Ysabelle Cheung is a writer who has Meniere's disease. She recently wrote an essay for Catapult about going to an art exhibit/sound installation, and thinking about the ways her condition informed her experience. The essay will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand what it's really like to live day-to-day with the condition.
https://catapult.co/stories/hearing-sculptures-seeing-sounds
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Hello Anonymous,
Welcome to EmpowHER and sharing Ysabelle Chung's essay with our community.
For the benefit of all our readers, Meniere's disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes episodes in which you feel as if you're spinning (vertigo), and you have fluctuating hearing loss with a progressive, ultimately permanent loss of hearing, ringing in the ear (tinnitus), and sometimes a feeling of fullness or pressure in your ear. In most cases, Meniere's disease affects only one ear.
Meniere's disease can occur at any age, but it usually starts between the ages of 20 and 50. It's considered a chronic condition, but various treatments can help relieve symptoms and minimize the long-term impact on your life.
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June 13, 2016 - 8:48amMaryann
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