help ive lost my hearing in one ear can i claim any help money??

bigturnip

sh1305 wrote: »

I know many people who agree with me.

Just because a lot of people agree with you doesn't make it correct.

Mupette

I'm deaf in one ear and the hearing is failing in the other, my senses have not heightened, i do find myself a bag of nerves when i am out, i can hear a noise but asked where it is coming from 99.9% i point in the wrong direction and then i am shown where the noise is.

This frightens me, i can't trust my own hearing...

woody01

oamanda1 wrote: »

hi.. im new to this. But i have recently under gone a radical modified mastoidectomy in my ear and my hearing is gone and wont come back natrually. i have to wait 6 months before they can either consider me for a hearing aid. anyway someone has said i can claim money and get help.. i just dont no where to start with it all.. i work 25 hours a week in a school kitchen at the moment but i am considering looking for a new job soon if anyone would take me on with only one ear working... i do find it hard at times and would just like advice or help off anyone..

How exactly would extra money help you?

Lemony

Presumably the money would pay for any special equipment needed, for extra help from another person if it's needed and transport if they cannot SAFELY walk outside of their home alone. Again, it depends on their symptoms and how they are affected. It's easy to say that hearing loss in one ear won't affect a person much but surely it depends on WHY the person lost their hearing. Does the person have pain or ringing in the ear, or do they have balance problems? You can't just say a person can manage perfectly well without help unless you know why they are deaf and what other symptoms/problems they have. I'm not saying the OP needs help, I'm just pointing out some reasons why a person with hearing loss in one ear MAY need help.

cbrown372

sh1305 wrote: »

I know many people who agree with me.

do you have any links to substantiate this?

Indie_Kid

Lemony wrote: »

Again, it depends on their symptoms and how they are affected. It's easy to say that hearing loss in one ear won't affect a person much but surely it depends on WHY the person lost their hearing.

But they have the other ear they can use. People who are partial / fully deaf in both ears don't have this.

bigturnip

Lemony wrote: »

Presumably the money would pay for any special equipment needed, for extra help from another person if it's needed and transport if they cannot SAFELY walk outside of their home alone. Again, it depends on their symptoms and how they are affected. It's easy to say that hearing loss in one ear won't affect a person much but surely it depends on WHY the person lost their hearing. Does the person have pain or ringing in the ear, or do they have balance problems? You can't just say a person can manage perfectly well without help unless you know why they are deaf and what other symptoms/problems they have. I'm not saying the OP needs help, I'm just pointing out some reasons why a person with hearing loss in one ear MAY need help.

Why would you assume the OP has more problems than what they have reported? What annoys me about this forum is that people come on here asking if they can get help for one thing and they get told no, but then people suggest a whole load of related conditions they could have to get that help.

sueturnersmith

Well I'm amazed that anyone is asking for help with benefits from being deaf in one ear - I don't regard it as a problem, and never have!

I was born hard of hearing, and always have been, and I wear hearing aids - so what? It's not a real disability is it? It's never stopped me from doing anything I wanted to!

I would never dream of trying to claim benefits due to my hearing loss, unless I was profoundly deaf, which I am not! But I now have other problems - serious ones - which might be an issue when claiming benefits!

Lemony

I thought this forum was to designed to help others and I assumed the thread would be read by lots of people who were interested in the topic because maybe they or someone they know has a similar problem. I was only suggesting how hearing loss in one ear MIGHT affect someone and what help they MIGHT need. I have no idea what help the OP needs without more details. I have worked in various care settings over the past 20 years and one of my jobs was assisting occupational health. I've also had jobs supporting the disabled and I'm well aware of how hearing loss in one ear can affect a person, but like I said, it depends on the cause of the problem. Not everyone loses their hearing for the same reason so it stands to reason that some people will have problems and others won't.

asandwhen

Like some of the other posters I too have SSD (Single sided deafness). I am 31 and have been deaf since I was 5. I have nerve end damage in my right ear caused by mumps. I have lived with this for 26yrs so have become good at overcoming the problems that surround it. I dont claim any benefits (and never have) although I can understand why someone might especially if it was a child that was affected.

There are some great treatments out there for SSD speak to your ear nose and throat specialist about a bone anchored hearing aid. This conducts the sound through your skull rather than your inner ear but it enables you to determin the direction of sound. Unfortunately I was turned down funding for this by my NHS trust due to me living so long and doing so well without it. I was told by the consultant that if I had just lost my hearing it would probably have been funded. It costs £12,000 so a bit rich for me.

As I have got older I am more aware of the problems it causes me such as noise direction. If someone calls me from accross the road or the other end of a large room I end up looking a right wally because I turn the wrong way to see who is calling me. If im in a busy or noisy place I also struggle hear and I always have to stand on the left side of my wife. Being a passenger in the car is the bigest problem for me as my "good" ear is facing the window listening to the road noise. My wife can be having a full on conversation and I wont hear a thing.

I have been told by my consultant that the hearing in my "good" ear will and is deteriarating at a faster rate than normal due to its constant use so will be fully deaf by old age. I do consider myself lucky though as I can hear albeit only through 1 ear.