Tinnitus - The ringing in my ears!!!

[HandK]

I have had this for years!! the only thing that I have found that helps is this !

Ringing in the ears, Meniere's disease, Lipoflavinoid

I went from hearing jet engins going off in my ears 24 hours a day it took a couple of weeks but it completely went away for 80 to 90 % of the time, and when it did come back it was not as loud and I could live with it. Hope this helps.

 

[Centerfire]

Too many low altitude exits from jets and boom toys for me I guess.
It rarely bothers me... until I read threads about it.
A fan at bedtime does help, but I worry I won't hear an intruder.
Had to put one cell phone on vibrate, just couldn't hear the ring.

Avoid loud noises? Can't be done, I'm married!

 

[Bucky623]

I have a ringing in both ears but I guess it isn’t too bad because most of the time I don’t notice it unless I think about it for some reason, then I hear it. Then again, maybe I’m just used to it. It started in my early twenties (25 years ago) with unprotected handgun fire. I used protection while target shooting but most of the damage was done when our hunting trips would turn into an impromptu afternoon of plinking.

An older fellow I used to work with had tinnitus or meniers and would fuss about it daily. I guess because of his complaining I have never mentioned it to my family.

Bucky

 

[tenring]

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[mwilson]

had it for over 30 years. cant hear cell phone sometimes. after awhile you dont notice it much,

 

[Field King]

Surgery in 91 in right ear because of it, doc said it would hit other ear someday, he was right!

 

[ftbstrd]

tinnitus

This explains the crickets I have been hearing for 20 years! I never hear total silence! I fall asleep with that sound and in the summer months I never know if its real or just in my head!

 

[ilfishin]

Have had it in both ears for some time now. Sometimes it's so loud, it's all I can hear. From March to October i spend 8+ hours a day in a Bobcat. Tried using ear muffs but it seemed to make it louder when I had them on. I've kinda gotten used to it now. Don't really notice it as much now until it gets quiet.

 

[Dsgnr_81]

I've had it since Iraq. Constant high pitched ringing in both ears. I can usually ignore it, thankfully.

 

[marv]

Live with it. If you stop hearing it start worrying because then you'll be dead.

 

[rambone]

Try this:

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[singlestacksig]

I use a fan when I am trying to sleep...
It helps...
Drives the wife nuts though...

try a white noise generator..

 

[Cat-Herder]

just have kids, they make so much noise i never notice my tinnitus.

 

[WHITE_WOLFE]

I use a fan when I am trying to sleep...
It helps...
Drives the wife nuts though...

20" box fan is awesome for white noise. After a while you dont be able to sleep without one running. You wont notice the ringing as much with the fan running.

Try it.

 

[jeremy]

try a white noise generator..

I'll stick with my fans...

Cheaper, easy to replace...

 

[win87]

I have ringing for 30+ years . Shooting farming, punch presses and ect. I ware hearing aids now. Both ears hear some better but still same ringing.

 

[Lex Concord]

I use a fan when I am trying to sleep...
It helps...
Drives the wife nuts though...

When I was young and invincible, I did a little too much and a bit o without proper protection.

Got married, wife had been sleeping with a fan for years...drove me nuts at first.

Many years later, now that the stupidity of my youth has caught up, my tinnitus is bad, I can't sleep without the fan.

I pretty much have to have some kind of background noise not to notice it...I can almost always hear it if I think about it.

I definitely could stand to address most of the items on that list...thanks for posting....though I've seen it...reminders help

Good luck to all...

 

[KDUBCR250]

Mine seems to come and go. 10yrs in a sawmill

 

[calcot7]

I've had tinnitus in my right ear for about 30 years now. Sometimes it is the high pitched ring and other times it sounds like a TV set tuned in between channels. The cause ............................7x57 Mauser discharged over my right shoulder when I was in my early 20's. Never let an idiot borrow one of your guns. (0% hearing loss in that ear and 25% loss in the left. If only I had a nickle for every time I've said "WHAT?"

 

[dustjunky2000]

Geez louise! Am I the only person here who wears earplugs to the range/rock concerts/work? I swear...you guys.


Actually I started wearing hearing protection the first time I went to a rock concert and couldn't hear right afterwards. I had a hearing test at school the nest day and the lady told me that once you lose it, it never comes back. Being a musician, that scared the pants off of me. Never been without it since.