Tinnitus

[davieG]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!!!

It's the devil incarnate

[MikeyT]

I have it quite badly too. Although mine isn't usually the high pitched one. Mine is like a bumping in my ear set off by certain frequencies.

Absolutely unbearable at times. 

[NewburyFox]

My dad gets it quite badly. It's for this reason that there is always noise in the house, whether it be music or the tv, as apparently silence is horrible.

[davieG]

I currently feel like I'm standing next to jet plane, really loud and feels like the noise is trying to get out of my ear.

It doesn't help that my hearing is cooked as well, somewhat ironic that this is significantly louder than my normal hearing ability.

[Ian W LCFC]

My Dad suffers from this, he says that it is usually set off by high pitched and very loud noises.

[Guesty]

I used to play the drums and had it. It still comes back every now and again. Think I'm quite lucky because I just got used to it and ignored it most of the time.

[Northants Fox 3]

I have it quite badly too. Although mine isn't usually the high pitched one. Mine is like a bumping in my ear set off by certain frequencies.

Absolutely unbearable at times. 

I also have it, and it can be bad for upto a week then the pitch changes and it's fairly low...(high pitched ringing)but it's always there, drives me insane sometimes   

[MC Prussian]

My mother has the same issue. It's been plaguing her for at least a decade now. Sad part is, there's no imminent cure in sight.

Doctors and scientists are still wondering how a tinnitus can appear that much out of a sudden and why it can't be corrected fast enough.

 

Apparently, stress is a big factor (but then again, what modern sorrow is not caused by it?).

My mother's also been prone to bouts of headaches and nose-related infections, like otitis and not properly cured colds, so these things might be somewhat related.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

Mine comes and goes, usually high-pitched vibey type and I notice it much more when there's silence, but occasionally one ear goes completely deaf for a couple of minutes. Almost certainly caused by the years of drumming and gigging I did without earplugs, but I only recently found out that dB levels in a motorcycle helmet at high speeds can cause hearing damage.

 

I invested in a decent pair of earplugs a few years ago that are brilliant - wear them whenever at a gig or playing drums and they don't muffle at all, just take the sound down to a sensible volume. Haven't noticed any further hearing loss since I started using them 

[MikeyT]

There's a thing the docs can put in your ears to counteract the sound...but I find it ironic that the thing they put in your ear also makes a noise to take away the high pitch. I forget the name of it now, but when I went about my Tinnitus I tried it. I found it just as annoying and irritating as the Tinnitus itself!

[Trav Le Bleu]

My wife, who is profoundly deaf, had tinnitus for a few months last year. Personally I thought it must be awful, since it was the only thing she could hear. I could tell when it was affecting her because she tipped her head to one side and would look a little more tense. We went to the ENT clinic and they told us there was nothing that could be done, mainly because of her deafness (though apparently, hearing people can sometimes get a hearing aid that emits a tone that neutralise the ringing - might be something worth looking into for those of you who suffer, ask your GP I guess.) Thankfully it has stopped now for a fair old time and it seemed to coincide with going on holiday, so I strongly suspect that stress is a major contributor.

 

Myself, I occasionally get a clicking noise in my ear (like the sound of a newton's cradle.) I suspect this is the payment of too many gigs standing close to the speakers.

[MikeyT]

My wife, who is profoundly deaf, had tinnitus for a few months last year. Personally I thought it must be awful, since it was the only thing she could hear. I could tell when it was affecting her because she tipped her head to one side and would look a little more tense. We went to the ENT clinic and they told us there was nothing that could be done, mainly because of her deafness (though apparently, hearing people can sometimes get a hearing aid that emits a tone that neutralise the ringing - might be something worth looking into for those of you who suffer, ask your GP I guess.) Thankfully it has stopped now for a fair old time and it seemed to coincide with going on holiday, so I strongly suspect that stress is a major contributor.

 

Myself, I occasionally get a clicking noise in my ear (like the sound of a newton's cradle.) I suspect this is the payment of too many gigs standing close to the speakers.

That's the sort of thing I meant in my post above. I tried it while sat in the docs one day and it does stop the ringing but it's just swapping one annoying sound for another.It almost sounds like when you put a seashell to your ear and you hear the waves of the sea. That's the best way I can describe how it sounds. 

[Saxondale]

Yeah, I have a permanent high-pitched noise. The best way to describe it would be the noise old televisions used to make when you switched them on. Obviously I'm only really aware of it when everything is quiet. Don't know when it started, but I can't really remember not having it.