Sudden Hearing Loss at 32: urgent care could have changed the outcome
TL;DR
A Washington Post Well+Being essay recounts Alison Hodgins’s experience with sudden unilateral hearing loss at age 32. She details Aug. 11, 2024 in Vancouver after a sauna, cold plunge, and sunset yoga, arguing that recognizing the condition as an emergency and seeking prompt treatment could have improved her outcome. The one-ear loss is permanent, and she now lives with tinnitus linked to a widely misdiagnosed condition.
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I lost my hearing at 32. Recognizing it as an emergency could have helped. The Washington Post
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