Tinnitus

Henry Wood · 03-21-09, 05:38 PM

I am most lax in passing on my thanks to all of the modders whose efforts I have used over the years so I am trying to make amends.

First of all, I discovered a mod last week which helped those like myself with hearing problems in making the hydrophone station very much easier to use. This made a great difference to my appreciation of the game and I sincerely thank the creators.

I suffer from tinnitus possibly brought on by working in very noisy environments before ear defenders were ever thought of. For example when I started working in the North Sea oil patch in the early 70s I don't think ear plugs had even been invented and we only wore hard hats when it was raining.

Oh well...

Anyhoo... I used to use one of them "ambient sound machine" thingys to help me get off to sleep because total silence really disturbs me by the whistling etc in my ears. I used to play a sound chip of "waves breaking on the shore". Nowadays, I keep myself right in the mood by using quite a few of the "amb_SubmarineInterior.wav" files to be found among the many mods available. I think the latest one I have used is actually from "Das Boot" and just when I was drifting over to sleep after listening in on a couple of chaps whispering and murmering amongst themselves, I received a very rude awakening when someone started yelling at the others. I almost yelled back at him - "Hey! shaddup! Some of us are trying to sleep!" There is also the clown who keeps opening the door to the engine room and letting us all hear the throb of those engines. I suppose life was just like that in the real things.

It's all good fun and keeps me in the mood.

TheDudTorpedo · 03-21-09, 05:45 PM

Hehe - thats great Henry

Just one question though : what happens as you are drifting off to sleep and someone shouts "ALLLLAAAARMMMMM!"?

Laufen zum Ziel · 03-21-09, 05:48 PM

I get ringing/buzzing in my ears a lot when I am trying to sleep.
I listen to music from Celtic Women albums. I dont know what
they are saying but it is soft and sweet. Puts me out like a light.

Henry Wood · 03-21-09, 07:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheDudTorpedo

Hehe - thats great Henry

Just one question though : what happens as you are drifting off to sleep and someone shouts "ALLLLAAAARMMMMM!"?

Well, he ain't yelled "ALLLLAAAARMMMMM!"? as yet, and if the dirty dog ever did I think me and him would soon part company, like he would see the fastest ever transfer out of my boot! LOL!

Seriously though, the tinnitus is a curse of the first degree and any kind of strange but consistent background noise does seem to help to mask it. Like I said, getting over to sleep is my main problem: to most people a nice quiet room would be ideal to help slip over to sleep, but in my case, a quiet room is a curse.

[I don't know what sounds other sufferers encounter, but mine is usually a constant kind of high pitched "sizzling" like a pan of bacon is frying. OK if you're hungry, but no darned good if you're tired.]

Henry Wood · 03-21-09, 07:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Laufen zum Ziel

I get ringing/buzzing in my ears a lot when I am trying to sleep.
I listen to music from Celtic Women albums. I dont know what
they are saying but it is soft and sweet. Puts me out like a light.

I don't know no Celtic Women even though I live in Scotland!

Seriously (again) what I have found is that any background noise I play regularly, and therefore get used to, has the effect of masking my "ear noises". I have even grown used to Hans Albers most welcome German seafaring songs getting me over to sleep. (I feel like a true U-boots man when Hans Albers sings me to sleep with his songs of the Reeperbahn and St. Pauli!) I wish I lived in those days.

Jimbuna · 03-22-09, 07:55 AM

Looks like the HASAWA 74 came too late for you my friend.

Pleased to see you've found a way to overcome/alleviate your condition

Murr44 · 03-22-09, 02:16 PM

I run a pedestal fan pointed away from the bed. It helps to block out most of the "ambient sound" (f-ing raccoons squabbling - you wouldn't believe how loud these things can shriek) from the laneway behind my place. The only downside is that now I find that I'm "addicted" to the fan's sound & I have difficulty sleeping if I'm away from home.

Splash1 · 03-22-09, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Henry Wood

[I don't know what sounds other sufferers encounter, but mine is usually a constant kind of high pitched "sizzling" like a pan of bacon is frying. OK if you're hungry, but no darned good if you're tired.]

Mine is a sound akin to the constant drone of cicadas (locusts). The likely result of several years of American Civil War re-enacting (and being too "authentic" to wear proper ear protection against close-in musket and artillery blasts).

Listening to ambient SHIII sounds is a novel approach to coping. My tinnitus, fortununately, doesn't keep me awake. It actually serves as its own sort of built-in 'white noise' to mask other occasional bumps in the night.

Laufen zum Ziel · 03-22-09, 07:35 PM

WOW. Is there no topic that this forum can not handle?

Oneshot/Onekill · 03-24-09, 08:54 PM

@Henry Wood. I feel your pain, After 8 yrs of Browning M2 .50cal automatic firing. .50cal Barret sniper rifle firing and Remmington .308 sniper rifle firing in the US marines. Alot of it w/o hearing protection, such as during my 7 month vacation in Mogadishu Somalia, among other places, I only occasionally get ringing in my ears as i'm trying to fall asleep.

May you find restful nights my friend

Semper Fidelis.

03-21-09, 05:38 PM	#1
Henry Wood Sparky Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: UK Posts: 150 Downloads: 57 Uploads: 0	Tinnitus I am most lax in passing on my thanks to all of the modders whose efforts I have used over the years so I am trying to make amends. First of all, I discovered a mod last week which helped those like myself with hearing problems in making the hydrophone station very much easier to use. This made a great difference to my appreciation of the game and I sincerely thank the creators. I suffer from tinnitus possibly brought on by working in very noisy environments before ear defenders were ever thought of. For example when I started working in the North Sea oil patch in the early 70s I don't think ear plugs had even been invented and we only wore hard hats when it was raining. Oh well... Anyhoo... I used to use one of them "ambient sound machine" thingys to help me get off to sleep because total silence really disturbs me by the whistling etc in my ears. I used to play a sound chip of "waves breaking on the shore". Nowadays, I keep myself right in the mood by using quite a few of the "amb_SubmarineInterior.wav" files to be found among the many mods available. I think the latest one I have used is actually from "Das Boot" and just when I was drifting over to sleep after listening in on a couple of chaps whispering and murmering amongst themselves, I received a very rude awakening when someone started yelling at the others. I almost yelled back at him - "Hey! shaddup! Some of us are trying to sleep!" There is also the clown who keeps opening the door to the engine room and letting us all hear the throb of those engines. I suppose life was just like that in the real things. It's all good fun and keeps me in the mood.

03-21-09, 05:45 PM	#2
TheDudTorpedo Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 128 Downloads: 23 Uploads: 0	Hehe - thats great Henry Just one question though : what happens as you are drifting off to sleep and someone shouts "ALLLLAAAARMMMMM!"? __________________ Download GWX 3.0 Gold here : http://www.thegreywolves.com/ Download SH3 Commander 3.2 here : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...do=file&id=733

03-21-09, 05:48 PM	#3
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	I get ringing/buzzing in my ears a lot when I am trying to sleep. I listen to music from Celtic Women albums. I dont know what they are saying but it is soft and sweet. Puts me out like a light. __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

03-22-09, 07:55 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Looks like the HASAWA 74 came too late for you my friend. Pleased to see you've found a way to overcome/alleviate your condition __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-22-09, 07:35 PM	#9
Laufen zum Ziel Eternal Patrol Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hiding on the bottom Posts: 1,783 Downloads: 853 Uploads: 457	WOW. Is there no topic that this forum can not handle? __________________ RIP Laufen zum Ziel

03-22-09, 02:16 PM	#7
Murr44 Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 913 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I run a pedestal fan pointed away from the bed. It helps to block out most of the "ambient sound" (f-ing raccoons squabbling - you wouldn't believe how loud these things can shriek) from the laneway behind my place. The only downside is that now I find that I'm "addicted" to the fan's sound & I have difficulty sleeping if I'm away from home.

03-24-09, 08:54 PM	#10
Oneshot/Onekill Captain Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Drinking a cold one in Davey Jone's locker. Posts: 487 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	@Henry Wood. I feel your pain, After 8 yrs of Browning M2 .50cal automatic firing. .50cal Barret sniper rifle firing and Remmington .308 sniper rifle firing in the US marines. Alot of it w/o hearing protection, such as during my 7 month vacation in Mogadishu Somalia, among other places, I only occasionally get ringing in my ears as i'm trying to fall asleep. May you find restful nights my friend Semper Fidelis.