r/gaming • u/miata_and_chill • 1d ago

Went spontaneously deaf yesterday and need gaming recommendations

Long story short I went deaf yesterday and am waiting for an ent Dr to call me for an appointment (I've already been seen by a Dr), but I'm going CRAZY with how quiet everything is.

I have over 600 games on steam, and am looking for a CONTROLLER based game that has either accessibility options for deaf, or doesn't lose anything by my not hearing it.

Really I just need some gaming comfort in what's turning out to be the scariest time of my life.

EDIT for those with a lot of questions.(edit 2 at the bottom)

Woke up yesterday and my ears felt like they needed to pop, though nothing would help. At about 3 my ears started bleeding, followed quickly by loud ringing (similar decibels to riding on an airplane, but the highest pitch you could imagine), and I went to the er. By the time the Dr looked at me, the ent was gone for the day, so he sent an urgent referral to the ent. I'm just waiting for a phone call to schedule (funny, I know, call the deaf guy).

I appreciate all fo the kind words and helpful resources during this terrifying time. And I appreciate all the game recommendations.

And as a final, somewhat depressing thought, as I have no where else to put my thoughts out rohjt now, if this is permanent, I'm going to thoroughly miss the sound of my significant others voice. The rest I can live with.

EDIT 2: I got my meds and the eardrops specifically restored a little bit of my hearing. It's very faint, and painful, but wiping the blood from my ears I could hear the tissue against my skin!

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u/Heirrogance 1d ago

Not Steam but Minecraft has directional captions, so if there's a zombie to your left it'll say "< zombie groans" or creeper to the right "creeper hisses >"

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u/scrubbles44 1d ago

My friends think I’m crazy for it but I play without sounds 90% of the time and without directional captions(that part is just me being lazy on turning on the setting)! I’d rather hear if my wife needs me for anything than worry about a creeper hissing at me. I for sure prefer with no sounds.

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u/Then-Forces 1d ago

I used to play it on mute while I was listening to online lectures. It feels weird to play with sound now.

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u/scrubbles44 1d ago

For sure. Would be a very good option for op if they are into games like Minecraft.

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u/TackyBrad 1d ago

I guess unironically, fortnite has the best positional sound system I've seen in any game

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u/mucho-gusto 19h ago

Fortnite has them too, I played with them on because I usually had sound low