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Meniere's disease is characterized by sudden hearing losses and vertigo that reverts after a relapse. However, at time, as the disease progresses, the recovery is only partial and can lead to permanent hearing loss without chance of cure.

On the other hand, I believe there are surgeries (baha implant or maybe there might be something newer) that can transmit sounds transmitted to one side and deliver it to the opposite healthy ear through bone conduction. ayu could have done such surgery, which doesn't take the fact that her lost ear can't be recovered even with surgery anymore. People with unilateral hearing loss aren't as doomed to complete handicap as those with bilateral.

BAWHAHA! funny

I don't know about her ear...but that make me smile...
Not yesterday,not tomorrow just TODAY
:weep
How beautiful she is...

I haven't heard Ayu speak English since that CNN interview, it just sounds so strange to her her speak like that! Also, her voice tone really shocked me as I wasn't expecting it to be so deep :)

No comment about the left ear topic, but her English! Omg! :heart And when she dazes off into the crowd, they called her name and she goes: "Huh? Wha? Hai!" :laugh "Why do you have my microphone?"

I forget that she even has a hearing issue. She doesn't seem to let it stop her in the slightest. I have a friend from college with a similar issue but with her right ear and she still performs in plays and sings no problem (she's a speech therapist).

Actually I was thinking about this the other day.
When I met Ayu in San Francisco, I gave her a hug and said, "I love you so much," in her ear, and she said, "Aww." The other day, I realized I had said it in her LEFT ear. So she probably didn't hear me. But she reacted to what I said. But maybe she didn't understand me because of her hearing, so she just said, "Aww." But isn't that an appropriate response to a fan telling her they love her?
I think Shuya was speaking in a normal voice, not whispering, it just wasn't picked up over the sounds of the microphones and the fans. But still, it's interesting to think about.

Giiirl, I love you more than life itself!

Actually, my mom is completely deaf in her left ear as well, and she constantly turns her head so she can hear from her good ear, because she cant hear at all out of the left.

She doesnt have Menieres though. Maybe Ayu has at least a little function? idk. He was probably talking louder than it seemed.

Wow her English really DOES sound good! God, I knew it must've improved quite a bit since that message she wrote about her divorce had almost flawless grammar.

But about the ear thing...Geez I really don't know :(...Maybe she could hear from her other ear??? LOL

My mom is completely deaf in her left ear as well. But, she says she can hear a tiny bit of noise when people talk in her left side but she can also still pick some of it up on her right. I think this might be the same case with Ayu. She might be able to hear some slight noise in her left ear but her right ear may be picking up the slack.

^yeah, the effects are so different, and on such a case by case basis...its kinda ridiculous people would be using this as evidence of anything lol

They'll never quit.

^Exactly! It's a little irritating.

Exactly! Even if she is deaf in her left ear, she can still hear on her right. Even if someone is on her deaf side, I'm sure she can still hear them even if it's not as well.

^agree agree.

and about the headphone thing if I was deaf in one ear, I would wear both.
I mean is the logical thing to do.
It doesn't matter if you wear both or one it doesn't bother it either way.

Plus, wearing only one would just draw attention to her deafness which I doubt Ayu really wants to do.

As someone who had a lot of ear problems, I can say that she probably does need both ear pieces. I never understood how much the ears affect balace until I had my ears drained and I kept walking into walls and getting major headaches.

^O.o I hope your ears are ok now! Walking into walls doesn't sound healthy...