Who Else Has TINNITUS?

[What Would Jesus Do?]

The article is more on new ideas for treatment than what tinnitus actually is.

Those of us who don't suffer from tinnitus may still find it interesting to play the sound samples for tinnitus and the treatments.

Unfortunately for those who do have tinnitus, the treatment options aren't cheap, probably aren't covered by insurance, and haven't really been properly tested to show efficacy, imo. But still promising.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/well...treatment-lenire-bimodal-neuromodulation-duo/

 

[seminole97]

One weird trick…

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

One weird trick…

The tongue one seems especially strange. I would love to try the others, if they were available. Is it worth renting the wrist version for a couple of months ($500) and buying it if it helps (Another $500)? If it actually works, probably so. But $500 is a lot to shell out for something with so little study.

I hope some of these stand up to testing and get at least partially covered by insurance.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

I've tried pretty much everything and it hasn't helped.

I'm able to ignore it 90% of the time but it's a problem.

 

[SSG T]

You know that part in Poltergeist, the first time Carol Ann is staring at the TV...yeah, that sound is playing in my head 24/7. Maybe a bit higher pitched, but still.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

You know that part in Poltergeist, the first time Carol Ann is staring at the TV...yeah, that sound is playing in my head 24/7. Maybe a bit higher pitched, but still.

Mine has 2 components: the white noise static-like part and another part that sounds sort of like machinery in another room or outside like maybe a dishwasher.

Sometimes I don't notice it at all and most of the time I can ignore it, but sometimes it gets rather loud.

 

[HROT]

WHAT?

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

WHAT?

Put in your hearing aids.

 

[gojojo]

Way too close to speakers at way too many concerts in my twenties has this 40 something hearing a constant high pitch ring. I always figured I get aid(e)s one way or the other

 

[HawkMachine]

suffer from tinnitus

I'm addicted to tits. Does that count?

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Way too close to speakers at way too many concerts in my twenties has this 40 something hearing a constant high pitch ring. I always figured I get aid(e)s one way or the other

Yep. Same here.

 

[bunsen82]

tinnitus sucks. I have driven to work for 10 years, and I just gradually keep increasing the volume between that and mowing over an hour a week, the hearing is declining. However the tinnitus will pop up from time to time, and least not and all time occurrence. Anymore is always there while mowing even if I put on headphones. Then just other odd times. I would say within another 10 to 15 years will have hearing aids. What was funny is I went to have a hearing test and they said I passed with flying colors. My wife was pissed. Said I must just ignore her. LOL.

 

[SSG T]

Mine has 2 components: the white noise static-like part and another part that sounds sort of like machinery in another room or outside like maybe a dishwasher.

Sometimes I don't notice it at all and most of the time I can ignore it, but sometimes it gets rather loud.

I will say this, everything is worse if it's loud, like a crowded restaurant/bar, any place where there are a lot of people talking. Then it's just a wall of sound and I need to leave, like now.

I have found, concerts aren't a problem, neither are sports arenas.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

You know that part in Poltergeist, the first time Carol Ann is staring at the TV...yeah, that sound is playing in my head 24/7. Maybe a bit higher pitched, but still.

Mine is the ultra high-pitched squeal you’d hear from inside the tube televisions or CRT monitors. I’m glad I can ignore it because it’s 24/7 and not sure what I’d do if I couldn’t put it in the background.

 

[redbirdhawk]

High pitched ringing in my ears is constant after decades of rock and roll abuse. My doctor at UIHC made it very clear that there is nothing they or I can do to alleviate the symptoms. The only recourse is to protect and preserve what I have left. That means wearing protective head phones at home football games. Should probably do the same thing at CHA basketball and wrestling events. Wear ear plugs at concerts and that seems to work for me just fine.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

I've had it for over 50 years. Learned long ago to live with it by basically ignoring it.

 

[jasonrann]

Yeah I totally misread the thread topic.

 

[Moral]

I pretty much ignore it after the 20 years of dealing with it. I only notice it when I get a migraine or some stress that gives me super tinnitus.

 

[franklinman]

I blame it on the high pitch of the turbo props plus the jet engines on the C-130s i worked on for 3 years before i went to flt mechanic.

 

[goldmom]

I have it but I mostly ignore it.

 

[IACub]

I'm usually able to ignore unless someone mentions it. Thanks, OP. Dick.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

My tinnitus causes a lot of miscommunication and some arguments with my wife. She truly does not understand it and thinks I'm ignoring her sometimes.

I don't wish it on anyone.

 

[HawkBall23]

I've tried pretty much everything and it hasn't helped.

I'm able to ignore it 90% of the time but it's a problem.

I don't have a permanent case of tinnitus, but I do have occasional bouts of it. Or if its not actual tinnitis, it very closely resembles something like it. And usually in one ear, not both.

Just had and got over one of those bouts very recently, actually.

 

[What Would Jesus Do?]

Reading this thread makes me notice my tinnitus more.

 

[RileyHawk]

Mine is like a high pitch flat line noise from a heart monitor. Constant but it doesn't bother me nor does it affect my hearing. My mother had it as well and it was very bothersome for her. I feel bad for those who have it and can't find ways to ignore it. Has to be very frustrating.

 

[jamesvanderwulf]

I put it on ignore like a shitty poster mostly, but it sounds like high pitched locusts on an August evening...

 

[Moral]

I put it on ignore like a shitty poster mostly, but it sounds like high pitched locusts on an August evening...

Mines more like this

 

[denmar81]

I will say this, everything is worse if it's loud, like a crowded restaurant/bar, any place where there are a lot of people talking. Then it's just a wall of sound and I need to leave, like now.

I have found, concerts aren't a problem, neither are sports arenas.

Trying to have a conversation in a crowded place is impossible. I see their lips moving but all I hear is blah, blah, blah. I’d rather stay home.

 

[Sharky1203]

Masterbation. That's what causes it.



Oh, wait, that was blindness. Damnit mom you lied to me.

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Trying to have a conversation in a crowded place is impossible. I see their lips moving but all I hear is blah, blah, blah. I’d rather stay home.

Do you have poor hearing? Hearing aids?

 

[SansAgain]

I’m a former steamfitter and I have it from grinding bevels on pipe before welding in concrete steam tunnels with no ear protection. Now I have to have the loudest box fan I could find going constantly so I don’t go more insane. I also can’t hear a TV over the ringing at normal volume levels.

 

[SansAgain]

Do you have poor hearing? Hearing aids?

He’s not deaf, if you can see lips moving but can’t hear what they’re saying it’s a sign of being Comfortably Numb. I’d recommend not dropping acid at large gatherings.

 

[SansAgain]

I put it on ignore like a shitty poster mostly, but it sounds like high pitched locusts on an August evening...

I’ve walked outside and checked if it was Cicadas many times. Cicada season is a mindf**k for me.
You’ll never see this reply.

 

[SSG T]

Masterbation. That's what causes it.



Oh, wait, that was blindness. Damnit mom you lied to me.

When masturbation's lost its fun, you're f***ing lazy

 

[Sharky1203]

When masturbation's lost its fun, you're f***ing lazy

When Green Day was writing good music.

 

[SSG T]

When Green Day was writing good music.

Honestly, Saviors is their best album in 20 years. It sounds a lot more 90s them then 2012 them

 

[funksouljon]

I put it on ignore like a shitty poster mostly, but it sounds like high pitched locusts on an August evening...

Thats about how mine is, maybe a touch higher pitched. But it comes and goes and isn't terribly loud. Just an ambient background that I can hear over.

Reading this thread it definitely started up though.

No clue what caused, I have always been good about wearing hearing protection when in machinery rooms, shooting guns or using tools. And went to some concerts in my 20s but not a ton.

 

[Moral]

Do you have poor hearing? Hearing aids?

The VA said my hearing was passing but would give me hearing aids. I also have the loud places deafness that also just applies to running water. Tinnitus probably doesn't help, but in my case I think it has a bit to do with auditory processing issues. Jet fuel exposure seems to have a connection with auditory processing disorder.

 

[Sharky1203]

The VA said my hearing was passing but would give me hearing aids. I also have the loud places deafness that also just applies to running water. Tinnitus probably doesn't help, but in my case I think it has a bit to do with auditory processing issues. Jet fuel exposure seems to have a connection with auditory processing disorder.

Said the same thing to me. But if you do research, they changed the standards for passing in the mid 2000's. If they went by the same standards as in 1995, half of us would be considered hearing loss candidates. Which they would have to offer disability to us.

 

[Moral]

Said the same thing to me. But if you do research, they changed the standards for passing in the mid 2000's. If they went by the same standards as in 1995, half of us would be considered hearing loss candidates. Which they would have to offer disability to us.

Those sneaky sneaks.