> Barbara,

 > Mind if I ask how you lost your hearing?  I have a
 > cousin who has Minnears
 > disease and she gets so dizzy that it's debilitating.
 > There is a surgery that
 > will give her a quality of life she doesn't have
 > now... but she would trade her
 > hearing as it would damage essential nerves for
 > hearing.

She should do as much research as possible.

  http://www.dizziness-and-balance.com/index.html

This site might or might not be relevant.  There's a lot of stuff I haven't
looked at.

 > She's almost decided to have the surgery since she can
 > not stand up and
 > walk more than 20 steps before the dizzyness overtakes
 > her.

Not good.  I'm guessing that using a scooter or wheelchair isn't an
adequate defense against her dizzyness.

I was born with nerve deafness, although I could hear a lot better as a
child.  My hearing has deteriorated in my senior citizen years.

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