They laugh at me, when I tell my sisters or others, when they are going to a concert. That they should protect their ears.

Markus

Absolutely. Rock concerts are some of the worst offenders, as everyone walks out with their ears ringing. Once you hear ringing, the damage has already been done.

I have it, but fortunately sporadic bouts and quite distant apart. Maybe twice a month and only for 10 mins or so.

I've had it since late teens when it was even further apart. I've put it down to noisy aeroplanes, I think 5 years working next to the VC10 (surely one of the loudest engines on an aeroplane) engine detuner at Brize didn't help much - defenders worn by the engine guys, but not for us. I've never been one for the ear defenders. It could be just as likely to be pubs/clubs :hmmm:

I know that when it occurs there is nothing prior that has caused it on that occasion. I also now know how lucky I am having read this thread.

@mapuc - I do not envy your hyperacusis

I suffer from it too. Sometimes it gets really bad, but most of the time I can ignore it.

I think that I spent too much time on the phone sex lines and had too many eargasams. :D

What the... is eargasam? :o

That's true, but when the cause seems obvious and the symptoms are benign and stable, usually doctors will conclude the same thing (acoustic shock) without running you through a battery of tests. If it is seriously unstable or discomforting though, every good doctor should look into it further.

Otherwise, in Ducimius' case, since he does have a history of being in the military and working with heavy equipment, in all probability that's what actually caused it.

It's just my left ear. If equipment i operated in the military is the culprit, i woudln't doubt it. Though I strongly suspect, too many years of my arm hanging out the window, regardless of what i was driving. From regular pick up trucks to dump trucks.

Though I Also did some stupid things, that over time may have contributed to the delinquency of my left ear.. One (of many) example being, once I operated a 10 ton vibratory roller once without hearing protection. It wasn't planned, they just needed a monkey behind the wheel, and i got a "5 minute expedient field course" on how to operate it. I don't know if any of you know what that particular piece of equipment does or sounds like, but let me put it this way, after a few hours, i was in such pain, I literally picked cigerette butts off the ground and used them for ear plugs. After that day, i always had a set of real ear plugs attached to my hard hat so id better prepared for unexpected job taskings.

And still, we had a lecture in psychosomatics on tinnitus when I studied psychology, and they warned us against taking "obvious" situations as a diagnosis. It could be related to cardiavascular malfunctions, blood pressure. It could be related to infections by bacteria. It could be stress. It could a tumor in the brain. It could be an inflammation in the ear. And yes, of course it could be neural damage based on too much noise.

Just want to warn against saiyxng "I was exposed to noise, there I got it, a doctor cannot help it, I need to live with it, so why seeing him anyway". Let a doctor chekc it out for sure. It could come from noise - or from so many different things as well.

And you can be exposed to noise - and still get a tinnitus caused not by that noise but for example bacteria, or blood pressure issues, or whatever.

The differential diagnosis can be difficult, since one can easily fall for the apparanet easy explanation. And often it maybe will be that easy solution indeed. But even when not pointing out the high rate of wrong diagnosios being done - just see what Wikipedia also is listing as possible causes, accoustically caused damage to the "sensory" is just one category of several:



Causes of subjective tinnitus include:[25]

• Otologic problems and hearing loss:
  • conductive hearing loss
    • external ear infection
    • acoustic shock
    • loud noise or music[26]
    • cerumen (earwax) impaction
    • middle ear effusion
    • superior canal dehiscence
  • sensorineural hearing loss
    • excessive or loud noise
    • presbycusis (age-associated hearing loss)
    • Ménière's disease
    • acoustic neuroma
    • mercury or lead poisoning
    • ototoxic medications
      • analgesics:
        • aspirin
        • nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
      • antibiotics:
        • Ciprofloxacin
        • aminoglycosides, e.g., gentamicin
        • chloramphenicol
        • erythromycin
        • tetracycline
        • tobramycin
        • vancomycin
        • doxycycline (Vibramycin)[27]
      • chemotherapy and antiviral drugs:
        • bleomycin
        • interferon
        • pegylated interferon-alpha-2b
        • cisplatin
        • mechlorethamine
        • methotrexate
        • vincristine
      • loop diuretics:
        • bumetanide
        • ethacrynic acid
        • furosemide
      • others:
        • chloroquine
        • quinine
        • antidepressants
        • varenicline (Champix)
        • naproxen
• neurologic disorders:
  • chiari malformation
  • multiple sclerosis
  • head injury
    • skull fracture
    • closed head injury
    • whiplash injury
    • temporomandibular joint disorder
    • giant cell arteritis

• metabolic disorders:
  • thyroid disease
  • hyperlipidemia
  • vitamin B 12 deficiency
  • iron deficiency anemia

• psychiatric disorders:
  • depression
  • anxiety

• other causes:
  • tension myositis syndrome
  • fibromyalgia
  • vasculitis
  • hypertonia (muscle tension)
  • thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Lyme disease
  • hypnagogia
  • sleep paralysis
  • glomus tympanicum tumor
  • anthrax vaccines which contain the anthrax protective antigen
  • Some psychedelic drugs can produce temporary tinnitus-like symptoms as a side effect
    • 5-MeO-DET[28]
    • diisopropyltryptamine (DiPT)[29]
  • benzodiazepine withdrawal[23][24]
  • nasal congestion
  • intracranial hyper or hypotension caused by for example, Encephalitis or a cerebrospinal fluid leak

See that they also differ between objective and subjective tinnitus.

You get eargasams when you have aural sex. :yeah:

I have it in both ears, and my hearing is absolutely awful. I know it can be slightly different for different people (ringing, whooshing, etc) but mine sounds exactly like the Youtube link you provided, Duc.

I've learned to live with it by having white noise in the background to kind of tune it out. I sleep with an air purifier right next to my bed because I can't sleep in a completely silent room. The ringing is too deafening without some other white noise to offset the sound.

I have it in one ear but it's a lower pitch sound. It never stops. Hearing loss was sudden and disorienting. Doctor says it's age. Seeing specialist in March.

Like mookiemookie, I need white noise to sleep.The silence is deafening. I have a fan on summer and winter.

I try not to think about it. Eargasms help. :haha:

I get that sound every now and then, just starts but after a minute or so fades out! but having it all the time though would suck.:cry: If your not a bleeder have you tried taking a couple of Asprin, since it thins the blood it might help!:hmmm:

As Skybird said, it is a hundred different reasons why one gets tinnitus. Some of these symptoms can fortunately heal your Tinnitus.

I my self, had to go through TRT and a psychologist to learn to "deal" with it.

During a period it was talking about making me deaf in left ear. This is due to my hyperacusis was so severe. All forms of noises were very painful for me, even low noises were terrible

Markus

I've been suffering from this for the last three years. I believe it started either after going to a shooting range with my family, or an ear infection from my early childhood (I honestly think the shooting of the guns unlocked it).

I can't stand this low pitch ringing. I don't think I hear it all the time, mostly when it's really quiet (like when I'm trying to go to sleep) but I could just not be noticing it during the day. If anyone knows how to help either get rid of it, or make it less noticeable I would greatly appreciate it! :)

well there is a solution to this for you guys
 

I have had some serious issues with tinnitus as well. It's been an ongoing problem for me. Ever since I had this horrible ear infection(I think it was from swimming in the ocean), I've been experiencing loss of sound and hearing impairments in my right ear. Also I have some horrible pains that are frequent throughout the month. One way of solving this problem was to start taking piracetam. A close friend of mine had recommended this to me. The doctor visits and the prescribed anti-bios were not doing the trick for me. I think it had to deal with a permanent side effect from the ear infection I had 3 years ago. So far I have been taking piracetam almost daily for 4 months and I have noticed that my hearing has been gradually improving along with the reduction of the "fuzzy ringing noises". It's hard to come across in stores and it is not a prescribed medication. It is usually found online. This site here( www.smartdrugsforthought.com ) carries 100% piracetam and they are vege caped as well.

Piracetam alleviates (acute) Tinnitus. "Fortschr Med. 1995 June 30;113(18):288-90."

Piracetam, which improves rheology and has a positive effect on metabolism, would appear of particular interest for the treatment of acute tinnitus.

Hope this helps out and please leave me some positive feedback.

P.S. I would suggest using quality earphones if you are shooting at the shooting range. This can also intensify your symptoms of tinnitus. :) :) :)