Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Well I went to the audiologist today to have a hearing exam and she said that my hearing was " relatively normal to very slight loss " ...and her thought was that the cholesteatoma was pretty mild. Has anyone been in this situation and NOT had surgery? I have a follow up with the ENT so I'll find out soon enough....but would appreciate hearing from others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 Hi The first thing a ctoma usually does is to demolish the little chain of bones in the middle ear, causing conductive deafness. So it does sound as if you may have caught it in the early stages. So you may not need urgent surgery but still, it's also better to get it dealt with sooner rather than later before more serious damage sets in. It amy be that they can operate through the ear canal with an early ctoma, later on it mean a mastoidectomy. Phil Better news! Well I went to the audiologist today to have a hearing exam and she said that my hearing was "relatively normal to very slight loss"...and her thought was that the cholesteatoma was pretty mild.Has anyone been in this situation and NOT had surgery? I have a follow up with the ENT so I'll find out soon enough....but would appreciate hearing from others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 After I was diagnosed with ctoma, my hearing was still PERFECT for 1.5 years (I'm sure I've had ctoma some quite some time before I was diagnosed and I had no hearing probs whatsoever). This was the main factor I avoided surgery for about 2 years. However, ctoma was growing and started causing some nasty infections/drainage it it progressed, and I developed a mild hearing loss. This loss was one of the main motivating factors to get a surgery. I have ctoma in my " good " ear too, however, it never causes problems of any kind and is very calm. Never had any sort of drainage and my doc recommended to just keep an eye on it. --- Phil <psmorris@...> wrote: > Hi > > The first thing a ctoma usually does is to demolish > the little chain of bones in the middle ear, causing > conductive deafness. So it does sound as if you may > have caught it in the early stages. So you may not > need urgent surgery but still, it's also better to > get it dealt with sooner rather than later before > more serious damage sets in. It amy be that they can > operate through the ear canal with an early ctoma, > later on it mean a mastoidectomy. > > Phil > Better news! > > > > Well I went to the audiologist today to have a > hearing exam and she > said that my hearing was " relatively normal to > very slight > loss " ...and her thought was that the cholesteatoma > was pretty mild. > > Has anyone been in this situation and NOT had > surgery? I have a > follow up with the ENT so I'll find out soon > enough....but would > appreciate hearing from others. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 15, 2004 Report Share Posted October 15, 2004 The C-toma will in some due to where is is growing act like hearing bones. You may not experance hearing loss until your surgery. This was true in my case... tom hansen --- Veronika Orlova <v_orlova@...> wrote: > After I was diagnosed with ctoma, my hearing was > still > PERFECT for 1.5 years (I'm sure I've had ctoma some > quite some time before I was diagnosed and I had no > hearing probs whatsoever). This was the main factor > I > avoided surgery for about 2 years. However, ctoma > was > growing and started causing some nasty > infections/drainage it it progressed, and I > developed > a mild hearing loss. This loss was one of the main > motivating factors to get a surgery. > > I have ctoma in my " good " ear too, however, it never > causes problems of any kind and is very calm. Never > had any sort of drainage and my doc recommended to > just keep an eye on it. > > > --- Phil <psmorris@...> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > The first thing a ctoma usually does is to > demolish > > the little chain of bones in the middle ear, > causing > > conductive deafness. So it does sound as if you > may > > have caught it in the early stages. So you may not > > need urgent surgery but still, it's also better to > > get it dealt with sooner rather than later before > > more serious damage sets in. It amy be that they > can > > operate through the ear canal with an early ctoma, > > later on it mean a mastoidectomy. > > > > Phil > > Better news! > > > > > > > > Well I went to the audiologist today to have a > > hearing exam and she > > said that my hearing was " relatively normal to > > very slight > > loss " ...and her thought was that the > cholesteatoma > > was pretty mild. > > > > Has anyone been in this situation and NOT had > > surgery? I have a > > follow up with the ENT so I'll find out soon > > enough....but would > > appreciate hearing from others. > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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