pardon........could every one repeat what they said
Are You Deaf or What?
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AmyJ
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We will certainly check with the docs, but as you know, most docs don't know much about diving. Maybe will call DAN. And yes, I buddy with my husband (we are both fluent in sign) and I can't imagine being with someone underwater and not being able to gab on and on about the wonders that we see!Gary D.:
So, you men that don't sign should cherish your time underwater where your wife is limited in her communication.
My poor husband never gets a break!!!:lol2:
Maybe it's Surfer's Ear (Bony exostosis)
This is a blockage of the inner portion of the ear canal by a bony growth called exostosis. This is more commonly seen in surfers, but occasionally can be seen in cold water divers. It is thought to be due to the cooling effect of evaporating water on surfers - and on the effect of cold water on divers. It can cause problems in divers by blocking the egress of cerumen and thus the canal, producing the possibility of an external ear squeeze, decreased ability to ewqualize, alternobaric vertigo and caloric vertigo.
Prevention is by the use of ear plugs in surfers and hoods or vented ear plugs in divers.
http://www.proplugs.com/scuba.html
Definitive treatment is by an operative procedure called canalectomy - or the excision of the bony area of the ear canal that is blocking the canal.
See also http://www.earaces.com/surfear.htm
This is a blockage of the inner portion of the ear canal by a bony growth called exostosis. This is more commonly seen in surfers, but occasionally can be seen in cold water divers. It is thought to be due to the cooling effect of evaporating water on surfers - and on the effect of cold water on divers. It can cause problems in divers by blocking the egress of cerumen and thus the canal, producing the possibility of an external ear squeeze, decreased ability to ewqualize, alternobaric vertigo and caloric vertigo.
Prevention is by the use of ear plugs in surfers and hoods or vented ear plugs in divers.
http://www.proplugs.com/scuba.html
Definitive treatment is by an operative procedure called canalectomy - or the excision of the bony area of the ear canal that is blocking the canal.
See also http://www.earaces.com/surfear.htm
I've been diving for about 15 years and I am pretty sure my early bouts with equalizing caused my somewhat mild tinitus. So far, I don't have any loss of hearing but I expect to someday. Surprisingly, I care as much about this as I care about whether anyone disapproves that I don't use a snorkle.
...and Amy, as others said, talk to DAN and a good diving doctor if you can find one. I bet they say she'd be fine. And I'm sure you already know that the more you treat your daughter as "normal", the happier she is likely to be.
...and Amy, as others said, talk to DAN and a good diving doctor if you can find one. I bet they say she'd be fine. And I'm sure you already know that the more you treat your daughter as "normal", the happier she is likely to be.
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