Jill Re: progressive hearing loss?

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Hi Jill,

thank you for your reply

I will keep this in mind as I am stil unsure of how

Ricky's loss is at the moment, whether its temporary

or permentant or if its worse in one ear or the other,

so after I see the ENT again in early february I am

still up in the air I will know more then I

suppose.

Thanks again,

--- JillcWood@... wrote:

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I'm late in answering these email, so ignore me if

someone has already said

this.

The fluid could be only one component in the loss. For

instance our son

would get ear infections with fluid that would take

weeks to go away. But that is

not what caused his stapes bone to become detached

from the other middle ear

bones. For Ian, fluid in the ears is only one, rather

minor, part of his

hearing loss.

Now when he has allergies or a head cold his loss will

be a bit more, but

that is not a permanent reduction in his hearing. As

soon as the cold has

passed, he is back to his whatever his current level

of loss is.

However, it's my understanding that if the middle ear

infection are chronic,

they can cause damage (scarring) in the middle ear and

that can result in a

more permanent hearing loss.

Best -- Jill

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