Sensory impairments

[Walsingham]

Has anyone on the forum got any reolatives with sensory or perception impairments, and wouldn't mind my asking a few questions? I'm doing some reasearch and I like to brush reality between journals.

[Raithe]

Amidst the general assortment, my mother was one of the earliest people in the UK to get a bone-implanted hearing aid.

 

Originally she had an infection that caused the ear canal to close up, then with some surgery that got ballsed up another type of infection kicked in (which none of the nurses or doctors noticed), and when she came home the family noticed she had an abcess about the size of an egg behind her ear. That ended up in a trip back to the hospital, it was so bad they lanced it there.. the Ear specialist blew his stack when he found out that the various people had missed that infection, especially when he realised just how bad it was. They discoved that it had actually killed the hearing nerve on that side. Which is why she's totally deaf on one side.

 

And now she has a metal bolt coming out of her head from the bone-implanted conductor. It was very frankenstein.

 

Edit: And for further elements, grandparents on her side of the family ended up blind/visually impaired. Grandad was an albino (which was part of what led to his blindness). So depending on the questions you want to ask.. I might be able to get a few different answers dug up.

Edited May 13, 2011 by Raithe

[Monte Carlo]

Wals,

 

I suffer / suffered from Vestibular Migraine which can significantly impair balance.

 

PM me if this is in line with the sort of info you are after.

[Gorth]

I once lost my hearing completely a few years ago, for a month and a half (both eardrums popped due to infection). Wasn't funny, almost got run over by cars, got startled by shadows of low flying Boeing 737's, people had to write me notes etc. My sense of relief after getting my otherwise good hearing back 100% was overwhelming.

[Gorgon]

I'm almost deaf in one ear, does that count.