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Hearing loss/rheumatoid arthritis - ronni

Posted: Oct 28, 2009

Anyone out there have any hearing loss? I have developed significant hearing loss. My ENT has encouraged me to keep transcribing, with the use of a boosted headset and I am trying. Telephone use is very difficult and almost non-existent. Boosters do not help. Also diagnosed recently with RA and having difficulty with my fingers, but not letting it get me down. I am on treatment that is working well. Just wondered if anyone else is having any of these issues and how they are dealing with them. Thanks!

my mom has bad RA - sm

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for many years now, takes weekly injections, but she doesn't have any more hearing loss than I would think to be normal at her age. I wonder if it could be medication related? I would certainly get a second opinion and a third if necessary, to insure a correct diagnosis for starters.

thanks - ronni

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Thanks for your reply. Sorry..I did not mean that the hearing loss was RA related, however, it is worse and I believe it is due to methotrexate use as one of my treatments. I just meant that I had both of those and it is a challenge to keep working, but I really want and need to. I hope your mother continues to do well with her RA. It really is a challenge every day. Ronni

whoops... - sm

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doofus me. Guess I jumped to conclusions. I am impressed that these 2 issues haven't stopped you from working. Hope you can continue to manage well. You give me hope that if I develop RA that it's not necessarily the end of MT...wishing you the best...

I do not have either but do know about use of telephone - Lara

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use in that the telephone company can provide you with hearing amplifiers or even a texting type set up for those who are hearing impaired. There are services available when it comes to the phone service, ask. I work in animal rescue and recently my coworker got a note from the telephone company from a deaf person and it was in text message.

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