Thread: Any Tinnitus Sufferers out there?

Army gun ranges did me in. Then industry, Harley's , and more shooting finished it off.
I get different frequencies kicking in and out. Now the left ear is starting to fade like I have a wad of something stuffed in there.
Any background noise kills my hearing .
Can't hear any conversation in a crowded room.
It sucks.
I may look at that web site. Thanks.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Other than vision,I think hearing loss is one of the most debiltating maladys a person can have (non-terminal)
Has effected my life bigtime

Spot on. Im 64 and have worn hearing aids since about age 50 - the high pitch sounds are almost completely gone so there is nothing the aids can do to help. No-one knows what caused my hearing loss - it certainly was not due to over-exposure to loud noise and there is no family history. A virus is the most likely cause. I no longer watch much TV as I don't get the same pleasure with sub-titles. I have a blue tooth device which streams directly to my aids - it helps a lot but I still miss too much dialogue and, of course, there is the everpresent background music which can drown out voices.

I get tinnitus intermittently - generally when I'm not wearing aids and Spendur is right - if you stop thinking about it, it's not noticeable.

Affirmative on tinnitus.....but as someone said, only when there is almost complete silence and when I am thinking of it. The more I concentrate on the variety of squeals, squeaks, whines, gurgles, the more insane I feel. Also, I agree with pixelfixed on hearing loss and the double edged sword of hearing aids. Hearing aids at the upper level are very sophisticated instruments (and about 4K each) but the fact remains that you are not hearing completely naturally and you have things stuffed in your ears. Honestly if I was alone I would not wear hearing aids, I am wearing them for the people around me who I noticed were moving backward when I was talking to them.......I would not spend a dime on tinnitus treatment, but if you get a hearing exam and you need hearing aids....for the sake of those around you, get them.

Originally Posted by ChrisL

Jimmy, did you go to the ATA website? The site I found is called audionotch.

Yes, Chris, that is where I went, I'll give this audionotch a try too. My tinnitus is very like thebigspendur described, if it isn't dead silent in my environment, as when I lay down to go to sleep, or unless I'm reminded of it, I usually tune it out and don't 'hear' it ........ or better yet, don't pay attention to it even though it is there. Thanks for bringing it up Chris ......

I have had it since the vietnam war. It is constant and the volume comes and goes. Same sound in both ears with partial deafness in right ear. I can only describe the sound as what you hear when on a passenger jet just as the plane winds down the engines and you get a very quick high pitched sound at peak for a few seconds as the turbines begin winding down. Drives me nuts.

Playing in a band and headphones caused mine, it comes and goes. It was worse in the '90's when I was playing a lot. I have very little hearing loss but quite a bit of high freq ringing at times

Mine just sounds like white noise. People pay big bucks for white noise generators to sleep at night .. I've got it for free.

Started shooting clay target games early in life, before hearing protection was de rigeur ... Manly man, dontcha know? (read stupid!) ... Lots of rounds before I took to plugs and muffs.
Spending hours in screw machine shops did not help either ..

We adjust ...

Pistols and revolvers, bikes, metal beating, shrew for a mate, bad dentistry, did it for me. Left ear semi deaf, both ring.
~Richard

Using that Audionotch thing isn't as easy as it sounds (no pun of course). Just matching your unique problem to their generated tone may sound easy but you need to get it exact to work and just guessing won't work. Then there is the issue of how you are listening to the tone and how accurate your earphones or computer speakers are.

I can attribute a lot of my hearing loss to one Motörhead concert.