Tinnitus who suffers from it

I do not get it all the time, just every now and again. This probably sounds stupid. But i am sure it is when someone is talking about/thinking about me.

Without fail usually i get a bout of it that comes and goes for a day or so. Which is usually eventually followed by an ex girlfriend getting in contact with me a day or so after. This has happened quite a few times now, so everytime i get a ringing in my ears i await a message lol
 
the-evaluator said:
It's probably not treatable, but a doctor could help with management of if. It's well worth the time I'd say.
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The only 'treatment' i had from an ENT was to fill out a form asking how i coped with it.

I have managed to reduce the volume and intensity by losing weight and gettig my cholesterol down. But no doctor or ent ever told me about the connection. I saw a study online linking cholesterol to tinnitus and decided to get a test. I think my score was about 6.8 but now down to 5 and the tinnitus has definitely reduced.
 
Ive had one for a few months. Turns it it's fluid building behind the ear drum causing it. I used some steroid nasal spray for a few days and it goes completely. But after a few weeks it reappears :/
 
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I've had it for about 15 years now. What I have noticed recently, is that as my hearing loss gets worse, my tinnitus is less noticeable.
Perhaps that makes sense, but you have to laugh.
 
ODuffer said:
I've had it for about 15 years now. What I have noticed recently, is that as my hearing loss gets worse, my tinnitus is less noticeable.
Perhaps that makes sense, but you have to laugh.
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Odd. Perhaps it's just due to your body learning to ignore it better, but as other noises get cancelled out as you can't hear them as good, you're usually left with just the ringing, so it gets worse with time. What makes you say your hearing is getting worse?
 
Coolasmoo said:
I hope not. I'm about 15 years living with it and it's pretty variable so far.

The past few weeks have been awful though.

I woke up last night and it was like constant chimes.
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The reason it gets worse as you age (IMO) is that the tinnitus doesn't get better, while your hearing gets worse. Additionally, people continue to damage their ears as most people aren't going to take paranoia levels of protection at all times.
 
unwashed potato! said:
Odd. Perhaps it's just due to your body learning to ignore it better, but as other noises get cancelled out as you can't hear them as good, you're usually left with just the ringing, so it gets worse with time. What makes you say your hearing is getting worse?
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My friends and colleagues telling me I'm deaf as a post now lol. I've also noticed a drop off in treble I'm able to hear in music I know. I'm 55 and have been to a fair number of concerts over the years. I should really look into hearing aids, I remember my dad having one.
 
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My, right-ear-centric, tinnitus is a result of a bad back. Working at Asda for decades gave me a bad back, so I started allowing empty pallets to slam down onto the shop floor at night, rather than bending and lowering properly, which is the proper solution to back trouble. That very loud "slam" of a pallet onto a totally flat tiled floor turns out to be bad for your hearing #Who'dHaveGuessed. And I'm right-centric for most tasks, even though I'm left handed, so the right ear got the worst of it.

So... so I listen to podcasts to drown the sound out so I can get to sleep. It works... sometimes. Others, I just listen to it until I go quietly insane. :D

Look after your ears, folks! The worrying thing is that my Dad suffered from industrial tinnitus for much of his later life and it caused him so much lack of sleep that I'm sure it started to cause him to unravel. Fortunately covid finished his unravelling days for him. Silver lining and all that.
 
Andrew_McP said:
My, right-ear-centric, tinnitus is a result of a bad back. Working at Asda for decades gave me a bad back, so I started allowing empty pallets to slam down onto the shop floor at night, rather than bending and lowering properly, which is the proper solution to back trouble. That very loud "slam" of a pallet onto a totally flat tiled floor turns out to be bad for your hearing #Who'dHaveGuessed. And I'm right-centric for most tasks, even though I'm left handed, so the right ear got the worst of it.

So... so I listen to podcasts to drown the sound out so I can get to sleep. It works... sometimes. Others, I just listen to it until I go quietly insane. :D

Look after your ears, folks! The worrying thing is that my Dad suffered from industrial tinnitus for much of his later life and it caused him so much lack of sleep that I'm sure it started to cause him to unravel. Fortunately covid finished his unravelling days for him. Silver lining and all that.
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Jesus, how many pallets were you slamming to end up doing damage? A slam would be loud, but it's only a short duration impact noise. Unless extremely loud (think metal on metal slamming) I find it hard to imagine you were slamming enough of them per day to do you in.
 
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Tephnos said:
I find it hard to imagine you were slamming enough of them per day to do you in.
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First job of the night, break down 10-20 pallets of mixed stock, depending on the night. Wheel full pallet into the middle, surround it with pallets for the various sections. So maybe ten pallets at the start, then a steady stream of pallets as things progressed for the next two hours. So... maybe 30 a night, five or six (or seven) nights a week for at least a decade, working like that. It was quicker to let them slam, than to do things properly, so there was too much slamming, as time was always short (for those of us who chose to work hard, like idiots).

So... so it only takes one loud noise to damage the tiny hairs on the inner ear. That damage is cumulative.
 
Andrew_McP said:
First job of the night, break down 10-20 pallets of mixed stock, depending on the night. Wheel full pallet into the middle, surround it with pallets for the various sections. So maybe ten pallets at the start, then a steady stream of pallets as things progressed for the next two hours. So... maybe 30 a night, five or six (or seven) nights a week for at least a decade, working like that. It was quicker to let them slam, than to do things properly, so there was too much slamming, as time was always short (for those of us who chose to work hard, like idiots).

So... so it only takes one loud noise to damage the tiny hairs on the inner ear. That damage is cumulative.
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Right, but the threshold of instant damage to hearing is above 120dB (this is extremely loud, like powered anvil hammer slamming on metal loud). Below that, it is cumulative to exposure per day, which is why I found it strange you'd be exceeding that. For example, you can be exposed to 100dB a day for 15 minutes before damage is expected.

The damage done to hearing in the tiny hairs is typically caused by the oxidative stress damage from an inflammatory response after the fact, which is why if you don't exceed the thresholds, you're not expected to lose hearing ability (and why if you take steroids after a traumatic hearing event you can recover most if not all the hearing you'd lose if you did not).
 
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