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If you have normal auditory thresholds you do not have sensorineural hearing loss. That is proven by the test results.
Normal hearing with difficulty in understanding words is most often functional, due to some problem in the brain, for example, stroke, etc in the brain. This is extremely unlikely for you since you do not have any other symptoms, still an MRI of the brain would help to rule this out.
The pressure on jaw, cheeks, and ears is most likely due to temperomandibular joint dysfunction. This needs to be ruled out. You should see a dentist or an ENT specialist for this.
Difficulty in understanding with hearing normal is most likely due to functional causes, that is, there is no physical defect but there is a functional defect. It is often psychogenic in origin, due to health anxiety which magnifies the normal difficulty we all experience sometimes in understanding speech