[livi]

I was diagnosed with Sudden Deafness of my right ear last September. Combined with a complete loss of hearing I also got a terrible tinnitus. Still have it. No improvement and most likely will stay this way for life. I am slowly getting used to the tinnitus and it does not bother me that much all the time anymore, but the first months was awful. Really took a toll on my mental health during that period. The tinnitus is actually worse than the hearing loss. I couldnīt even play guitar for the first months. Every sound exaggerated the tinnitus, almost to a painful level.

Funny how something so small and banal as hearing function can turn out to be a real bummer when it goes wrong.