RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING. Do your ears do that?

[sharkeeper]

Get an unlisted head. It will stop the ringing forever! 😛

-DAK-

 

[cpals]

Originally posted by: calpha
I've had tinnotis for almost 15 years now. I got it from a concert in 9th grade and have had it ever since. As long as there is some sort of white noise....from a fan, from the AC....from cars on the road I'm fine. But if I was put in a sound proof room I'd be in an assylum.

The only hearing loss I have is on the higher frequencies when the pitch of the noise they use to test you matches the pitch my ears ring at, I can't hear it.

There is no known cure----but some Hollywood stars have had successful surgery for it. I read a few years ago where Don Johnson had surgery for it.

The best I can tell----in my case it's a result of two things. #1---the concert...and number two.....a genetic inbalance in my inner ear. The ENT doc I went to suspected based on a "pressure test" that I have had tinnotis at a minor level since I was born, but the concert just increased the volume. Your eustacian tubes are sposed to adjust the pressure in your ear----and mine don't function properly. Don't know more....but there's no real gauranteed treatment for it. That's all I learned.

I think I have that problem... I always have the ringing in my ears and sometimes if the noise is matched correctly or something and someone trys to talk to me I can't hear them. I see their mouth moving, but no words are coming out. It's weird, it's like my own noise cancellation inside my head.

 

[blackdogdeek]

yes i have tinnitus from attending many concerts and doing significant clubbing. it's not that bad though, i still have better hearing than many other people that i know. but i've stopped clubbing and concertgoing and when i listen to music on headphones i make sure i turn the volume down pretty low because headphone levels apparently are more damaging than open air volume levels.

 

[440sixpack]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Don't worry - you'll get used to the noise and eventually won't even hear it anymore.

- M4H

Yup, I've had it for a long time and it doesn't bother me at all. I count myself lucky as I have heard of people almost literally being driven nuts by the ringing.

 

[Darein]

I have it a little bit, and for some reason it usually gets alittle more pronounced in class. I can't think of when it started, or what could have started it. Its something that has always been there. 🙁