Personal Tinnitus Ramblings

Posted by davidandcandy@gmail.com (A) on July 13, 2017 at 13:10:06

In Reply to: $12.50 posted by hifitommy on July 12, 2017 at 16:44:15:

A few years ago my wife (of now 44 yrs.) suggested I get a hearing evaluation, to which I complied. I digress slightly here, making note that I'm convinced one of the main reasons I've been married so long & so happily, is that I learned early on to comply with almost everything she suggests, also noting that she is smarter than me & is mostly correct about pretty much everything upon which she opines. Okay, so I have had a ringing in my ear(s) since 1970, which was brought about by a rocket (in Viet Nam) landing close enough to knock me out of my bunk one night in our base camp. >The hearing evaluation was done by a person in a hearing aid store. Upon completion, the gentleman showed me the graph of my exam & explained things I didn't understand until he looked at me & said, "I could sell you an excellent hearing aid for a very reasonable price, but it wouldn't do any good. Hearing aids aren't the answer for your problem." I always knew that volume of conversations / sounds wasn't a problem, I just couldn't understand some things people said. He told me I wasn't hearing most vowels because of damage to something in there, meaning, I supposed, in my ear and all the non-audiophile cable connections to my brain. Sadly, I concluded no amount of hi-end connectors, nor application of De-oxit would help. The good news is the ringing is very clear, and tinnitus does come in handy to excuse not hearing something you don't want to (commonly referred to as selective hearing). Also don't know if sensitivity to loudness is related to tinnitus, or if it's just old age, but I find that sounds or noise a bit louder than conversation level are painful.
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Topic - Tinnitus - hifitommy 13:40:58 07/12/17 (34)

RE: Tinnitus - jewel 08:44:27 07/15/17 (2)

RE: caffeine question - stan2 14:27:59 07/25/17 (0)

Tinnitus & caffeine - hifitommy 01:29:04 07/16/17 (0)

RE: Tinnitus - JURB 18:32:42 07/14/17 (2)

RE: Tinnitus - hifitommy 10:08:19 07/15/17 (0)

When first afflicted, I did a lot of research. Hugely-complicated issue affecting many areas of the brain - jdaniel@jps.net 09:11:05 07/15/17 (0)

That would suck to have it constantly! - Brian H P 14:23:17 07/14/17 (1)

I have had continuous low-level tinnitus for 50 YEARS - Feanor 14:39:19 07/15/17 (0)

RE:Tinny tus - hifitommy 10:13:24 07/14/17 (0)

My Tinnitus gets louder when - RadioWonder 08:32:53 07/14/17 (1)

What about pink Himalayan salt? - Daverz 18:54:36 07/14/17 (0)

Hyperacusis is the bigger bitch - Craiger56 06:29:47 07/14/17 (0)

TINNitus, ironically;since no one says TonSILLitus. - jdaniel@jps.net 22:18:16 07/13/17 (1)

ironically - hifitommy 04:42:13 07/14/17 (0)

Tinnitus Pronunciation - Inmate51 20:51:39 07/13/17 (1)

RE: Tinnitus Pronunciation - jusbe 04:25:22 07/15/17 (0)

RE: Tinnitus - Frihed89 12:01:42 07/13/17 (0)

RE: Tinnitus - fin1bxn@msn.com 10:51:08 07/13/17 (0)

RE: Tinnitus - Palustris 10:48:18 07/13/17 (0)

RE: Tinnitus - Sondek 09:46:23 07/13/17 (1)

us - hifitommy 11:33:43 07/13/17 (0)

pronunciation - slapshot 14:31:22 07/12/17 (5)

My doctor pronounces it... - 1973shovel 19:58:56 07/12/17 (1)

RE: My doctor pronounces it... - acres verde 11:05:41 07/13/17 (0)

I was wondering how a southern might pronounce it.... - Rod M 19:36:08 07/12/17 (2)

I have learned that there is no eye here in the south - 1973shovel 20:07:42 07/12/17 (1)

RE: I have learned that there is no eye here in the south - Kal Rubinson 05:43:13 07/14/17 (0)

Mosquitoes in my head - artemus 14:03:50 07/12/17 (6)

RE: Mosquitoes in my head - AbeCollins 00:23:19 07/13/17 (0)

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Personal Tinnitus Ramblings - davidandcandy@gmail.com 13:10:06 07/13/17 (3)

RE: Personal Tinnitus Ramblings - pbarach 10:05:09 07/16/17 (2)

RE: Personal Tinnitus Ramblings - davidandcandy@gmail.com 15:17:55 07/16/17 (1)

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