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Before surgery in 2024 …this happened with me as well. In 2024, I started going to the gym and adopted a much healthier lifestyle because of the influence of my roommate. She used to eat eggs daily, and although I come from a typical Brahmin family, I decided to give it a try and started eating them too.
Within just 5–6 months, my hearing improved by around 15% in both ears. Even my doctor said that such an improvement was not possible. Doctors may not always emphasize it, but I truly believe that lifestyle can be a powerful weapon against many diseases.

Suggest best hearing aid had stepedectomy last year July 25 for 1 month it was good then suddenly dropped to 80db

How’s going ..u hiding it or showing how people are reacting …will i be look dumb if I show them

Any feedback about him ..in stepedectomy …is there anybody with successful surgery or failed . (Gurugram India)

Hi everyone,

I’m sharing my journey to see if anyone has experienced something similar after a stapedectomy or has any suggestions.

I was born with normal hearing, but around the age of 21, I gradually started losing my hearing and was eventually diagnosed with otosclerosis.

I underwent a left ear stapedectomy in July 2025. Immediately after waking up from surgery, I experienced extremely severe dizziness. Within minutes, I completely lost hearing in my left ear and it felt completely dead with no response. Thankfully, after about 24 hours, the hearing came back. It was muffled, but I could hear again.

Because of severe vertigo after surgery, I took about a month of complete rest. Around 1st August (roughly 26 days after surgery), I went on a short trip to visit a temple. Unfortunately, I got caught in heavy rain, developed a cold, and later experienced ear pain. My ENT diagnosed an ear infection and prescribed medications along with antibiotics.

Up until around 14–15 August, I felt that my hearing was reasonably good, but after that it gradually started declining again. I continued treatment for several months, hoping it would improve, but unfortunately it never returned.

Now, almost a year later, my hearing in the left ear is around 80 dB. My doctor has advised waiting and trying hearing aids before considering any further intervention. However, even with a hearing aid, speech sounds distorted and metallic rather than clear, and I don’t get meaningful benefit. Because of this, my audiologist has suggested trying a CROS/BiCROS system.

I’m trying to understand what might have happened.

• Has anyone experienced hearing returning after surgery and then declining weeks later?
• Did anyone develop hearing loss after an ear infection or severe cold soon after stapedectomy?
• Has anyone had success with revision surgery in a similar situation?
• If a conventional hearing aid didn’t provide clear speech, did CROS/BiCROS help you?

I would really appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through a similar journey or from ENT specialists and audiologists who may have insights.

Thank you.