tinnitus treatment?

[patrick_g]

For years since the Army...I hear a high pitched sound constantly...It is mild though and I am used to it unless I think about it...I will say this though...I can occasionally pick up and hear radio programs without a radio ..Yikes..My Mrs. thinks I'm nuts and kidding but I'm not...it only happens occasionally ...I can also tell you when some store has ultrasonic motion detectors turned on...drives me crazy...I am glad I have a mild case and have gotten used to it...My sympathy to those with a severe case...I can only imagine the stress and discomfort it must cause....The Army never gave us hearing protection...so it is what it is I guess.

Hearing radio is not tinnitus. A non linear conduction is detecting (rectifying) the RF signal like the crystal in a crystal set. There was a case of a lady whose cook-stove oven played a local radio station. You are not unique in your hearing powerful radio stations. Let me guess, it is AM radio stations, not FM, right?

The other sounds can be tinnitus and are likely induced by exposure to loud sounds like artillery, small arms up close etc. In the USAF I never even saw hearing protection used for weapons training, just around jets and such.

Pat
Pat

 

[Redneck in training]

I commission control systems for compressors and turbines. Because of working around very loud machines I also have tinnitus. It is constant high pitch sound in both ears. Sometime I have trouble understanding what people say. I just learned to live with it.

 

[kenmac]

I also have tinnitus. It is constant high pitch sound in both ears. Sometime I have trouble understanding what people say. I just learned to live with it.

Good to know I'm not the only 1 with this. Too late to do anything about it now.I should have used ear protection years ago

 

[hardtack]

I know this has been a long thread, but I thought I'd add what I know. Sometimes tinnitus is caused by high blood pressure or hyper-tension can cause a ringing in ears.

I have just learned to live with it and say "Eh, what's that dear? Did you say something?" :laughing:

 

[D7E]

Half of the guys i know have it to some degree ...These vintage tractors had a lot to answer for..."they sure dont make them like they used to"

 

[dmccarty]

The wifey and I have only been to one movie in a theater. We just are not going to movie people. Never once did we have a date to go to the movie. :laughing: Our one movie we have seen was to see one of the Harry Potter films. Loved the film but it would have been cheaper to buy the DVD/BD and not have our hearing blown out. It is bad enough at home with the way the DVD/BDs are mixed but at least we can adjust the volume. In the theater you just have to bear it.

Our oldest is now going to school dances which I end up chaperoning. The first dance I did not take hearing protection. I just keep the little foams in my jacket pocket now. :laughing: I noticed a few other parents were doing the same thing.

The kids do seem to listen to music that is too loud.

Later,
Dan

 

[Danno1]

The kids do seem to listen to music that is too loud.

Hmmm, I seem to remember my parents saying that too. BTW, about my brother, not me!!!


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[Looking4new]

I believe that we all listened to music that was way too loud. Shooting on the range sure didn't help, either. Neither did running with straight pipes when I was a lot younger.