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Loud noise is never good but for a person like you and i with Menieres, it can blow out what hearing we have left in that ear and compromise the other, just like it would for anyone without the problem. Our issue is that we already have irreversible hearing loss at least in one ear. I was told at diagnosis at age 13 that I should avoid salt as much as possible because it increases the pressure in the inner ear. In general the tinnitus that is always there, becomes much more pronounced when I have indulged in a salty meal or snack the day before. It also gets worse anytime when i am retaining water, so at times like that I try to drink a lot of iced tea which is a natural diuretic.

If you have good hearing in your unaffected ear, I don't know if a hearing aid would make you better or make you crazy. My own feeling is that although crowded rooms are very difficult, I try to manage the best I can without assistance. maybe I will need a hearing aid as I grow older. I try to position myself at tables where I know that the sound will be better heard and I watch people carefully to try and lip read when in crowds or when I am having increased issues.

Hope that answered your question.