Just recently started hearing a slight ringing in my ears. Didn't notice it to much at first but has gotten a little worse. Mostly can be a little annoying when it's real quiet. Luckily it can be mostly blocked out by a fan when sleeping. Anyone else dealing with it? What kind of treatment did you get for it if any?
Anyone Have Tinnitus?
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Yes. These 2 things have helped the most, but there is no 100% relief. Music works best.
I guess all those years of working around jet engines in the Air Force, shooting guns, and of course listening to loud music probably all contributed to this. I'll give that second one a try and if it gets worse I might look into that first one. Thanks.
Yes, since '81, due to a 20-year military career + loud music.
Reducing alcohol consumption helps. Abstaining from it for weeks at time helps somewhat more. Physical activity also provides minor relief, but tinnitus never goes completely away for me.
I'll check out the videos posted by @FusterCluck . Thanks.
Reducing alcohol consumption helps. Abstaining from it for weeks at time helps somewhat more. Physical activity also provides minor relief, but tinnitus never goes completely away for me.
I'll check out the videos posted by @FusterCluck . Thanks.
Man, I'm a teetotaler and the absence of alcohol doesn't seem to have an effect on me.
I have been reading about elevated blood sugar levels and the correlation to Tinnitus, which makes the alcohol thing make a lot of sense.
I have been reading about elevated blood sugar levels and the correlation to Tinnitus, which makes the alcohol thing make a lot of sense.
No alcohol here in probably a decade or more. Now I had surgery on my neck a few years ago and that second video seems to suggest that might be a contributor with the area of the back of the neck he is rubbing. It's probably just one of those mysteries that no one knows much about or has a for sure answer to fixing it. I guess going completely deaf would help but that is a bit extreme.
I know you probably can't understand the thought right now, but you really do learn to just live with it. Your brain will have its fill eventually and it will start to slightly tune that frequency out. Silence is the enemy and sometimes, I'll sit in silence for several minutes before I realize I'm hearing the ring... but once I hear it, I can't un-hear it.
Like I said, I have music (or a YouTube video of someone talking) going on all the time b/c it takes very little real noise to mask even a loud ring. The brain is amazing and dumb at the same time.
From what I understand, if you have it, you want the high-frequency tones... some people hear constant, low rumbling freight train noises. I can't even imagine.
Like I said, I have music (or a YouTube video of someone talking) going on all the time b/c it takes very little real noise to mask even a loud ring. The brain is amazing and dumb at the same time.
From what I understand, if you have it, you want the high-frequency tones... some people hear constant, low rumbling freight train noises. I can't even imagine.
The high frequency tones were always the ones that I struggled hearing the most when I had to do hearing tests in recent years. Wouldn't you know those are the ones that are deciding to show up now. [laughing]
I caught the common flu twice in December 2018 and January 2019. Forgot to get my shot. Second time was worst. Ringing level went down big-time after recovering from second bout, but intensified again in Feb, 2019. Crazy.
Did you take antibiotics or some other kind of prescription during those bouts with the flu? If so I wonder if that helped at all? Might have been an unintended side effect.
I know it is different but my mom recently had to have her gall bladder removed and while in the hospital her allergies were almost nonexistent. She normally has to take an allergy pill everyday because they are so bad, but right after the surgery she stopped needing them.
Unfortunately it only lasted maybe a month and then the allergies kicked back in. I'm guessing some medication they gave her temporarily suppressed them. Just curious if some meds might help with things they weren't designed for.
No antibiotics and nothing but aspirin. I take aspirin daily as a blood thinner after suffering two strokes between January 24 and February 16, 2009. Strokes resulted from too much caffeine, lack of exercise, job-related stress (pending layoff) and grad school. In my case, too much caffeine also increases tinnitus intensity.
My gall bladder was also removed in 1999, but tinnitus symptoms seemed the same back then.
As Fuster said you learn to live with it. I had sudden sensorial hearing loss 4 yrs ago in my left ear. My ear popped and just like that I haven’t heard a thing in that ear since. Doctors seem to think a membrane in eardrum tore. Either way I have horrific tinnitus in that ear.
The way it was explained to me is my brain is trying to amplify sound in that ear since it is not getting signals. The louder my good ear hears the worse it is. So loud situations, especially restaurants are hell on me. I still go to select concerts but I had musician molded ear plugs with filters so it decreases the volume my good ear is receiving. I use total block when mowing or doing really loud activities.
I really haven’t found much that helps. Loud situations suck, quiet situations suck. You just learn to live with it and you really don’t think about it unless it gets really loud. Mine is a very loud roar, like listening to a seashell.
The way it was explained to me is my brain is trying to amplify sound in that ear since it is not getting signals. The louder my good ear hears the worse it is. So loud situations, especially restaurants are hell on me. I still go to select concerts but I had musician molded ear plugs with filters so it decreases the volume my good ear is receiving. I use total block when mowing or doing really loud activities.
I really haven’t found much that helps. Loud situations suck, quiet situations suck. You just learn to live with it and you really don’t think about it unless it gets really loud. Mine is a very loud roar, like listening to a seashell.
^ I go through hell during complete silence. Mine is like high-pitched ringing. It seems the ringing intensifies when all is quiet around me.
I have a ring in there as well. It’s not as prevalent as the roar, but it’s damn sure in there.
When I play my banjo a lot is when mine acts up.........I have told my wife for years that I can hear morris code at night when it is quiet...............seems like mine comes and goes also......