evansvillethompsongunner
Shooter
- Oct 29, 2009
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Someone else touched on this subject in another thread, but I wanted more information so I started this one.
My ear (left) has been ringing NON STOP for a little over two years, that's probably nothing compared to some people. I made some very poor choices and shot one too many times without hearing protection...now I am going to have to live with this (from what I understand) the rest of my life! This is not a soft ringing...it is a high pitched LOUD ring that I hear NON STOP! I am curious to see how many others suffer from this HORRIBLE ringing like I do, and what, if anything, you do to help control it (if you can). Any information you have will be helpful. And please...make sure you and the others you shoot with ALWAYS wear hearing protection, tinnitus is no joke and it sure as hell isn't something you want to be stuck with like me.
Nothing.
As others have told you, you will live with that annoying ********* ringing in your ears for the rest of your miserable life. Ask me how I know. Mine isn't due to anything I did, but rather, sharing a house with my father, who himself was mostly deaf and listened to the stereo at 130+ dB, and his Screamin' Beekin' alarm clock, which I'd lay money was at least 120 dB... every day. I wear hearing protection when shooting, but at night, when it's deathly silent, all I hear are the dual, competing tones in my ears. It's enough to drive you to suicide some nights, but you just have to live with it. Nothing will fix or improve it, but if you put on a fan or keep the television on VERY low volume, sometimes it will help distract you from the ringing. Good god, hope it does. Good luck to you.