Others Here With Tinnitus?

[Pluckoff]

I recently developed it and assimilates in just my right ear. I know it's the brain perceiving and making up for frequencies loss due to cochlear nerve end cell damage/loss and not an ear issue specifically.

I am also aware "T" tinnitus is accumulative, can happen with or without hearing loss. Studies have been done in which people with no hearing loss or tinnitus have been put into soundproof rooms and all of them within 15-20 minutes start to hear ringing or other frequencies due to the brain's perception of loss to everyday sounds/frequencies it's used to hearing.

My T is most likely accumulative too, but recent use of studio headphones for prolonged periods is what pushed it to constant ringing around 6.5 kilohertz. I have appointments with an Audiologist and ENT on February 14th.

Anyway, just wondering if others have it, does it affect you, how do you cope or habituate?

 

[mongo2]

According to the audiologist I went to I had it for several years but one day it was just gone. I found ignoring it to be difficult and it was very bothersome in some situations. My cardiologist suspects that it diminished once my blood pressure was under control or the minor stroke I had did something to my brain to stop it. No matter why I'm grateful it's gone. However, I don't recommend having a stroke, it's not any fun at all.

 

[BadSanta1281]

It's always there for me.

I guess my mom was right when she told me cranking up my headphones was going to ruin my hearing.

She was smarter than I gave her credit for when I was a teenager.

 

[Killing Floor]

I do that thingy, no idea what it is called. Bottom couple fingers of each hand right at the bass of the skull, top of the neck. Thump each side 10 or so times, not on perfect rhythm right about at the crease at base of skull, not too hard, just enough to hear/feel it. Do half dozen sets of this. A few times a day is what I do. It doesn’t cure it but dulls it a lot temporarily. It doesn’t work for my wife but it has helped me. Good luck.
Google it, I didn’t just make this up.

 

[Jazzdogg]

I have it and most of the time I am able to ignore it. In my experience, focusing on negative experiences can make them worse.

I am getting ready to be fitted with hearing aids (I'm old), and I am curious to see how my "T" responds.

Good luck!

 

[Pluckoff]

However, I don't recommend having a stroke, it's not any fun at all.

Noted! lol. Sorry to hear you went through both traumatic experiences.

Yes, tinnitus can develop through high blood pressure in some people.

 

[Pluckoff]

It's always there for me.

I guess my mom was right when she told me cranking up my headphones was going to ruin my hearing.
She was smarter than I gave her credit for when I was a teenager.

Some info I've read is that it's estimated that 15% of the world's population has Tinnitus. That percentage is expected to increase as Millennials and Gen Z population age. Some estimates show up to 30%

 

[Pluckoff]

I do that thingy, no idea what it is called. Bottom couple fingers of each hand right at the bass of the skull, top of the neck. Thump each side 10 or so times, not on perfect rhythm right about at the crease at base of skull, not too hard, just enough to hear/feel it. Do half dozen sets of this. A few times a day is what I do. It doesn’t cure it but dulls it a lot temporarily. It doesn’t work for my wife but it has helped me. Good luck.
Google it, I didn’t just make this up.

I've seen that on Youtube along with an Audiologist's or ENT who posted a supposed improved method doing basically the same thing but tapping with spoons. Brings a whole new meaning to Soundgarden's Spoon Man .

 

[Plectrum72]

Constant in my right ear and intermittent in my left. Did you serve in the military in the 00s? You may be entitled to compensation. Although mine is more likely attributed to combat (nobody stops to put in ear plugs) as opposed to faulty hearing protection.

 

[beaglesandbass]

Tinnitus. Who has it, for how long, and how do you cope?