pred meds might cause more vision loss so it is a tough balancing act.

After my flare caused by over reaction to two Covid vaccination I experience some brief period of total hearing lost. My pred meds were increase and much of the hearing returned but with a significant decrease. Some of the decrease might be attributed loss from aging. I am 80now.

My word discrimination since Wegs has declined from around 80% to about 45% at last testing a couple years ago. I am waiting to get test again since I had another episode of total hearing loss last week. My pred meds were increased again to 60 mg day and enough hearing returned so I can hear most conversations in a quiet setting if I have my BAHA on. Other wise the world is almost total silent.

Like one cartoon I received stated. I don't mind aging but the side effects do bother me. The wink sign belongs here.