Thread: Any Tinnitus sufferers out there?

The sad part is they hammer home the idea of protecting your hearing and we usual do so. We are afraid of losing our hearing. Tinnitis is waaaaaay worse. It is the first step in hearing loss and it can drive you insane, literally.

Hearing loss doesn't cause deafness. It creates a high pitched whistle in your ear, similar to nails running along a chalkboard.

If someone said, protect your hearing or you'll have a high pitched sound screaming in your ear 24/7 and you'll lose all your sleep for the rest of your life, I think I would have walked around with earing protectors everywhere I went.

I did a great job of protecting my hearing for 48 years with the exception of the 10 minutes I caused permanent irreversable damage.