My collegue suffer with tinnitus and doctors told her that there is no cure or treatment.Try some eustachian tube tests just to see if that part of your inner ear is clogged or not.
the one I remember better is you hold your nose and then try to blow the air in your lungs to the nose increasing ear pressure. basically you should feel the same on both years.
If one of them does nothing or does something different (in the spectrum of less) then the tube isn't working as it should.
It's really important for listening, I had like one year and a half where I couldn't listen to music with headphones due to it.
There's have been big improvements on non invasive tinnitus treatments in the last few years although I don't know if they're mass available yet. Plenty old musicians and actors have been using a thing to reprogram their brains to ignore the tinnitus, the way it works is basically how you learn to disregard an alarm clock, a train passing by when you live closeby and many other things.
Here it is:
-> https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-tinnitus-idUSKBN1F82MG
My collegue suffer with tinnitus and doctors told her that there is no cure or treatment.
My european reality is not much different, other than public sector doctors are doctors but have no equipment and no knowledge of new treatments. Specially when the patient issues are not technically life-threatening. You have to have health insurance and study the question at hand before making further moves.My collegue suffer with tinnitus and doctors told her that there is no cure or treatment.
But i live in sicily where doctors win their graduation with gasoline points, so...
Yes, just a few events without ear protection is enough to net you some tinnitus.Does any dj or musician or whoever stay close to loud music get tinnitus?
This. I chalk mine up to not taking proper hearing protection precautions in my youth between shooting guns, loud concerts and playing drums. But it comes down to this: the more I think about it and trying to fix it, the more it bugs me. The more I just accept it the less I notice it.There's no cure, but there definitely is treatment.
Tinnitus is exacerbated by stress and anxiety. It can even be caused by it. Treating that anxiety can work wonders. Arguably those with it long term only have it long term because they are predisposed to anxiety and monitoring of it.
It's the perception of the ringing that's the issue, not the ringing itself. Plenty of people who have very loud tinnitus, but aren't bothered by it in the slightest.
The one lesson I've learned in the last few years is that the only real way to tackle tinnitus is to accept it, come to terms with it, calm down about it, and get on with your life. The more you fight, the worse it is.
I do wash it.
As for all the tinnitus stuff, why would I be getting it? I'm super good to my ears, used to go to concerts a lot in my 20's but haven't for years? I've been out of the army for ten plus years, why is this happening now?
Its tinnitus but that doesnt just popup out of nowhere especially if you never wore headphones/earphones, or work in a loud environment and never had it.
doctors found nothing that could have caused it.
So to avoid tinnitus, you just have to avoid any type of headphones? how do you even do that in modern society? who the hell doesn't use in-ear headphones to listen mp3 during sport, training, running, literally everything??
Do you people never use headphones when you watch a movie or play a vg and you don't want to disturb anyone?
You can wear headphones. Just don't listen at insanely loud levels.So to avoid tinnitus, you just have to avoid any type of headphones? how do you even do that in modern society? who the hell doesn't use in-ear headphones to listen mp3 during sport, training, running, literally everything??
Do you people never use headphones when you watch a movie or play a vg and you don't want to disturb anyone?
I felt the same but sometimes i'm forced to use them.I personally can't stand wearing headphones. in ear ones annoy me and big ones get uncomfortable fast.
I do use normal headphones from time to time but it's rare.
Define loud, because for example in the platinum sony headset even on max level the volume sometimes is still pretty low, probably because the sound mixing of the game is shit so you hear low voices and highest music and effects or the opposite and to hear everything i put on max volume, but it never seems to be too high, but maybe i'm a bit deaf and i just don't realize how loud it isYou can wear headphones. Just don't listen at insanely loud levels.
Define loud, because for example in the platinum sony headset even on max level the volume sometimes is still pretty low, probably because the sound mixing of the game is shit so you hear low voices and highest music and effects or the opposite and to hear everything i put on max volume, but it never seems to be too high, but maybe i'm a bit deaf and i just don't realize how loud it is![]()
Kind of had the same thing happen, I had an ear infection and also was late going to a doctor about it but I only lost a fraction of my hearing on one side... until I started working as a boilermaker.I had really bad ringing in my ears and I convinced myself it was just tinnitus... Turned out it was an infection. I was too late in going to see a doctor about it. I ended up profoundly deaf in both ears. I now have a cochlear implant to hear again (from my EARLY 20s to my 33rd year... I learned ASL and love being part of the community) ...
Don't wait... Get it checked out NOW!
I did all three of those things in my youth and I never touched hearing protection until it was required in the Army.This. I chalk mine up to not taking proper hearing protection precautions in my youth between shooting guns, loud concerts and playing drums. But it comes down to this: the more I think about it and trying to fix it, the more it bugs me. The more I just accept it the less I notice it.
I think the inability to hear would be worse then the constant ringing.Would you choose to permanently damage/remove your ears, or would you live the rest of your life managing the symptoms?
Have you ever had tinnitus? Sometimes the constant droning and irritation makes you wish you were deaf.I think the inability to hear would be worse then the constant ringing.
@TinnitusGAF
To all those suffering from this condition I humbly ask this question. Would you choose to permanently damage/remove your ears, or would you live the rest of your life managing the symptoms?
I've had temporary tinnitus in the past from extended sessions of using earphones at higher volumes and it was absolutely unbearable. It was like somebody was drilling inside my head and no matter what I did to outrun the damn thing, it was always there.
I have premiant tinnitus and no matter how bad it gets I would not give up my hearing to end it.Have you ever had tinnitus? Sometimes the constant droning and irritation makes you wish you were deaf.
My tinnitus is constant. Never goes away. Very loud.
I’d never damage my ears to stop it. It’s a noise. It’s not painful or dangerous. It can drive you crazy, but only if you let it.
Wow, I wasn't expecting two answers to be so vehemently against the idea. I supposed it comes down to the individual and whether or not they're willing to pay the price either way. It's a similar concept when it comes to neurodegenerative diseases and the whole discussion on assisted-suicide. Would you want to live your remaining days in peace and then leave or stick around longer but become a vegetable? The hard choices, the hard answers...I have premiant tinnitus and no matter how bad it gets I would not give up my hearing to end it.
I'd be loosing more then I'd gain from that trade.
White noise when trying to sleep helps.I did all three of those things in my youth and I never touched hearing protection until it was required in the Army.
.....fuck man. Guess I'm just reaping what I sowed long ago.
I'm an idiot. Get what ya pay for in life.
There are different types though. For the most part the high pitched ringing just becomes background noise, but I've also had this clicking/rattling sensation in one ear before that just drove me nuts for the better part of a week. I think lack of sleep and stress around my previous job brought it on or something, but it was miserable when it would start up. Basically any time I heard something in the upper frequencies, my ear felt like it had a mini jackhammer going off in it. I've also heard of people having this rushing water sound/sensation driving them nuts. The CEO of Texas Roadhouse apparently got symptoms so bad after having COVID that he ended up dying by suicide.I have premiant tinnitus and no matter how bad it gets I would not give up my hearing to end it.
I'd be loosing more then I'd gain from that trade.
Wow, I wasn't expecting two answers to be so vehemently against the idea. I supposed it comes down to the individual and whether or not they're willing to pay the price either way. It's a similar concept when it comes to neurodegenerative diseases and the whole discussion on assisted-suicide. Would you want to live your remaining days in peace and then leave or stick around longer but become a vegetable? The hard choices, the hard answers...
That's the same thing I said in my previous message about it depending on the individual. What about splitting the problem and losing one of your ears instead? You'd be half crippled and will get a tonne of side-glances and comments, but you'd have the best of both worlds in that scenario.Here's the thing though... if someone thinks their tinnitus is bad enough that they'd actively destroy their hearing to get rid of it, then they are severely distressed by it. That distress is the problem, not the sound. As I say, a lot of people have very loud tinnitus, and aren't bothered by it. It's all down to your personality type, and how you deal with things mentally.
Anyone can habituate to even the absolute worst tinnitus imaginable, given the right help (CBT, retraining, sound therapy, medication etc.). It's never worth doing anything to cripple yourself further.
But if I had to constantly have that rapid clicking I had for a while there, I'd probably take going deaf in that ear as a tradeoff to stop it.
I would just add that when the rattling shit would start up, hearing in that ear was basically overwhelmed and useless anyway. That's not the case with the regular old high pitched ringing I constantly hear and hardly notice unless I'm thinking about tinnitus. I don't think anyone could really adapt to the rattling, it basically overwhelmed the rest of the sound and gave me a physical sensation of something rattling too. If that was a constant sensation, I wouldn't see the point in trying to keep hearing in that ear since it was just sounding like garbled nonsense anyway.That's the same thing I said in my previous message about it depending on the individual. What about splitting the problem and losing one of your ears instead? You'd be half crippled and will get a tonne of side-glances and comments, but you'd have the best of both worlds in that scenario.Thaedolus says the same thing:
That's the same thing I said in my previous message about it depending on the individual. What about splitting the problem and losing one of your ears instead? You'd be half crippled and will get a tonne of side-glances and comments, but you'd have the best of both worlds in that scenario.Thaedolus says the same thing:
@TinnitusGAF
To all those suffering from this condition I humbly ask this question. Would you choose to permanently damage/remove your ears, or would you live the rest of your life managing the symptoms?
I've had temporary tinnitus in the past from extended sessions of using earphones at higher volumes and it was absolutely unbearable. It was like somebody was drilling inside my head and no matter what I did to outrun the damn thing, it was always there.
It's like cutting your legs because you have a limp.Wow, I wasn't expecting two answers to be so vehemently against the idea. I supposed it comes down to the individual and whether or not they're willing to pay the price either way. It's a similar concept when it comes to neurodegenerative diseases and the whole discussion on assisted-suicide. Would you want to live your remaining days in peace and then leave or stick around longer but become a vegetable? The hard choices, the hard answers...