Something has just come up on my Facebook about someone else who has ‘speech distortion’.
She’s been told no amount of tweaking of hearing aids will help her.
ENT diagnosed it as ‘speech distortion’.
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yes they looked inside and said the ears are very clean and nothing is wrong with the structure. went to the best doctors and they are all confused…
i believe i also suffer from speech distortion indeed. The fact that the audiogram doesn’t show anything wrong means they can’t give me any hearing aids too. what a strange thing. Thanks for the info!
There are people who do suffer from Obscure Auditory Dysfunction. Misphonia can occur in various weird ways.
You have a little bit of a reverse slope loss (slightly asymmetric) and tinnitus. Are there any other symptoms like Nausea or a feeling of fullness?
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I welcome you to this wonderful forum. Please do not harm yourself, someone will find a resolution for you and all things will get better. Just hang in there.
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I have distortion in my left ear.
I also wear hearing aids. The aids do not help with the distortion.
What the left aids does is make the distortion louder.
I will notice the distortion either when I speak my own voice are if someone is speaking on my left side.
I have been told I have nerve damage.
It sucks but you do get used to it.
It just takes time.
You may not have the same problem as me.
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Might be prone to suspect the onset of Meniers if you have fullness of ear and nausea as Um Bongo asks? Distortion is one of the symptoms I had with Meniers, along with vertigo, nausea, fullness of ear, balance problems, variable hearing and some visual distortion, but it effects some folk differently…
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Another possibility is from medications. There are many medications that can have an effect on hearing anatomy.
i did not take any kind of medications for years i have been a very healthy person. Thank you for letting me know!
no other symptoms besides the distortions feeling very good otherwise. Doctors are just confused by my situation. Thank you!
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Thank you so much! You are very strong and positive it’s inspiring. Helps me a lot!
Thank you for all the infos! No other symptoms at all no nausea vertigo etc. just the distortions. I am very grateful!
Please remember lastc… No matter how bad you feel, there is always folks whom are in twice as bad a situation as yours! When I am feeling down, I look back at my life and perhaps recall some very courageous and joyful people I worked with, many stick out but 2 in particular were an absolute joy to work with, both were profoundly Deaf and Blind, I was one of there “Communicator/Guides” I signed on the palms of their hands, using “Deaf/Blind Manual” a form of Sign Language for Deaf/Blind people, these 2 folks were absolutely full of life, full of fun and totally inspirational, they both were an absolute pleasure to work with and I for one was very proud and humbled to be given the opportunity to work with them… Don’t be too hard on yourself, you will adapt to whatever is thrown your way, try to be grateful for the little pleasures you have and live with any unfortunate health issues as best you can… Cheers Kev.
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When you’re doing your tests, do you get pure tones or are they distorted?
For example, for my low frequency there’s no loudness where I can hear the tone, it’s always prrr. Which actually could happen from neighbour cells in cochlea (irrc around 2000hz) getting something while target cells are dead.
1000hz and above I hear normal tones.
On test they always say ‘whatever you hear, just report’, but I find that wrong. Hearing prrrr or hearing beeep isn’t the same ability.
So, question is, if you hear prrr vs pure tones, where on the spectrum it happens?
Right? it would make sense and it does! i hear every tone perfect by that i mean no distortion and clear and when i could not hear anything i just said i hear nothing. Distortions are always there in speach it sounds robotic almost or like a very old radio best way i can explain it. regardless of volume or if its a man or woman who speaks . i also noticed drums come forward very much in the past weeks covering voices. i would say music also lost it s "roundness"sounding very dull yet no DPOAE TEOAE anything shows nothing wrong. its difficult because i dont know what is happening.i found some articless about “clarity loss” on web which is also similar to me i would listen to music only at few days apart just to see what else got worse. every few weeks something bad happens building up…do you hear everything distorted when watching tv or hearing music because of frequency loss? thank you for all! wish you the best!
Hm, interesting that you hear clear tones but still experiencing distortion when listening… I mean, weird, not just interesting.
I hear distortion all the time when streaming, but it’s not noticeable with regular listening, at least it doesn’t poke my brain enough for me to notice it.
Of course, through the aids. Plus, I argue that aids themselves add some distortion since I hear it in good ear just a bit different (I wear two 4HAs).
One theory was that that’s bc of poor bt on my phone, but since it’s here with tv connector and mics, it’s definitely in the aids.
But you don’t wear aids and hear it… But not with pure tones. Or at least, not at the ones they’re testing.
Maybe worth looking into those tests for audiophiles, where you can check your hearing for much more frequencies?
I forgot nicknames of audio folks here in forum, maybe they have some idea what’s happening, sound wise.
Hi lastc
Is it something like your ear or hearing closes for some subseconds on loud sounds?
I notice this by myself, for instance if I put 2 plates together, I miss a short part of the conversation I have at that moment. Same with loud tones, no matter what frequency.
that is really interesting i will pay attention if that happens. its just distortions for me. my ears have become an old radio like and no other symptoms at all. louder sounds dont create any sensitivity or any change in hearing.distortions remain the same no matter the change in volume. I would guess you are also having difficulties talking to someone in a place with background noise? i was amazed few days ago i could hear what some people were talking from far yet its really distorted…it also started affecting my speech lately. i wonder if people with audiograms that do show hearing loss have these distortions or is just missing parts and frequencies.Thank you for sharing with me !
Have you seen a neurologist?
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Yes! i also had ABR test done that showed everything fine…i found quite a few people with my symptoms on forums but nobody knows what’s going on