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Originally Posted by Charles Freeborn
I went in for a hearing test and evaluation just last week. I've had increasing tinnitus in both ears for 10 or so years. I always chalked it up to loud music ( and I mean REALLY loud) as a teenager, and then 30 years of power tools. Turns out my hearing is excellent for a person of my age (59).
Ringing is possibly caused by jaw clenching at night (I wear a night guard), caffeine, stress, and aspirin.
OP is correct, as hearing decreases your brain "turns it up" which fills in with white noise. Hearing aids may do the trick. Get a full work up by an ear-nose-throat doc to see if there are underlying causes that can be changed with lifestyle mods.
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Aspirin?!?....interesting! I did start taking a low dose ASA once per day about 4 months ago under the advice of a cardiologist, to supplement my statin drug intake, as we do have a (distant) family history of stroke....
I'll try laying off the ASA for a month or so and see....errr, I mean ....hear what that does! Thanks Charles!