My new friend in my self-preservation journey... From concerts and sports coverage to just enjoying the moment as a fan, I have struggled with balancing my chronic hearing loss and the flow of my loud life and career. Almost two years ago, I started experiencing sudden hearing loss. After a trip to the ER due to a severe veritgo spell, I was referred to an ENT who over several months helped diagnose me with Ménière’s disease. Ménière’s disease is defined as: “a disorder of the inner ear that causes severe dizziness (vertigo), ringing in the ears (tinnitus), hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness or congestion in the ear.” Normally people start experiencing symptoms between the ages of 40 and 60, so as an almost twenty-three-year-old, its even harder for me to mentally manage. I’ve had multiple steroid injections, medications, etc. to help recover my hearing, but nothing has helped in that, yet the vertigo is more rare these days. It truly impacts my daily life; from my diet to my sl...