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Title: Tinnitus
Post by: albitz on 09 February 2011, 19:46:35
Anyone got experience of it ? I have apparently developed it recently, and its driving me rather mad. Its more annoying than STMO. Iirc, its incurable ? dont fancy another x years with a never ending ringing in my right ear. :'(
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: hercules on 09 February 2011, 19:50:22
aye ive got it,sometimes its really loud other times you dont notice it but its there,this thread now has made me notice it and although ive not had it medically pronounced you know when your ears are ringing and yes its bloody annoying but its gets more normal and used to over the years :y
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Mysteryman on 09 February 2011, 19:50:48
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Anyone got experience of it ? I have apparently developed it recently, and its driving me rather mad. Its more annoying than STMO. Iirc, its incurable ? dont fancy another x years with a never ending ringing in my right ear. :'(

Pardon?
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: the alarming man on 09 February 2011, 19:52:08
me too had since a nipper..i sleep with fan on to mask noise so i can sleep doc cant help... :y
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 09 February 2011, 19:52:17
did you visit doc ?

I had once when my ears were full :-[ ;D
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Mysteryman on 09 February 2011, 19:53:02
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me too had since a nipper..i sleep with fan on to mask noise so i can sleep doc cant help... :y


Now that's a good idea :y  My mum has it.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: albitz on 09 February 2011, 19:53:35
Cant imagine getting used to this tbh - its driving me mad.might have to try a van gogh - but a bit deeper. :D
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: albitz on 09 February 2011, 19:57:13
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did you visit doc ?

I had once when my ears were full :-[ ;D
Not yet Cem, I will do though, just in case its something as simple as that. But I suspect it wont. I have played guitars/music - very loud since my yoof, and have spent almost all my working life in extremely noisy atmospheres. I wore ear protection, but the noise levels were often still beyond the pain threshold.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: hercules on 09 February 2011, 19:57:56
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Cant imagine getting used to this tbh - its driving me mad.might have to try a van gogh - but a bit deeper. :D
i find alcohol gets me to sleep quicker and so not to lie there listening to it :)
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 09 February 2011, 19:58:55
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did you visit doc ?

I had once when my ears were full :-[ ;D
Not yet Cem, I will do though, just in case its something as simple as that. But I suspect it wont. I have played guitars/music - very loud since my yoof, and have spent almost all my working life in extremely noisy atmospheres. I wore ear protection, but the noise levels were often still beyond the pain threshold.

 :-? :-?   I hope not something serious Albs.. how you say , fingers crossed :y
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: HolyCount on 09 February 2011, 19:59:13
I get it in fits and starts. Actually it's there most of the time, sometimes louder than others. It actually acts as an alarm clock for my "condition" --- when the ringing gets very loud I know that I have to take it easy for a while or end up confined to bed for a week.  So it has it's uses.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: hercules on 09 February 2011, 20:00:02
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me too had since a nipper..i sleep with fan on to mask noise so i can sleep doc cant help... :y
i thought it was normal cos i started with it since i can remember and mine was louder when i was younger
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Mysteryman on 09 February 2011, 20:00:56
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me too had since a nipper..i sleep with fan on to mask noise so i can sleep doc cant help... :y
i thought it was normal cos i started with it since i can remember and mine was louder when i was younger


No. Your hearing was just better. ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Omega_Dan on 09 February 2011, 20:00:58
I have it occasionally. its very annoying especially at night time when your trying to sleep. Dont think there is any rear cure for it sadly
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: hercules on 09 February 2011, 20:02:21
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me too had since a nipper..i sleep with fan on to mask noise so i can sleep doc cant help... :y
i thought it was normal cos i started with it since i can remember and mine was louder when i was younger


No. Your hearing was just better. ;D ;D ;D
probs ;D
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: albitz on 09 February 2011, 20:04:17
I have had it occasionally for years and it didnt bother me much, but now its almost all the time. :(
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: aaronjb on 09 February 2011, 20:04:28
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did you visit doc ?

I had once when my ears were full :-[ ;D
Not yet Cem, I will do though, just in case its something as simple as that. But I suspect it wont. I have played guitars/music - very loud since my yoof, and have spent almost all my working life in extremely noisy atmospheres. I wore ear protection, but the noise levels were often still beyond the pain threshold.

From what I was reading the other week, Tinnitus is the brain 'misfiring' to make up for a total absence of noise in a certain part of the auditory spectrum .. so I think there's your answer, unfortunately, and hearing doesn't come back once it's gone.

Worth a visit to the doc and get a hearing test done to find out if it's that.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: albitz on 09 February 2011, 20:08:51
Mispent youth catching up with me............again. ::)
Just as well there isnt any new good music im going to miss out on. :D
Just looked up a list of people who suffer from it, Im in good company.
Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, I see a pattern here oh, and................Adolf Hitler.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: redelitev6 on 09 February 2011, 20:43:22
 :( Had it for a couple of years now since i picked up an ear infection swimming in volcanic water off santorini , doc says he can't do anything for it , it does produce a spectacular ammount of ear wax though! :y   
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Mysteryman on 09 February 2011, 20:44:34
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:( Had it for a couple of years now since i picked up an ear infection swimming in volcanic water off santorini , doc says he can't do anything for it , it does produce a spectacular ammount of ear wax though! :y   


Your ear thinks it's a volcano.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: hotel21 on 09 February 2011, 20:45:17
I have tinitus in both ears.  Too many years of lage ships enginerooms back in the 70's when hearing protection was a laughed at thing.  Quickly followed by longer than I care to mention in firearms training with large caliber handguns, shotguns and flashbangs in close confines, large caliber rifles from a distance and similar.  Motorbikes and loud revs/short gears to get progress as required.  it all adds up.

Like someone already said, I find a fan on low speed in the background helps a lot.

Camping in the country, on a wind and noise free night is plain torture, sadly...   :'( 
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Mysteryman on 09 February 2011, 20:46:44
I'm really surprised by how many of you suffer from this. You have my sympathy, it would drive me mad.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Martin_1962 on 09 February 2011, 20:50:07
I get it for about an hour every few months  - but so loud I reckon other people could hear it.

Did have temporary hearing loss from a Saon gig once.


Hearing is fine now
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Lioned on 09 February 2011, 20:51:10
I have it.Have had all the tests including brain scan which was clear.Most Docs will just fob you off as there is no cure and not much they can do.You should go for a proper hearing test and examination just in case there is something in the inner ear or, as i have said,a problem in the head causing pressure.
Dont bother to read all the stuff on the internet sites,i've been there and done all that and nobody really knows what causes it.Though best guess is always been 'occupational' noise.I did a big and very noisy job a few months before mine started about 18 months ago,stupid enough not to use ear protectors,and i recon thats what caused mine.

Dont notice it much ,if at all,during the day when i'm working and there is background noise,worse time is at night and when trying to get to sleep.

Advise is to listen to 'White noise' (inter station noise) you can buy tapes.
At night i plug myself into the Ipod and listen and it calms things down and gets me off to sleep.

It is worse for people who are loosing their hearing as well so get that checked.   
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: iainb on 09 February 2011, 20:56:10
Ive had it for 5 years, and yes it drives me crazy some times,Booze helps abit.
I think it had a lot to do with concerts in the past (The Who,T-rex,Wishbone ash,Mountain)
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: albitz on 09 February 2011, 20:56:54
Yep, its off down the docs I think. Im sitting here half watching the England match and I can hear the ringing very clearly above the volume of the TV.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Mysteryman on 09 February 2011, 20:59:55
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Yep, its off down the docs I think. Im sitting here half watching the England match and I can hear the ringing very clearly above the volume of the TV.


Well open the door yer daft b@st@rd. ;D
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 09 February 2011, 21:04:27
I too have tinitus.....just in one ear tho....due to my incompitent doctor, at the time, that failed to clear an ear infection i had..after 6 months of having the ear infection..i ended up going to a private doctor...that after tests, my hearing in that ear was pratically non existant.
The private doctor, filled my ear with a solution and i had a bung in my ear for about 2 weeks, after which was removed and a few weeks later he got my hearing back to about 80%....and he did tell me at the time, that he could get my hearing in that ear back to about 95% and tinitus, which i was complaining about at the time, he said he could cure.....however i declined at the time....as i had run up a £1000 bill  :o and about 10yrs later.....its still a prob.....maybe i should have carried on with his treatment  :-/

Noise in the backroom helps....like radio/tv on...even if im not listening to it  :y
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: geoffr70 on 10 February 2011, 00:01:10
Had it for 6 years now in both ears, very loud. Can hear it all the time even during the day. No cure. Contrary to what's been said, alcohol makes it worse, as does tiredness and dehydration. There are CDs you can get with White noise on and tinnitus sounding noises. Prolonged listening to these help to reduce symptoms, apparently, although I haven't used mine long enough to confirm. I can't imagine life without it, it's normal now for me.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: YZ250 on 10 February 2011, 00:51:01
I've had it for years. Probably down to years of working in a tool room and being complacent about hearing protection. Had all of the audiology tests and scan done. I'm totally deaf in my left ear and the tinnitus is in my left ear.
Mine is always there but you can sometimes switch off to it. It is more apparant when you think about it. My wife says I have selective deafness.  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: alfie on 10 February 2011, 05:34:18
I,ve had it for (ears) suffered in silence, joke over,
anyway mentioned to my gp last week,and he prescribed a course of tablets that might cure it.
Hasn,t done it yet through.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: Chris_H on 10 February 2011, 08:02:04
I've started to notice it in the last few months.  If loud noises trigger it then biking without earplugs may be the cause.  Certainly if you choose to notice it then it's more bothersome.  Not had it long enough to be an expert though.  Hopefully it will go away (Yeah.  Right!)
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 09:23:34
I've suffered with it for many years now - too many years of abuse watching too many loud rock bands in my younger days and 35+ years of disco's! You kind of get used to it after time and although the ringing is constantly there, you can train your mind to ignore it.
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: albitz on 10 February 2011, 10:01:39
A bit like a nagging missus then Bob. :y ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: bob.dent on 10 February 2011, 10:23:15
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A bit like a nagging missus then Bob. :y ;D ;D ;D

 ;D ;D

Nail on head
Title: Re: Tinnitus
Post by: lozzy on 10 February 2011, 17:39:00
i have tinnitus from caused by high frquency loud speakers i have learnt to live with it my mum had got it as well from that time in your life when your body goes through a change and it drives her barmy