Dealing with hearing damage/loss as an audiophile/music lover
I'm not sure this is the best sub but it's the one that I know that fits best. A little over a year ago I got the flu, which ended up turning into pneumonia and I was sick for nearly a month. about a week or two into the sickness both of my ears clogged up with fluid in the middle ear. after a ton of ent visita and hearing tests I got a 5ube placed in my left hear. they were able to suction an insane amount of fluid out but unfortunately my hearing has never improved. I'm about 7 months with the tube in and my left ear legit sounds worse than the free headphones they give you on a flight. its bad to the point I can't take a call using my left ear. I also ended up with bad tinnitus 24/7.
my right ear seems fairly normal now, never ended up getting a tube in that one. but I'm pretty sure it's not the same before this happened.
I just wanted to see if anyone else has dealt with something like this. I'm feeling extra down about it today. it genuinely makes me feel incredibly sad. Music is a huge part of my life, what am I supposed to do when my ear is literally the lowest fidelity part of my setup? And then to top it off I can never enjoy silence again (which I would do often before the tinnitus)
my right ear definitely compensates but when I use headphones it's glaringly obvious just how shot my left ear is.