Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "1961 Theft of Francisco Goya's Wellington Portrait" video.

Seems as if Goya may have come down with Meniere's Disease. It's from unknown causes but afflicts the sufferer with recurring and disabling vertigo and causes hearing impairment from just a little to total deafness. It's caused by an imbalance of the chemicals between the inner and outer ear and has no cure. I've had it for the past 20 years and am deaf in my left ear from it. It can make you a little crazy not knowing when the next attack will come.
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Ken Hudson Ken, Meniere's Disease and Syndrome are just variant names of the same thing. I have had all the symptoms you've had. Surgery is almost never effective. I lost 90% of the hearing in my left ear in the first week after my first symptoms, vertigo and vomiting. I had returned from a diving trip and my doctor thought I had a case of barotrauma of the inner ear. That usually clears up in about ten days, and this didn't. The hearing loss sent me to an ENT doctor who thankfully was also an Meniere's expert. He did a few tests, listen to my symptoms, and declared it to be Meniere's in the space of an hour. I really had all the classic symptoms. My really bad attacks have been controlled with valium, and I take a diuretic every day to get rid of excess fluid. I've been in a burnout phase for the past five years and haven't had a serious attack. Like you, my main hearing loss has been in the human voice ranges, and a hearing aid only amplifies sound in my one more or less good ear. I have constant tinnitus, sometimes so bad I can't use a hearing aid. Still, I'm able to drive, and my work as a consultant before I retired allowed me to catch up with tasks in between attacks. I've been retired for about ten years so I at least no longer have to worry about Meniere's making me unable to work. It's a terrible condition with no known cause or cure, and every few have even heard about it. It's a tough life, but at least it hasn't killed us.
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