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i get high pitched hum sometimes I also find it hard to hear what people are saying.....and some of that is though selective hearing
Tinnitus who suffers from it
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I have hand a high pitch noise in my right ear the last two years or so - ever since one of those zombie survival airsoft events I went to up near Liverpool I think it was.
I was given what was meant to be a rocket launcher to fire at the baddie and the guy running the game with us stuck a flash bang or similar in the tube that was inches from my ear ... everyone else had hands over ears but he never warned me to do that :/
We had of course all signed waivers beforehand so I wouldn't likely have had a foot to stand on in recourse!
I was given what was meant to be a rocket launcher to fire at the baddie and the guy running the game with us stuck a flash bang or similar in the tube that was inches from my ear ... everyone else had hands over ears but he never warned me to do that :/
We had of course all signed waivers beforehand so I wouldn't likely have had a foot to stand on in recourse!
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Been living with it for years. Even with heaphones on i can still hear the tinnitus issues!
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I recently changed jobs and my new office is so quiet i can hear tinnitus all day. Have started to play river + crickets masking noises which covers up the noise. Hope there is a cure one day!
I just started to get this a couple of weeks ago (aged 34) like a high pitched coil whine, I only notice it when in a very quiet environment. No real event or overexposure to loud music I can put it down to. Any tips or is there anything that can treat it if caught in the early stages or do I just chalk it up as one of the bodies "improvements" that comes with ageing?
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I seem to have it, in the right ear when in a quiet environment. Sounds like white noise. Problem is, I can think of no way it could have been caused.
It also seems to get MUCH louder if I open my mouth wide. Thinking it may be caused by my TMJ, so I should probably see the dentist about that one.
Fun fact though: Pretty much everyone has tinnitus. It is just when it becomes audible in environments with 30dB+ noise would it be considered the tinnitus you think of, and not just natural.
It also seems to get MUCH louder if I open my mouth wide. Thinking it may be caused by my TMJ, so I should probably see the dentist about that one.
Fun fact though: Pretty much everyone has tinnitus. It is just when it becomes audible in environments with 30dB+ noise would it be considered the tinnitus you think of, and not just natural.
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So the volume just turned up for us people in this thread?
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This is weird as I have exactly the same, its white noise and not like the temporary random squeal I get occasionally.
It really annoyed me and set my anxiety off at first but after 5 months I'm mostly ignoring it when I get hear it in a quiet environment.
No cause, ENT just said its one of those things. Waiting for MRI then tinnitus clinic.
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In a way. Either through damage or some kind of physical cause (like with me, probably my TMJ, which is fixable).
A lot of people simply don't realise they have it, then you mention it to them and they'll probably notice it.
Does it get louder when you open your mouth fully? TMJ? What about when you move your head from side to side? I may have to do the same as I'm certain it isn't hearing damage related (never go to concerts or around loud machinery etc, so never damaged my ears through hearing loss).
The random squeal you mention is probably when an 'outer' inner ear hair screws up, which causes a feedback loop in your brain. The brain fixes this by muting that entire ear for a while (which is why you get sudden ringing and go a bit deaf in that ear). Kind of amazing, really.
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In a way. Either through damage or some kind of physical cause (like with me, probably my TMJ, which is fixable).
A lot of people simply don't realise they have it, then you mention it to them and they'll probably notice it.
Does it get louder when you open your mouth fully? TMJ? What about when you move your head from side to side? I may have to do the same as I'm certain it isn't hearing damage related (never go to concerts or around loud machinery etc, so never damaged my ears through hearing loss).
The random squeal you mention is probably when an 'outer' inner ear hair screws up, which causes a feedback loop in your brain. The brain fixes this by muting that entire ear for a while (which is why you get sudden ringing and go a bit deaf in that ear). Kind of amazing, really.
Sorry it actually just changes when I stretch my jaw.
Thanks for the explanation on the random squeal. It was making me panic at times.
I hadn't been to any gigs. I do use headphones a lot and got a nasty bout of static through a corsair headset in January. Whichever way I look at it is can't do anything about it so I'm just letting it be. Hoping it will just keep fading to the background. When my anxiety rises it comes to the front all the time.
Bah just had my ear syringed (felt quiet nice actually) but the wax wouldn't budge. Another 11 days of ear drops for me.
I don't think I have Tinnitus though, just the usual white noise I assume everyone gets when in a quiet environment. My hearing is absolutely useless in noisy environments, can't hear a damn word anyone says in a club for example even if they scream in my ear but I can hear the slightest electrical whine in a room. Ears are weird huh
Mine is more of pressure irritation / general sinus issue which was come about after having issues with my wisdom teeth.
I don't think I have Tinnitus though, just the usual white noise I assume everyone gets when in a quiet environment. My hearing is absolutely useless in noisy environments, can't hear a damn word anyone says in a club for example even if they scream in my ear but I can hear the slightest electrical whine in a room. Ears are weird huh
Mine is more of pressure irritation / general sinus issue which was come about after having issues with my wisdom teeth.
Really, I thought that was just what silence "sounded" like
I always assumed that we could never really hear "nothing" and that was what caused it.
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Bah just had my ear syringed (felt quiet nice actually) but the wax wouldn't budge. Another 11 days of ear drops for me.
I don't think I have Tinnitus though, just the usual white noise I assume everyone gets when in a quiet environment. My hearing is absolutely useless in noisy environments, can't hear a damn word anyone says in a club for example even if they scream in my ear but I can hear the slightest electrical whine in a room. Ears are weird huh
Mine is more of pressure irritation / general sinus issue which was come about after having issues with my wisdom teeth.
My hearing is also terrible in loud environments but my ENT tests came back as above avergae. Annoying.
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Really, I thought that was just what silence "sounded" like
I always assumed that we could never really hear "nothing" and that was what caused it.
You're actually correct. People who claim to hear silence really aren't being truthful. Now, it depends on how quiet you're talking, however. Since most people's tinnitus can barely ever be heard, they never notice it. A study I remember concluded 90%+ people hear tinnitus below 17dB.
You however, have a fixation on it which is making it louder (think floaters. Everyone has them, most can ignore them. Some focus on them 24/7 and always see them as a result).
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Bah just had my ear syringed (felt quiet nice actually) but the wax wouldn't budge. Another 11 days of ear drops for me.
I don't think I have Tinnitus though, just the usual white noise I assume everyone gets when in a quiet environment. My hearing is absolutely useless in noisy environments, can't hear a damn word anyone says in a club for example even if they scream in my ear but I can hear the slightest electrical whine in a room. Ears are weird huh
Mine is more of pressure irritation / general sinus issue which was come about after having issues with my wisdom teeth.
Well, if you can't hear anyone in a club, that means the music is too loud! If you can't hear people without raising your voice, the sound level is high enough to damage your ears. Protect them. Clubs are notorious for this, get some sound reducing earplugs next time.
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Only notice it at night and tbh it rarely bothers me, but year constant hum/buzz. Used to have a server in my room with 5 x 10k rpm drives which really helped! The wife put paid to that though
I've never posted in this thread but have had tinnitus since my mid-teens (or well noticeable tinnitus). I've been to an audiologist who recommended a hearing aid for my left ear and this does help as I have quite bad hearing loss in that ear - so much so that if I put my finger in my right ear I can't hear what people are saying to me.
My tinnitus is normally one tone that I can hear but sometimes spices things up and makes a different noise for a bit but goes back to the normal. It's most noticeable when I'm tired or in a quiet room. It's also noticeable when I have issues hearing TV as when I strain to hear it becomes more noticeable.
I suspect it's from either listening to a walkman daily when walking to and from school that was turned up for traffic, working in a noisy factory (although I had ear plugs for this) or my time in the TA and firing various weapons outside this. Or a mix of the above. I can put it down to a week in October 2014 when it became considerably more noticeable than before and I had an ear infection.
My tinnitus is normally one tone that I can hear but sometimes spices things up and makes a different noise for a bit but goes back to the normal. It's most noticeable when I'm tired or in a quiet room. It's also noticeable when I have issues hearing TV as when I strain to hear it becomes more noticeable.
I suspect it's from either listening to a walkman daily when walking to and from school that was turned up for traffic, working in a noisy factory (although I had ear plugs for this) or my time in the TA and firing various weapons outside this. Or a mix of the above. I can put it down to a week in October 2014 when it became considerably more noticeable than before and I had an ear infection.
Even though I wore earplugs all weekend at Creamfields whenever I felt it was getting a bit too loud my tinnitus has morphed into something far worse than what it was.
I've experienced it a couple of times where if I'm really tired, it kind of pulses to the point it affects my vision. Now it's every night since I got back. I should probably get it looked at to be honest!
I've experienced it a couple of times where if I'm really tired, it kind of pulses to the point it affects my vision. Now it's every night since I got back. I should probably get it looked at to be honest!