I suffer with Tinnitus. I know from the past several of you do too. Mine has gotten to the point where the roar keeps me from concentrating on conversations. I can't listen and stay focus on my wife's conversations and it's driving her nuts. I know there is no cure for Tinnitus, but do any of you have any tips on how to stay focus on the everyday goings on with conversations and happenings. Anything to help is welcomed.
It's been difficult for me to convince my wife that I hear an air raid siren constantly.?ÿ Sometimes it quiets a bit and I only hear the roar of the ocean...minus the sea gulls.?ÿ My biggest problem is trying to fall asleep at night with all that racket.?ÿ I've read that NSAIDs can aggravate the condition.
I too have to really pay attention when listening to others.?ÿ I don't know of any fixes, but I've figured out mine is somehow tied to my blood pressure.?ÿ When my BP is lower the roar isn't as overwhelming.
Now all I have to do is figure out why my BP is higher when I'm around my wife.... ;)?ÿ
Yea. I'm not sure what triggers mine. I do know when I get a tune up from my wife it gets worse. I don't have any problems going to sleep. My wife doesn't under stand or believes I suffer from the condition. It's so easy to get lost in the ringing and and wonder around with my concentration. I think I'm going to find a support group.?ÿ?ÿ?ÿ
...I think I'm going to find a support group. ?ÿ?ÿ
I apologize for my sick humor, but a room full of old goats that can't hear seems like a hilarious situation.
"Hi, my name is Paden and I can't hear sh*t".
Response from group:?ÿ "Huh??ÿ Say again!"
Mine has been constant for decades. I am fortunate that in general it doesn't bother me. You do have to train yourself and those close to you.
My wife knows she has to get my attention before she starts talking. Everything before that is lost. I've found it helps to turn my head slightly right and maintain eye contact. Strategic seating in restaurants is a must. I usually spend most of the evening talking with the person to my left front.
The funny thing is I can pick up low frequency sounds nobody else can hear. Unaddressed those sounds make me a bit nuts. A vibrating phone 100 feet away nags me until answered..
Hi, my name is Paden and I can't hear sh*t".
You're in the wrong room; the people that have trouble sh*tting meet in room 123
@paden-cash yesterday morning she comes downstairs WHAT ARE YOU DOING TODAY?
well I??m planning to breath in and out.
she was mad at me all day after that?
people that have trouble sh*tting
Drink lots of water (like it is your job) and sit on a yoga ball all day while working at the computer.
Yes it??s constant, I blame it on flying.
wife says I need to see audiologist. The thing is I can hear, just can??t understand. Can??t do loud noises, especially concerts. Depends on the voice, can understand men better.
I don't have an official diagnosis, but when I pay attention (like right now), I can hear the buzz.
For most of my adult life, I've also noticed that I hear things so well at a distance, that it's hard to concentrate on what's right in front of me. My wife is often heard saying, "You can hear that?" as we look off in the distance at people talking or whatever. I can be sitting in a busy restaurant and hear a conversation taking place across the room, and my wife can't hear them at all.
When I worked at ODOT, they had me take a hearing test. The doctor that conducted the test was blown away that I could hear some things. "Those were sounds only a dog would hear," he said to me, then decided that I should take the test again to be sure. Similar results were obtained on the second test and I can still hear him in my mind talking about how he'd never seen that in his 33 year career.
All that to say, I wonder if it is related to tinnitus. I seem to have it, albeit milder than what others talk about. But this hearing thing... so weird.
I don't have an official diagnosis, but when I pay attention (like right now), I can hear the buzz.
Same here (hear) at age 51.
I've had that for as long as I can remember, so I dunno if it's normal or if truly tinnitus. It's not enough of a problem for me to pursue it and it hasn't worsened over the years.
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I have severe tinnutus in one ear with an 80% hearing loss.?ÿ It's super high pitched tones, like the whine of a CRT TV, quite irritating.?ÿ It developed over a decade or so, slowly getting worse.?ÿ I complained endlessly to my doctor who said it was old age.?ÿ I finally was so insistent he sent me to an audiologist who ordered an MRI (bless her heart) and discovered a brain tumor, a very rare acoustic neuroma.?ÿ Only one person in every 100,000 in the United States is diagnosed with acoustic neuroma each year, which presses on the auditory nerve.?ÿ My doctor had never even heard of it before.?ÿ Anyway, after radiation treatment (2015) the deterioration stopped and with hearing aids I do OK, except it also destroyed my vestibular (balance) organ in that ear, so now I balance in mono instead of stereo.
I was pissed because if they had discovered it 10 years prior the damage would have been minimal.?ÿ It's a disability in that conversations are difficult and I can barely stand in the dark or with my eyes closed.?ÿ People sometimes think I'm a rummy because of my teetering gait, and I had to give up mountaineering, bicycling and sailboat racing.?ÿ But, I've never had a serious medical problem up 'till now so if it's the worst I'll ever have in my life I consider myself?ÿ somewhat blessed.
Seems like you have ultra-sensitive hearing, and may be hearing the blood flow in your head.
Whoa, so many surveyors have this? Must be related to working outdoors most of the time? Under the sun? But then construction workers would have them too.
I was born deaf in my left ear and have had tinnitus in the right ear for as long as I can remember. It was always in the background and rarely more than a minor nuisance until I lost vision in my dominant eye. Since then (5+ years) it has screamed almost continuously. When my eye feels uncomfortable or aches, tinnitus really goes into overdrive. I never realized others had trouble focusing on conversations like I do. As I grew up I learned to fill in the gaps in my hearing by reading lips. I thought everyone else did too. Now with the vision deficit its harder to read lips. With the pandemic and mask use, lip reading doesn't help much anymore.
