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I have had the intrusive high pitch ringing in my right ear for about 2 weeks now, which has been tough to deal with. Not sure what the future holds for me now in terms of this hobby, but I'm taking it day by day.So far many medical causes have been ruled out as the cause (luckily) via MRI, blood work, etc. Any other members here working thru this condition?
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...It's faint, but it's continuous and in both ears...
To do with being a musician and drummer as well as a listener ,and seeing My Bloody Valentine live six times in my life hasn't helped either!
Obviously it has an effect but my hearing is still quite good and I still love to listen and can tell the differences in gear and pressings very easily...
I wish you the best - it is NOT over!!!
Love, Andy ;o)
My friend, I wish you lived here in Sacramento, CA. We have one of the premiere hearing centers west of the Mississippi. They specialize in various hearing disorders, including yours, tinnitus, which is more common in men after age 40 than you think.
I heard a radio health show (local) one Saturday morning, while I was out doing some yard work. I ended up stopping what I was doing, and listened to what people were saying about various hearing disorders, and how this company, McDonald Hearing Aid center was able to help them.
One man, I recall, had suffered nearly full hearing loss from diving, when swimming deep under water. The pressure of the water caused extreme pain, discomfort, water entering the ears and a quick loss in his normal hearing. He lived with this for over 35 years. After a series of visits this facility was able to restore his hearing to nearly normal, and the man now was in his late 60s.You could hear in his voice how happy and grateful he was to be able to hear again. He had been to specialists, none could seem to help him, until his visit to this one. I was amazed, when I heard his story in his own words.
Check the link to this facility, below. GOOD LUCK.
ED
"Some Folks Need An Education ... Don't Give Up Or We'll Lose The Nation" C. 1970 MARK FARNER of Grand Funk Railroad from "Sin's A Good Man's Brother"
I will work thru this!
Hang in...there is a lot of research being done in the area and many people have discovered ways to minimize it (eg; diet).
I get it from time to time. Usually as a precursor to headache. Who knows...it could easily go away just as unexpectedly as it it arrived.
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Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.
John Lennon
Can be due to the big three: inflammation, blood pressure and hardening of the arteries. There are ties not only to Tinnitis but things like Dementia as well. Follow your internist rules and Dr. Oz (and folks like him) who can suggest herbs and supplements that can reverse damages to blood vessels going on. Often due to genes but things like Stinging Nettle, L-Carnitine, CoQ10 (a must to go with statin drugs your Doc will slap on you), Triple/Quadruple Strength Omega 3 will start to reverse the process, that is with changes in lifestyle.
...I've had tinnitis in my left ear for over 10 years because of an ear infection. The severity varies from case to case, but I can deal with mine and ignore it most of the time.
Often, it accompanies high frequency hearing loss in the ipsilateral ear.
I wanted to let you know that it does NOT affect my enjoyment of music--when listening to music, it does not bother me. So, chin up...the joys of being in our 50s!
Where certain frequencies actually hurt, and you find yourself evaluating restaurants and other public places by how noisey they are, and sitting in an audience during applause can only be done with some form of hearing protection.
Best,
It's gotten worse with age, but I find I can generally ignore the high-frequency, constant noise by focusing on other sounds. In my case, I'm sure it's the result of freqent childhood ear infections, with the added benefit(!) of hearing loss in the upper registers as I got older.
I just adjust the tone controls to avoid hissy highs and avoid bright speakers when setting up my systems. I'm also very picky about headphones. Best of luck to you.
"Trying to make it real ... compared to what?" - Les McCann & Eddie Harris, "Swiss Movement"
I had a bad ear infection a few years back that left me with persistent Tinnitus (constant ringing in my right ear). It's really a bummer, because I've always tried to take good care of my ears. It left me feeling quite depressed for a while, honestly.
I find a good night's sleep either makes the ringing more tolerable or lower in volume. It's worse when I'm sleep deprived or stressed.
Hang in there, this is not going to ruin your life, or end the pleasure you derive from listening to music. You might have to listen a little louder to mask the ringing.
I started having serious tinnitus several years ago after being on Celebrex for a short time. Other NSAIDs can also cause or aggravate tinnitus. I have found ginko biloba two or three times daily to be helpful (caution if on blood thinners). Some dietary products can also have exacerbate tinnitus. Artificial sweeteners are particularly bad for me as well as some food dyes. Myself, and 2 other pharmacists where I work kicked the diet drink habit when adverse health news came out about these products. We all had a hard time getting off the drinks but feel better for it.
No smoking, keeping blood pressure under control, using hearing protection are important also.
I'm 46 and my ears have either been ringing or hissing pretty much for about 20 years now. I've worked around noisy equipment and been around loud music for years now. Sometimes the sound in my ears is more noticeable than others. My ears are also very sensitive to being in the wind.
Getting old ain't for pussies. :-)
I'll see your tinnitus and raise you two vertebrae and a rotator cuff. Actually, I think I'll keep what I have.
Constant high-frequency ringing/whistling in both ears. I've had it for years (I've been a DJ since my teens, and I'm in my mid-50s). It doesn't go away. I ignore it the best I can. Basically can't follow a coversation in a crowded room uhnless I incline my my to the speaker and place it very close. This can be nice when you're surrounded by boring people - you just smile and nod politely. It does mask some of the high frequencies when I'm listening to music, though, which makes Steve Hoffman remasters sound even more rolled off than they already are.
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Here's a link to a recent discussion of this in the General forum, including a link to a discussion of a current treatment that seems to be successful in helping people deal with tinnitus:
http://tinyurl.com/tinnitus-link
In my case it is only audible (bothersome) when everything is absolutely quiet, usually when I am trying to sleep. When the house is dead quiet I hear what sounds like a jet plane far, far overhead. It makes me nuts.
I've had it for nearly 20 years and it does not come and go ...it is there every night.
Dean.
reelsmith's axiom: Its going to be used equipment when I sell it, so it may as well be used equipment when I buy it.
I sometimes experience a faint hummmmm type of sound (relatively low frequency). As others also report, it comes and goes. It seems to go when I am seriously listening to music (either live performances or on my home system), so thus far it has not been a major obstacle to enjoying music.
Does yours come and go? A strange fact is that you can dramatically lessen tinnitus by not thinking about it. Distract yourself etc. and it will fade. It is not necessarily a physical ailment in the ear but, a malfunction in the ear/brain connection due to damage sometimes. I sometimes have bouts due to allergies(do you have those? the meds for allergies are great for causing tinnitus, Sudafed is very powerful in this way.) Also reduce coffee and stimulant intake(Coke, sugary foods etc.)
The very faint tinnitus that some have in the background is apparently permanent hearing damage and cannot be made to go away easily, but can be simply ignored IMO.
Good luck. Richard
I've had it for over thirty years. Whistling noise like jet aircraft on the tarmac. Loud rock concerts, then lots of explosions and gunfire when I was in SEA, followed by more loud concerts after I came home, and I was a surefire candidate. Was professionally diagnosed about twenty years ago. I'm lucky it comes and goes. Sometimes a lot worse than others, but it never completely goes away. Ignoring it mostly works for me. Had to learn how to do that, it seems (at least for me) to be a willpower thing.
That's true to an extent. The hardcore tinnitus folks call it "habituation." I know for a fact that mine fluctuates - I'm not "ignoring" it - it simply isn't there (or just barely there). There's a difference.
After exhausting all other avenues, habituation is what you want to aim for. Or maybe before exhausting those avenues. Whichever is easier.
My uncle was an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor and he told me that the surgery to cure it made you deaf in that ear and did not always work. He did not think that anything else worked other than " just get used to it". Some people have it very bad or have a very low tolerance for it according to my uncle and they are the ones he operated on. He did not approve much of the surgery.
...if that's the surgery you're referring to. It typically leaves the person with the tinnitus and NO way to mask it (since their hearing is gone in that ear). Not a good idea.
He said that he did not like it. And you are right, it did not always work.
I am sorry to hear that you have this problem. My run in with this started in my 30's. It was a lower pitched sound. At first I thought the sound was coming from an external source and searched for it high and low for weeks. I really only noticed it at night. Eventually, I went and had the auditory test that looks for problems with the auditory nerve. It was negative but the evening after the test my ear suddenly opened up, like when water from swimming drains out, and the tinnitus stopped for a while. At that point I was convinced that the tinnitus was related to my constant sinus problems. I began replicating the +/- pressures that the test created hoping that it would help. It does help and I still have problems with it but not like in the beginning. Though now I get sudden high pitched ringing that last 1-2 min. and can happen in either ear. Again, my feeling is that this is sinus related since it seems worse when my sinuses are worse.
I've had tinnitus for about five years. Mine sounds just like tape hiss (great for an audiophile, eh?). But, it's not 24/7. I'll have a couple days where it's virtually gone, then other days (like today) where it's nasty. Still, I'd rather have a hiss than a tone.
I'm sure you've already been told, but time is a great healer. There's really not much else to be done other than masking (for sleeping perhaps). Sometimes it gets in the way of the music, but not as much as it used to.
Also, since you've only had it for a couple of weeks, it still might go away on its own. Was there some event that triggered it? Trauma or loud noise?
I have the ringing in my ears, but it's only noticeable when there is absolute silence. I went to see a hearing specialist and I passed the tone tests with flying colors. She was amazed at my hearing ability. I don't get the ringing all the time and when I'm listening to music, I don't hear it at all. It hasn't had an impact on my listening habits yet.
M~
I do hear a ringing now when the background is very very quiet that I am told is tinnitus, but it doesn't interfere with music listening. This has been true for most of my life - but when I was young (4-5) I had really bad ear infections continuously - and the doctors thought I would go deaf. Instead they managed to drain the ears, and put tubes in them at them time (routine now, but not so routine at the time) and I got normal hearing afterwards. Well, I never heard as well as my friends, but for some reason now that I am in my middle 40's my hearing is slightly better than theirs.
Still nothing like a 20 year old!
Hang in there, man. I have heard that sometimes it does get better!
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad"
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