Hearing aids for Tinnitus

[john70t]

I once lived in an apartment briefly.
Foggy San Fransisco. 16th and Bryant area.
My room was about 30-50ft away from a corner neighborhood line pole transformer buzzing away.

That thing gave me severe headaches with EMF.

I'd walk ten feet down the hall, and my headache would be gone instantly.

[bt1211]

Whenever I mention this condition (that I have) it boggles the mind how many time I have to explain that I'm NOT talking about tendonitis.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by bt1211

Whenever I mention this condition (that I have) it boggles the mind how many time I have to explain that I'm NOT talking about tendonitis.

Your elbow makes annoying sounds?

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I tried it. The sound I hear is at about 4000 hz. I cannot imagine living with 8k 24/7. Holy crap, why have you not shot up a post office or something??

Masraum - I can't hear anything at all above 8k. Nothing.

wd.....ya, I know.....But if you hear about a guy goin' postal in Southern Alberta....

Funny though....4000 Hz sounds worst to me....strange but I guess to each his own!

Masraum, ya I can't hear anything above 9000 Hz either.

We should really all be toasting each other's Hzs.....!

Can all others on here check out that link and post their Tinnitus's Hzs range? ....might be kinda fun and soothing at the same time.....kinda like a group hug!

HI, MY NAME IS ALEX AND MY TINNITUS REGISTERS AT 7000 HZ!

[sc_rufctr]

I've had tinnitus for about 7 years but recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. They're defiantly related because when my blood sugar is low the volume of my tinnitus turns up to eleven.
When that happens I eat a peach or something similar and about 45 minutes later things get quieter.

Worth getting your blood sugar checked IMO.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy

Can all others on here check out that link and post their Tinnitus's Hzs range? ....might be kinda fun and soothing at the same time.....kinda like a group hug! )

Yeah, right. And Sammy will post a photo from one of his favorite homo-erotic web sites.

[john70t]

Originally Posted by 2porscheguy

Can all others on here check out that link and post their Tinnitus's Hzs range? ....might be kinda fun and soothing at the same time.....kinda like a group hug!

HI, MY NAME IS ALEX AND MY TINNITUS REGISTERS AT 7000 HZ!

You may have posted that in jest, but it is a very good point...

What if the symptoms could be quantified and qualified?

If not already, why haven't they already?
For science damnit!!!

[Evans, Marv]

Mine seems to be at or around the 5.8K range. I can't hear the 11K frequency.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I tried it. The sound I hear is at about 4000 hz. I cannot imagine living with 8k 24/7. Holy crap, why have you not shot up a post office or something??

Masraum - I can't hear anything at all above 8k. Nothing.

Wow. Yeah, I was surprised that I was at 11k. I'm only 46, but I thought that most older folks didn't hear much over 10k anyway.

[flatbutt]

For me the worst part is that it is NEVER quiet anymore.

[wdfifteen]

I don't find it encouraging that the doctors I've spoken to about it don't even agree on how to pronounce the word.

Some say "tin it us"
Some say "tin eye tus"

Anybody know which is correct?

[Willem Fick]

Originally Posted by john70t

Random thought:

If the tinnitus is caused by an agitated nerve in the temporal lobe.

Why not fix the ear itself, provide a type of shield from the offending stimulus, or dull the offending nerve to the brain at the proximal location?

This is quite interesting. My grandmother suffered with serious tinnitus, and after running out of options took the advice of a local herbalist to brew a tea from this plant and drink a small quanity first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

It actually worked, believe it or not, and I guess it probably is due to the plant's "calming effects" on the agitated nerve, being part of the cannabis family.

(My grandma was really cool, but I never thought of her as a recreational drug user... )

Now, I am a huge sceptic when it comes to herbal medicine, but I guess anything is worth trying once?

[masraum]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I don't find it encouraging that the doctors I've spoken to about it don't even agree on how to pronounce the word.

Some say "tin it us"
Some say "tin eye tus"

Anybody know which is correct?

I go with tin eye tus

Per Merriam Webster, they are both correct, but the more common seems to be ˈti-nə-təs

" noun tin·ni·tus \ˈti-nə-təs, tə-ˈnī-təs\ "

OK, after checking Merriam Webster, MacMillan, Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries online, all have that as the primary pronunciation. I think I'll probably still go with tə-ˈnī-təs\ since it is also technically correct. It just makes more sense to me. A single consonant between two vowels usually makes the first vowel long is how I remember it being taught.

Here's something else that I found online that makes sense to me.

According to the ATA there are two ways of saying it depending on which english you use, proper or american
neither are the ones listed right. They are as follows

ti-NIGHT-us = tinn-EYE-TUS

TIN-i-tus = Tinn- IT-US

If you ask the ata they will pronounce it Ti-NIGHT-us
but more UK people say the IT one. Just a lil heads up.

[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.

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by Willem Fick

This is quite interesting. My grandmother suffered with serious tinnitus, and after running out of options took the advice of a local herbalist to brew a tea from this plant and drink a small quanity first thing in the morning and last thing at night.

It actually worked, believe it or not, and I guess it probably is due to the plant's "calming effects" on the agitated nerve, being part of the cannabis family.

(My grandma was really cool, but I never thought of her as a recreational drug user... )

Now, I am a huge sceptic when it comes to herbal medicine, but I guess anything is worth trying once?

Willem, you being in SA...can you send some of that Tiger's Tail......that SA weed....

I'd love to try it!

[2porscheguy]

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.

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!

[2porscheguy]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I've had tinnitus for about 7 years but recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. They're defiantly related because when my blood sugar is low the volume of my tinnitus turns up to eleven.
When that happens I eat a peach or something similar and about 45 minutes later things get quieter.

Worth getting your blood sugar checked IMO.

Blood sugar is fine BUT... I do notice that if I don't have something to eat within 20 minutes of a fairly strenuous workout, the intensity does become more pronounced...

[Otter74]

Far from it! I've had tinnitus since October 1995. One day at the job I had while i was in engineering school, I used a Ramset (a tool with which I was previously unfamiliar) without hearing protection. Whoops! I appreciate that site that was linked to - this helps me, too, let other people know what I hear. I am hearing 11kHz, at a relatively low volume. Or at least low enough that I got used to it a long, long time ago and have been able to live with it relatively easily. But, as someone else pointed out, it is never, ever truly quiet.

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

It's so comforting to know I'm not alone with this ringing.
Really guys.
The only time I don't hear it now is when I'm dead asleep.

[hcoles]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

I've had tinnitus for about 7 years but recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. They're defiantly related because when my blood sugar is low the volume of my tinnitus turns up to eleven.
When that happens I eat a peach or something similar and about 45 minutes later things get quieter.

Worth getting your blood sugar checked IMO.

Interesting, I'll watch for that when I eat something. I'm able to keep my A1C at or below 5.5, so I shouldn't have T2 diabetes but I'm getting close. My frequency is in the 4kHz to 5kHz range and I hear the volume varying a bit with my heart beat or moving my head, but it doesn't go completely away - so I was thinking maybe it (tinnitus) has something to do with blood pressure. I take bp medicine and bp measurements show I'm in a normal range.

[87maniac]

My tinnitus is between 7 - 8K.
Cannot hear 11K in the test.
Mostly all the time, much louder in evenings.

Will try the devil's lettuce tonight and see if that helps.