tinnitus treatment?

[jimmer2880]

Yes - thanks for the link - Quietus for Tinnitus Relief | Welcome! Find Tinnitus relief products, as well as other ear health products and information.

When I played the sound that matched mine (the purple one - couldn't hear it) to my wife & daughters, they told me to not play that again, it would drive them nuts.

What a shame it's snake oil.

 

[EE_Bota]

When I went to see the doctor about the constant ringing in my ears in 1981, he said he could tell I'd had exceptionally good hearing in the past, but too much of those guns with no hearing protection had taken a toll. He was right, but I don't know how he would have been able to tell what kind of hearing I had before. At that time, he said I didn't need hearing aids, but that I would need them someday. He was right again. I've been wearing them since the summer of 1992, I'm on my third pair, and my hearing just continues to get worse.

Interesting...no doctor told me, but I in fact DID have rather exceptional hearing when I was young. I was on a call with a vet to a horse barn, but I could not tolerate being in the barn. The Dr. asked what was bothering me. I said "I have a horrible ringing in my ears. The woman pulled the plug on some device, and asked "did that help?" "YES!. Thanks! What was it?" It was an ultrasonic mouse chaser. To test, they had me look away and they turned it off and on over and over, and that was surely the cause.

Also, it seems to me that if noise causes hearing loss, a hearing aid ought to make it progress, since it is just an amplifier that turns the sound up louder and louder as much as needed for you to still hear.

I have ringing in my left ear. It is not too bad, but it gets me bad marks when the factory has it's annual hearing exam. I hear fine when the ear is not ringing. Unfortunately, one of the test frequencies matches my ringing, so I cannot acknowledge hearing that frequency until it is very loud. So some years my hearing is normal, and some years they report profound high frequency hearing loss in my left ear.

 

[Eagleview]

The only thing that I know that has an affect with me is Monosodium Glutamate. If I eat anything with MSG it really cranks up the volume to where I'm not able to ignore it.

MSG also affects me in this way , it also causes a kaleidoscope image in my vision and also a cold sore like blister on my lip immediately after eating it . Potato chips or any of the flavoured snack foods , French Onion soup mix etc. will have an immediate effect on me . Now that I know what causes it , I keep away from them . Some of you may have experienced the same things without knowing the cause .

 

[Opti-Mist]

Aspirin, and certain otc products that contain aspirin salicylates, or things that are are metabolized the same way as aspirin, can cause and contribute to tinnitus in some individuals. Many of these products are not well know as causing tinnitus.

Items I know of are Pepto Bismol, most antacid tablets like Titralac, certain toothpastes, (usually sensitive types), Kaopectate, Prilosac and Pepcid, Prescription meds include: Paxil, Lipitor, & Zyrtec.

Boy, this is just great! My doctor had me on aspirin therapy and Lipitor since September 1997. My new doctor weaned me off that stuff a few months ago. It didn't make any difference in my tinnitis, but I'm better off without that stuff.

 

[herd]

OleoZZ, Good luck on your treatment! Just a word of caution, Presidone is a steriod, so pls make sure you understand the side effects.

 

[ray66v]

Boy, this is just great! My doctor had me on aspirin therapy and Lipitor since September 1997. My new doctor weaned me off that stuff a few months ago. It didn't make any difference in my tinnitis, but I'm better off without that stuff.

I suspect your old doctor got a lot of free "vacations" form the drug companies.

God only knows how much money is wasted by people taking expensive medications they really don't need.

I am glad you found one of the "good" doctors.

 

[mjncad]

Yes - thanks for the link - Quietus for Tinnitus Relief | Welcome! Find Tinnitus relief products, as well as other ear health products and information.

When I played the sound that matched mine (the purple one - couldn't hear it) to my wife & daughters, they told me to not play that again, it would drive them nuts.

What a shame it's snake oil.

I couldn't hear the purple one either.

 

[MarkV]

At least I don't feel alone. I can't hear the purple sound on the link and recently I am getting a low frequency sound if I lie a certain way in bed.

It is about time for hearing aids here. I am getting tired of answering every question with "what or sorry". Are any of you besides Bird wearing hearing aids?

MarkV

 

[Oldchuck]

I've had it for several years now and it remains difficult to deal with. Sometimes more persistent than others. My ear doctor told me there is no cure and that Ginko is the only known effective treatment. That surprised me coming from such a traditional doctor. It also surprised me to hear that the exact cause is also unknown.

Tinnitus is a neurological condition not a mechanical problem as in "normal" hearing loss due to loud machines, music, guns, etc. which damage the ear drum, bones. and cilia before getting to the nervous system. It is not a "sound" in the sense of vibrating air. It is electromagnetic static inside your head.

I've got regular hearing loss too and my wife keeps nagging me to get hearing aids but I resist. I don't think it's bad enough yet but she does. Not sure what they would do to the tinnitus. I'd like to find out.

 

[oldballs]

Just another testomonial....kinda like glasses....a PITA. Mine has been with me over twenty years. The doctor sent me to an audiologist and found only slight hearing loss in the left ear. And I can hear all the necessary stuff even twenty years later (now 77)...you know....the furnace kicking on, the clock ticking, the air compressor leak etc. One guy said that coffee makes it worse...well, I still do 5-10 cups per day. Some days its more noticeable and now have it in both ears. But I sleep like a baby as a rule...It's just another little irritant of being older. Working in a steel mill and doing a lot of hunting and target shooting may or may not have had something to do with it. However,.....now I do wear ear plugs when I run the hefty brush cutter, or Shredder/Chipper or the Leaf Blower. But, you know, as you get older there is just a lot of crappp that you don't want to hear anyway.