BKMK
I lost my hearing when I was 16. I must preface that with the fact I didn't have hearing in my left ear, which I'd either lost at birth, or at a very early age.
Anyway, the doctors told me I'd had Labyrinthine Encephalitis, which became complicated by viral Influenza and the mumps, which unfortunately went down on me. the hearing went about a week later, fading in the course of a day.
My parents, who worked on that Saturday, made an appointment with a doctor, who unfortunately flew the coop for a vacation in Florida when I couldn't get there in time.
As it turned out, they later told my parents I was quite lucky to have survived the ordeal. I can attest...I was quite sick.
As events would have it, the literature states in such cases, the hearing usually does not return. I'm hoping something like this might resurrect a modicum of hearing, which a hearing aid might assist.
When I say I'm deaf, I'm not kidding. There's nothing there.
CA....