Does the course of symptoms match noise trauma?
Hello,
last year in May, after a very loud concert on a Friday, I experienced the following symptoms in the following sequence. There were no pre-existing conditions.
- Tinnitus (not a ringing as usual after concerts, but rather a rushing, gurgling noise) immediately after the concert.
- Saturday - First dizziness attacks and increased tinnitus a day later.
- Increased dizziness over the weekend.
- Tuesday - Visit to an ENT doctor, audiogram showed slight bilateral lowering - prescribed blood thinners.
- Throughout the week, worsening hearing on the right side and increased dizziness.
- Sunday - Extremely strong dizziness.
- Monday - Visit to the ENT outpatient clinic in a hospital, extreme dizziness - almost complete deafness on the right side.
- This was followed by hospitalization with cortisone and blood thinners, and subsequently intratympanic cortisone therapy. An acoustic neuroma and other physical causes were ruled out through an MRI.
- What remains is severe hearing loss from 750-8000 Hz.
The hospital diagnosed an idiopathic sudden hearing loss, even though I mentioned the concert. Consequently, the insurance company does not want to pay. My question now is whether the symptoms and the chronological sequence after the concert suggest with a high probability that the above symptoms were triggered by the noise trauma from the concert. I am subjectively certain that this is the case, but that doesn't help with the insurance. I hope to receive guidance from the response on whether getting an independent assessment makes sense.
Thank you and best regards.
