Update: My ENT doc has determined that the hearing in my left ear is permanently gone, however, he was willing to refer me to a neurologist & an interventional radiologist for further testing. I’m very thankful for that as it will give me the opportunity to explore whether there is a nerve/vascular compression component to my hearing loss/Meniere’s symptoms.
Interestingly, on our forum, I just found the link to another research paper possibly linking Meniere’s to IJV compression in this thread from 2013:
Here’s the link to the full article:
https://cyberleninka.org/article/n/297162.pdf