So they looked at my ear on the MRI. They were gone a long time, in a conference room with a few other health care professionals, while I was sitting alone in an exam room by myself.
When they returned, they told me my inner ear looked good, and they'd like to do some hearing tests. But I was missing a little part of my skull next to my ear, where the jaw bone would normally rest. This explained my neck pain; my tendons/muscles were constantly being pulled due to the lack of bone. 5/
This lack of bone also made them hesitant to do a canalplasty, which would open the ear canal, b/c they were afraid my body would keep trying to "heal" over the opening.
They suggested an ear reconstructive surgery and a BAHA.
I already said I didn't want to perform only a cosmetic surgery, b/c I didn't see the point And I thought it wasn't covered by health insurance--it wasn't in the past.
So 1st I needed to take a hearing test for my "deaf" side--something that required special equipment. 6/
