"Hearing Loss" after a cold
G. M. Alf
gmalf at gte.net
Wed Nov 12 11:51:48 EST 1997
On 11 Nov 1997 17:46:18 GMT, kimberski at aol.com (Kimberski) wrote:
>Every so often I evaluate someone who tells me they had a severe cold, sometime
> within the past year, and ever since that time they can not hear. Air, bone,
> and speech testing (at 40 dBHL, typically) are all normal! Pure tone
> thresholds are between 0 and 10 dB, and air and bone line right up. I
> recently had two in the same day! The audiologist I work with says she has
> experienced this as well. Does anybody have any ideas about this? What
> might lead to this perception? What to say to these people?
I'm just guessing but it may be due to a lingering sinus infection
that gives the sensation of being plugged.
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