>tfw lost almost all the hearing in one of my ears as a preteen
>the other ear was fairly normal but is struck with tinnitus every one in a while
>The tinnitus probably started when a bully screamed in my ear as hard as he could in highschool
>had to ask people what they were saying multiple times if they're standing on my left side causing them to believe I was retarded
>tfw sometimes after the tinnitus my ear is sensitive to high pitched sounds (even breathing loudly) and they make my ear ring
I'm scared shitless. If I lose my remaining ear, I'll become a useless disabled person and I'll have to drop out and use sign language to understand what people are saying.
I'll have to watch everything with subtitles and I won't enjoy soundtracks and shit. All I'll be able to do is remember what the world used to sound like.
I don't know if I should kms if it comes to that.
The doctors can't do anything.
Is sign language universal or specific for every country?
>>37995556
hang in there.
Deaf people can manage
>have shitty hearing for like 6 years in my left ear
>Finally the other day a huge solid chunk of wax the size of my fingernail falls out
>Hearing is back
Fuck yeah
>>37995732
Lucky you.
I spent a long time hoping that it was just wax. But then it wasn't. It was permanent nerve damage
Anyone else have bad tinnitus? The ringing in my ears is constant and loud. The voices in my head have to be even louder. I try to meditate but it's impossible for me to stop the noises in my head.
>>37996852
Just be at piece with them.
That's what I do.
I just treat them as a part of my human condition.
It's what silence sounds like to me.