Tinnitus and the Audio Addiction

[anewmission]

Medications and alcohol can make tinnitus so much worse.
I have been playing in rock bands for 20 years.. Never use ear buds. I have to have white noise of some type to get to sleep.
If I walk into a rehearsal studio by myself I last about 2 minutes before running out.

There was a guy who had it so bad that he opted to have his ear drums removed... The sad thing was that the buzzing/ringing he had been hearing was still there in his brain after they removed the ear drums. He ended up taking his own life.. Poor guy

Also, my ex had to take carbamazapine for epilepsy.. It made her hear everything an ocatave or so lower... How strange is that

[genkifd]

i also have tinnitus to my left ear for around 7 years now due to a blocked ear during a plane flight to Sydney. Went to specalists and basically said just have to live with it.

 

a moderate volumes and half the time i dont even notice it. only when its silent.

[Astrosound]

Here is some info how to ease / remove your tinnitus problems:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haven't tried yet, must admit.

Anybody tried that??

[DJGopal]

Tinnitus can be a symptom of magnesium deficiency so please make sure to rule this out before either giving up and living with it, or attempting some expensive fix.

[Powerslave]

On 02/03/2019 at 8:44 PM, Beacon said:

I have had Tinnitus on and off for about 30 years but I can tell you that you can reverse or at least mask its effects.

Here are my tips:

* Don't listen loud for extended periods. Get a decibel meter and measure the sound pressure levels of your gear. Don't listen to music above 90 dB for extended periods.

* Be very careful with headphones. Even more so with IEMs. Again, don't listen loud for extended periods and measure the dBs.

* Avoid drugs and medication which aggravate Tinnitus: red wine, aspirin to name a few. (some reds can give me Tinnitus for days!! Oh well, such is life.....)

* I got a pair of musician's earplugs custom made for concerts. They reduce the sound pressure level by 15dB. Highly recommended for those who attend concerts or live music venues regularly.

* When using machinery around the home use ear plugs. Even a drill can produce Tinnitus inducing noise. I use earplugs or over the head ear muffs when mowing and using power tools. Hammering too can really bring it on!

* Tinnitus can be alleviated somewhat by just avoiding loud noises, in my experience.  If you cannot avoid loud noise then you need to protect your ears.

 

After reading this thread my Tinnitus (high frequency ringing) has returned! Bugger. There can be lots of triggers.

 

Tinnitus: ignore it and you will go deaf.

 

Cheers everyone...

Great Tips! Love my music but im wary when its TOO Loud. I wore Earplugs in the Iron Maiden concert  I notice it most after too much caffeine or loud noise the day before and waking up after my ears been on the pillow for hours but usually goes away after circulations improved.

 

I wear Headphones and play music when Mowing the Lawn using the loud Ride On which works great for a couple of reasons & Im glad Im not a tradie  

[GregWormald]

22 hours ago, Astrosound said:

Haven't tried yet, must admit.

Anybody tried that??

I haven't tried that one but I did get some relief from a technique of hard tapping on the back of the skull that I found on Youtube.

[Paul R]

Now 57, tinnitus since god knows when. High pitch constant hum. Funny thing, I tune out. I can hear sounds softer than the tinnitus ring. One simply compensates, I guess.

Paul

[Guest jakeyb77]

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.standard.co.uk/news/world/scientists-make-breakthrough-in-search-for-tinnitus-cure-a4171026.html%3famp

 

 

There is plenty of news about a pill cure the last few days ....

 

[Astrosound]

OK, Vaporub didn't do much for me (some alcohol is better :-) )

Found one more possibility:

 

[ray4410]

and what would that be, hang on o was only kidding.

[Astrosound]

Not kidding

[Super Mustud]

Some fascinating information in this thread. Thank you to those who have posted their experiences.

[LogicprObe]

 

26 minutes ago, Super Mustud said:

Some fascinating information in this thread. Thank you to those who have posted their experiences.

 

I'm surprised you can read so many pages with this crap font!

[mikizee]

I've had minor tinnitus in both ears for quite a few years now, mainly from working in a loud nightclub. 

 

But three weeks ago, after I was recovering from one of the zillion colds my kids have brought home from childcare, one evening my right ear blocked up over a few hours, with increasing pressure and ever louder tinnitus. So loud it drowns out everything else in the room. The pressure in my ear has eased over the three weeks until now, it still feels a little full, but the tinnitus has not gone away. I worked out its around 14.7kHz. And it is LOUD. I've been to two doctors, they just brush me off saying don't worry the ear will heal and unclog over the next few weeks or so, and the tinnitus will go away. I really think it won't, given it has not diminished at all as my ear has slowly gotten better. Listening to my stereo makes it even worse so I have left it off.

 

It's doing my head in. I really hope this goes away or at least improves because at the moment its absolutely intolerable.

[audiofeline]

On 27/02/2019 at 9:10 PM, mrbugeyes said:

Australian Silicon Chip magazine has developed an electronic gadget to help people with tinnitus get to sleep at night.  Check there web site, it must be there somewhere. Cheers

 

This kits are white/pink noise generators to mask the tinnitus. 

1. November 2018: Project: Insomnia and Tinnitus killer by John Clarke
2. September 2001: Project: Personal Noise Source For Tinnitus Sufferers by John Clarke,  - here is the full article: http://archive.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_101733/article.html

The 2018 version has similar function, they claim it's a better circuit with longer battery life.  I have built the earlier version when I was exploring using it to mask obtrusive noise.  I have heard that over time they can actually make tinnitus worse, but I don't have any reference to cite for that.

 

[mrbuzzardstubble]

Have you tried turmeric ? Cures just about everything apparently.

[audiofeline]

On 02/03/2019 at 5:42 PM, mrbuzzardstubble said:

I was afflicted in the 80's when my neck 'went out'. The hissing was that bad that I had to have the bedside radio on softly to help me get to sleep. My neck got so sore that I ended wearing a neck brace to alleviate the pain. Eventually I bit the bullet and saw a chiropractor (Michael Katting in Melbourne) to treat my neck. I had bones badly out of place and it took a couple of visits to fix it. Lo and behold the hissing in my ears disappeared too and I haven't had it since. Similarly a friend suffered horrendous debilitating migraines after being rearended while his car was at stoplights. He put up with that for about 18 months before some visits to a chiro fixed him. His spine and pelvis were badly out of whack from the impact.

Several years ago my GP referred me to an audiologist for a hearing test so I could check my age-loss and tinnitus.  I was aware that in previous years when my back had gone out at times the mild and intermittent tinnutus I had was sometimes affected, and it often settled after a visit to the Chiro fixed my back.  I told the audiologist that I had periodic visits to the chiro, and she then spent a lot of the session telling me that chiros were dangerous and I shouldn't consult them - despite me telling her that over my life they definitely helped my back problems.  She also denied there was any chiro connection to tinnitus.  Given the lecture she gave to me I didn't want to go back to her, she hassled me for a few years for a followup appointment.

[audiofeline]

And stem cells may also hold promise for a treatment (or even a cure):

 

" Thus, perhaps restoring normal functioning of these connections, as this new stem cell transplantation method in part seems to do, could mitigate or even in some cases eliminate tinnitus. "

https://www.ata.org/news/news/new-stem-cell-transplantation-method-restores-damaged-auditory-pathways

 

Also:

http://www.nationalhearingtest.org/wordpress/?p=2422

https://www.soundrelief.com/stem-cells-and-hearing-loss/

 

[Ratbob]

Great subject, as a long term sufferer I’ve found some level of demented pleasure that none of you have found a definitive cure.  

Loved the article including research using mice, sure they may have suffered hearing loss from noise exposure, that’s testable but how could anyone determine they gained tinnitus?

[5L15]

I too have a high frequency ring in my ears that at times can be annoying, so I went and had a hearing test done and the results were not  what I was expecting.

The lady said that I have the hearing of someone in their 20’s ( I forgot to ask her if that was with or without headphones in ) and that I am 1 of the few people where she didn’t need to see me again.

 

So I went back to the GP and got a referral for an MRI, and again all clear....

 I am puzzled, I thought with my background in the printing industry that I would be suffering more loss, then I read a few articles about dentistry...... anyway I will let the article do the talking and please make your own  decision if you feel this article has or has not got merit. 

 

Dental Work And Tinnitus | Arches Tinnitus Formula

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There are many stories about the negative impacts of mercury dental fillings. Find out if these stories are true and if fillings can affect tinnitus.

 

[sdave]

I'm 34 and have  suffered from tinnitus for as long as I can remember. Had my ears checked a couple of times as a child, and they couldn't find anything wrong.

 

In all honestly, I'd almost forgotten about it until I'd come across this thread 

 

[SkipEsquire]

31yr old here, also have mild tinnitus in both ears. My most likely causes and aggravators  could be summarised as 'all of the above'.. Working in industrial environments, working as a lawn mower/landscaping labourer, attending many loud concerts, peforming at many loud concerts, years of weekly band practices with heavy handed drummers in highly reflective living rooms, almost exclusively near-field high volume listening, drinking definitely makes it worse etc

Only recently realised how bad driving is for it, I love driving and doing long trips, in the last 10 years it's not at all uncommon for me to do 8 - 12 hours stints only stopping for fuel and snacks, sometimes even more, and sometimes multiple days in a row. I drive an older petrol econovan for the last 7 years or so, the engine is right there under the passenger seat droning away at highway speeds, I never listen to music in the car, it's also been in an accident 3 years ago that has rendered the doors to not seal properly.. A recent trip to Sydney, 5 hours gave me the revelation that the reason I could not sleep was not because of excitement or restlessness but actually caused by extreme (rock concert) levels of tinnitus which can often take a couple days to fully subside.

Might be an uncommon one to think about if you're not a commercial driver so I thought I'd share it. Most research on this stuff is aimed at workplace industrial hearing loss in middle aged males.

Like most others I just try not to let it bother me, it's rare that it gets bad enough to effect me emotionally or disrupt my day to day life. I am trying to be ever more conscious about managing it before it gets to that point. Also just reading this thread definitely made me more aware of it so certainly there is a psychological element involved that makes it even more difficult to quantify.