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Mon Feb 23, 2004 2:11 pmby F1Pilot
I'm not quite sure. However, I'd imagine that the scaring would definitely jack your hearing. Just ask your doc about the odds of that happening to YOU. Sounds like it would be a rarity.
I just remembered that I had the procedure done...when I was a kid...YEARS ago. I believe that I had plastic tubes. They fell out on their own. My hearing...just fine. I went through many years of being in very loud race cars as well as ridiculously loud music and concerts. My hearing is still very good. It's bad only when I have a chip on the shoulder patient try to rant and rave about stuff.
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Mon Feb 23, 2004 4:59 pmby jtan
what's a chip?
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Mon Feb 23, 2004 8:46 pmby F1Pilot
chip on the shoulder = attitude
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Tue Feb 24, 2004 6:41 amby jtan
so you mean your hearing is bad only when your patients complain...?
how old are you now?
i'm 26 by the way..
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Sun Mar 07, 2004 12:21 pmby jtan
thanks F1pilot, now I hope things will go better. my hearing have improved lately but not yet 100% back to where it is before.
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Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:49 amby F1Pilot
Glad that you're hearing is doing better! It's always pretty annoying when you're hampered by something you use everyday. I can understand your frustration (as with my patients and rehab), but hopefully your hearing with end up 110%. 
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Tue Mar 09, 2004 10:58 amby jtan
i hope! sometimes i wonder about cochlear implants! but i do hope their technology will improve! so far they have improved within the last 10 years from pocket size to behind the ear device. i hope they can get it better.
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Sat Mar 20, 2004 3:05 amby jtan
i just got back from the doctor and have one of the tube removed. now no more echo effect, hearing improved a little, but still not same as before. i wonder if there is still room for improvement, let's say... some more healing is still going to happen??
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Sat Mar 20, 2004 9:36 pmby dodecahedron
glad to hear you're getting better
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Sun Mar 21, 2004 12:14 amby jtan
i'm still worried, because if my hearing didn't become much better, i will have to get a new hearing aid...