Interesting thoughts about my hearing loss

Humble Janitor · 01-05-2009, 10:59 AM

I was born normal with perfect hearing. When I was about 4 or 5, I suffered a profound hearing loss. I still do not fully understand why or how this happened. I'm not sure my parents even know. My oldest childhood memory is when I was in kindergarten. All I remember is being in in a library and being unable to hear anything that the teacher was saying. This could have been at a different point in my life as the memory has become blurred over time.

What's interesting is that I have little or no recollection of my early years. I can identify memories by looking at pictures but I cannot otherwise determine anything.

I still remember one of my oldest nightmares, which involved falling asleep and then waking up in a strange universe and in that dream, I said something to a being (or monster) of sorts and it went after me, frightening me enough to wake up. I would often try to avoid falling into a deep sleep for fear of being "sucked in" to this strange place.

Anyway, I can't help that I'm all over the place with this post. What I am wondering though is if there's any plausible explanation for having perfectly normal hearing and then one day, it's gone like the wind (at least, that's how I remember it). I had all kinds of tests and tubes in my ears.

Otherwise, I have turned out quite normal. I was scoring PHS (Past High School) on English and Grammatical Structure (or whatever the subjects were) on my SATs starting in the 5th grade. I attribute my abilities to aggressive tutoring and speech therapy when I was younger. I took up American Sign Language when I was 11 and became fluent in that after a few years. I've always been a good student but I have not always made good choices with the intelligence I have.

Anyway, after reading about time lapses and all that, I just started to think about what caused this pivotal moment in my life and I start to wonder if it had a purpose. My social life has never been normal though. I also wonder if I'm being held back by people who do not understand me or what I am capable of.

Anyway, so many thoughts, so little time.

01-05-2009, 10:59 AM	#1
Humble Janitor Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 3,201	Interesting thoughts about my hearing loss I was born normal with perfect hearing. When I was about 4 or 5, I suffered a profound hearing loss. I still do not fully understand why or how this happened. I'm not sure my parents even know. My oldest childhood memory is when I was in kindergarten. All I remember is being in in a library and being unable to hear anything that the teacher was saying. This could have been at a different point in my life as the memory has become blurred over time. What's interesting is that I have little or no recollection of my early years. I can identify memories by looking at pictures but I cannot otherwise determine anything. I still remember one of my oldest nightmares, which involved falling asleep and then waking up in a strange universe and in that dream, I said something to a being (or monster) of sorts and it went after me, frightening me enough to wake up. I would often try to avoid falling into a deep sleep for fear of being "sucked in" to this strange place. Anyway, I can't help that I'm all over the place with this post. What I am wondering though is if there's any plausible explanation for having perfectly normal hearing and then one day, it's gone like the wind (at least, that's how I remember it). I had all kinds of tests and tubes in my ears. Otherwise, I have turned out quite normal. I was scoring PHS (Past High School) on English and Grammatical Structure (or whatever the subjects were) on my SATs starting in the 5th grade. I attribute my abilities to aggressive tutoring and speech therapy when I was younger. I took up American Sign Language when I was 11 and became fluent in that after a few years. I've always been a good student but I have not always made good choices with the intelligence I have. Anyway, after reading about time lapses and all that, I just started to think about what caused this pivotal moment in my life and I start to wonder if it had a purpose. My social life has never been normal though. I also wonder if I'm being held back by people who do not understand me or what I am capable of. Anyway, so many thoughts, so little time. Last edited by Humble Janitor; 01-05-2009 at 11:01 AM.