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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:30:20 PM EDT
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Cumulative damage.
Sorry to hear that man. Glad you are back, and relatively safe. 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:30:44 PM EDT
[#2]
Oh, dear.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:31:35 PM EDT
[#3]
While that sucks, I am glad you got back safely.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:35:08 PM EDT
[#4]
Is is really blown out or is it just torn like in the corner or something?
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:39:14 PM EDT
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not a big believer in hearing protection huh?
sorry to "hear" of your misfortune. hope everything works out for you. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:40:55 PM EDT
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i got to ask...
how do you tell? |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:43:09 PM EDT
[#7]
Will a blown ear drum heal, or will you be deaf in one ear for life?
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:47:29 PM EDT
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Get to the doc to confirm it and then get to the ear surgeon. Wife lost 33% of her ear drum when she dove in a pool and it decided to rupture freakishly, the surgeon took a piece of muscle tissue from her neck, stitched it to her ear drum, and she is at 95% hearing and no pain now. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 12:58:59 PM EDT
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Is cumulative damage well researched and documented? If so this could be a service related injury. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:02:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:05:26 PM EDT
[#11]
WHAT?
SORRY WE WILL HAVE TO TRY TO TYPE A LITTLE LOUDER 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:08:47 PM EDT
[#12]
Ouch, sorry to hear that :-(
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:15:41 PM EDT
[#13]
damn man! sorry to hear!
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:17:52 PM EDT
[#14]
Mine healed up a little bit - I will always have less hearing ability in that ear.
Best wishes |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:25:33 PM EDT
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In addition to your retirement plan, you need to start setting money aside every month for the hearing aid you will have to have someday.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:33:43 PM EDT
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Can't hear much, but I can hear. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:34:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:36:23 PM EDT
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But this was training, and no one else needed it, and I was far enough away, so I thought..... 
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:50:09 PM EDT
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lGo see a doctor. They can give you drugs that can stop the collateral damage of the nerves before they get much worse from the explosion.
Do it now...... |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:51:57 PM EDT
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Did that the day after it happened.
Doing all that can be done. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:52:48 PM EDT
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I clicked on this due to its relative nature to subject matter I am familiar with...
Cincinnatus, I am not sure where you are located however, my father is a ENT Specialist in MA. He does alot with lasers and "cochliear implants" (not sure if I spelled it right) Anyways, point being, if you havent seen a dedicated specialist already, you really need to, your internal physician might not be able to fully give you all the options for the issue. IF its a full rupture or partial tear etc. There are a few things which can be done, which are recent and they might not know about. One case, the cochliear implant allows those who had hearing, then went def due to various reason, to regain hearing through a small wire and unit implanted and inserted through the inner ear. Anyways, just hope you get a full work up and are told all the options, hope this helps. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:55:01 PM EDT
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I blew out an eardrum a couple years ago in a waterskiing accident. Fixed it via tympanoplasty and got back 90%-95% of my hearing in that ear.
They can do alot with surgery cincinatus. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:55:05 PM EDT
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My situation was significantly more ........ um ........ civilian, but I popped a ear drum once and it turned out to be not too huge of a deal.
Healed up ok, but popped again when I did the same thing that popped it in the first place (wiped out water skiing). I guess it's permanently weaker, but I haven't had a problem since. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:55:31 PM EDT
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Just don't get hit by a train.
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Posted: 3/14/2006 1:55:51 PM EDT
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Every time hurts just a little, cumulative damage.
I cant decide if you were unlucky it happened state side or lucky it didnt happen while deployed.  Sucks either way. |
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Posted: 3/14/2006 7:10:09 PM EDT
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Sorry to hear that!
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