What Causes Dizziness And Hearing Loss When Suffering From Ear Infection?

I had an incident a week ago that resulted in deafness in my left ear swelling on my face around t hat ear and a black eye. I recently went to the doctor and they said I have a middle ear infection been on antibiotics for three days now I still feel off balance and hearing has not returned could there be so.ething seriously wrong or life threatening a week later?