I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
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Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#2well that sucks
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#3> An audiologist friend told me to go to an ENT physician if not better by 48 hours or the damage could be permanent. Much longer than that and it would be too late to try any of the interventions
This seems like poor advice. If there is significant, realistic concern about permanent damage, I'd suggest checking immediately, rather than give it extra time...
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#4I’m always suspicious of the hasty calculations and assumptions made in such a fashion, but that is indeed pretty surprising.
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#5This is a neat story, but I continue to wonder why people use "tweetstorms" to write long-form stuff like that.
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#6> An audiologist friend told me to go to an ENT physician if not better by 48 hours or the damage could be permanent. Much longer than that and it would be too late to try any of the interventions This seems like poor advice. If there is significant, realistic concern about permanent damage, I'd suggest checking immediately, rather than give it extra time...
Yes, I always find it amazing how patients can have a sudden sensorineural hearing loss and wait days before presenting.
In my opinion patients and the public should treat it as urgently as a sudden sight loss.
High dose steroids are regularly prescribed in this sort of scenario in an attempt to minimize damage, and are likely to be more effective the sooner they are given.
Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#7OMG, now you just released a "national security threat" into the wild.
No doubt Cuban / Russian spys will reading your story and incorporating this into their schemes near our Cuban embassy !
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#8That's insane! Never would of thought it would mess with your hearing. I figured just a nasty mess to clean up.
Our toilet seems like it wants to run every so often but usually wiggling the lever helps. I hate lifting that thing up, always imagine what a mess it would be if you dropped it.
I wish they made the tank lids out of plastic.
Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#9> An audiologist friend told me to go to an ENT physician if not better by 48 hours or the damage could be permanent. Much longer than that and it would be too late to try any of the interventions This seems like poor advice. If there is significant, realistic concern about permanent damage, I'd suggest checking immediately, rather than give it extra time...
What are the interventions?
Re: I almost lost my hearing from the lid on the tank of a toilet
#10That's insane! Never would of thought it would mess with your hearing. I figured just a nasty mess to clean up. Our toilet seems like it wants to run every so often but usually wiggling the lever helps. I hate lifting that thing up, always imagine what a mess it would be if you dropped it. I wish they made the tank lids out of plastic.
You could go the wall-mount toilet rout like you find in Europe. The only ceramic there is the bowl itself.