Singer Jessie J he spent Christmas in the hospital, deaf and unable to walk, with a disease that has no cure.
Jessie J suffers from Meniere’s disease … a condition of the inner ear that causes intense tinnitus, hearing loss and vertigo.
The “Bang Bang” singer said she was totally deaf in her right ear and couldn’t walk in a straight line … presumably from vertigo, which disturbs her balance, making the room spin.
The ringing in the ears can sound like a jet engine with relentless noise that is almost impossible to ignore.
Channing Tatumit’s on-again-off-again GF described as “sound[ing] like someone is trying to run out of my ear … like someone crawls and turns on a hair dryer. “
She says she’s on a high right now … feeling better. Symptoms usually come and go. Estimates are that 615,000 Americans suffer from Ménière and more than 45,000 cases are diagnosed each year.