Welcome to Tustin Hearing Center

For most of my life I have suffered from strange occurances in my left ear (i.e. noises, shooting pains, popping, strange pressure fluctuations, etc.). My entire life since childhood (I am 31 now) every doctor has just prescribed me antibiotics and told me it's just an ear infection. After gradually losing my sense of hearing more and more each passing year and not being able to "pop" my left ear, I realized that all my life most of these general practitioners might be wrong. I live in Tustin and discovered the Tustin hearing center just by driving by. I set up an appointment for a hearing test and the rest is history. This led me to a definitive diagnosis of a rare form of tumor-like growth that occurs in the ear called a "Cholesteatoma". In just a matter of months I was set up with a wonderful ENT and an amazing ear surgeon. I have since had the surgery to have it removed and all went well...unfortunately the growth had completely destroyed the inside of my ear for having been in there for so long (Probably since birth the surgeon said). The bones connecting my eardrum to my nerves were completely gone and the bone covering my facial nerve gone as well...completely exposing my facial nerve. I have just finished healing and can "pop" my ear for the first time in over a decade. I nearly cried tears of relief and joy at the doctor's office. I am going back in for a second reconstructive surgery in a few months to hopefully restore my hearing. I wish I would have discovered the Tustin Hearing Center twenty years ago when no one else could give me a straight answer and set me on the right path to resolving my issue...thank you so much to everyone there. I will be coming back as a regular patient for check ups on my hearing and probably for another pre-op. What you have done for me means everything.