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.
...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.
Ain't that the truth.?ÿ In my old age I have lost a good part of the hearing in my left ear.?ÿ After a few years I realized I was getting pretty good at reading lips.?ÿ My favorite is watching mad football coaches on the sidelines cussing a blue streak.?ÿ Face masks sure put the kibosh on reading lips.
It helps to know the subject of discussion when reading lips.?ÿ I mistake lots of words for something else.?ÿ When someone says olive oil at times it can look to me like they're saying I love you.?ÿ The other day I watched someone say vacuum...I'll let the readers try and figure out what it looked like they were saying.?ÿ 😉
@jonathan50 for me it was flying Cessnas without hearing protection.
I suspect most of the boomers in here it originated at loud rock concerts. For a time from the 70s to the 90s it was impossible to have a restaurant meal in peace because of the blaring music.
hearing loss is loud.
I attribute my hearing deficiency to too many hours driving a tractor while under age 22.?ÿ Lots and lots of hours.?ÿ Several of the mufflers were directly in front of me just a few feet.?ÿ The others were about the same distance but below and behind me.?ÿ I didn't have the money to go to concerts, so that can't be it.?ÿ But, I have spent many hours in high school gymnasiums with the rafters shaking from the roar of the crowd.
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glad to youre back in the forum, I'm busy lately, and like the others wondered where you had wandered off to, thanks for popping back in, I enjoy your posts, and look forward to reading more of them.
I have hearing loss from construction, logging, and firearms use.?ÿ My audiologist showed me a chart that compared the higher pitched tones that I can't hear to the higher pitch tones used in the English language.?ÿ Basically, I can hear people speaking, but because I miss out on the sounds from Ps, Ss, Fs, Ks and Ts, It's difficult to understand what they are saying.
I have tinnitus, age 45, and it's from listening to loud music, rock concerts and being a drummer. I now carry ear plugs in my car for those situations in hopes of keeping it from getting worse.
I hear a constant high pitch sound in my right ear. Like others, if I concentrate I can hear it quite well but getting my mind onto other things helps. Also, I constantly have some time of background music playing ALL day. In my case, it helps me concentrate having some kind of background noise. Granted, this does not work when my wife is talking.?ÿ
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Yeah... sibilance is the first major decline to occur.
I always wore earplugs and even had a fancy pair made for musicians, and doubled up for the range.
The Rips on the motorcycle or ATVs without helmet never help hearing for sure, and there's that......
I have had tinnitus ever since I was quite young. I remember complaining to my parents about the ringing in my ears, but they never had it checked out with a doctor. It used to keep me awake at night. Pretty much got used to it by my teenage years. I don't go to loud concerts, and generally dislike crowded rooms with people talking all at once. I don't know how people can have conversations in night clubs, etc.
OK, what I am understanding from this thread is that a lot of people suffer from tinnitus. I do. I can remember dealing with it since about the age of 15. Is it the beginning of hearing loss? IDK. I hear a constant whine/whistle that never changes frequency.
Two Led Zeppelin concerts and open expansion chambers on my CZ 400's only added to what was perhaps a genetic condition. My mom has it. Like many others, I can relegate the sound to the background with music or other constant sounds. If I concentrate on the?ÿsingle frequency whine it can become really annoying.
If I am listening for something important and need to be alert to a beep or something, my tinnitus is imperceptible.
I have been helping my mom with her hearing and during a visit to the audiologist, I learned that there are hearing aids that are designed to do to the tinnitus sound what ANC earbuds do. They produce an opposite sound wave that cancels the tinnitus. Maybe some of the technology seekers on this site have experience with these devices.
Any help here?
JA, PLS, SoCal?ÿ
