Moose308
Well-known member
I developed tinnitus about 6 months ago.
Not fun.
Oddly, in my case, I had not been exposed to a loud sound in well over a week. I was at my desk at work in a very quiet office, and then suddenly it sounded like someone cranked a hi-fi to 10 with a high pitched whine in my right ear. I could barely hear out of that ear for several minutes. It slowly went away, mostly, but ever since I have had tinnitus. In both ears now, but most in the right.
Some days are worse than others. It appears worse at night. Thankfully, walking at the mall, or in a movie theatre, or loud converstion usually covers it up. However, a quiet room I can hear a high pitched whine. The quieter it is, the louder it seems. So far I have forced myself to "get used to it". Hopefully I can keep that up, or that it doesn't get any worse. It has truely tainted all enjoyment in my life.
The doctors I have consulted regarding tinnitus all give a pretty similar outlook. You've got it. Tough beans. Have a nice day. One doctor, nicely, said it's too bad but there is nothing she can do. The medical community just doesn't do any research into tinnitus. Nobody ever dies from tinnitus.
She has a point of course, but it seems very odd that there has not been a drug developed or something to turn off the noise. There are a lot of people who would pay a lot of money to make the noise go away. It seems strange that they can shoot a laser at your eyes, shaping them to give you perfect vision, they can cut your heart out and slap in another one, they can reattach limbs, but they can't figure out how to make a little buzzing go away from your ears.
I have since gone to the hearing specialist and had a custom set of ER-15 earplugs made. A truely fantastic investment. A little pricey, but what an improvement. Anyone who thinks the foam plugs are good really kidding themselves. They are cheap, and block lots of noise, but sound terrible. These ER plugs sound just like the volume is turned down. Very clear. Very tranparent.
Not fun.
Oddly, in my case, I had not been exposed to a loud sound in well over a week. I was at my desk at work in a very quiet office, and then suddenly it sounded like someone cranked a hi-fi to 10 with a high pitched whine in my right ear. I could barely hear out of that ear for several minutes. It slowly went away, mostly, but ever since I have had tinnitus. In both ears now, but most in the right.
Some days are worse than others. It appears worse at night. Thankfully, walking at the mall, or in a movie theatre, or loud converstion usually covers it up. However, a quiet room I can hear a high pitched whine. The quieter it is, the louder it seems. So far I have forced myself to "get used to it". Hopefully I can keep that up, or that it doesn't get any worse. It has truely tainted all enjoyment in my life.
The doctors I have consulted regarding tinnitus all give a pretty similar outlook. You've got it. Tough beans. Have a nice day. One doctor, nicely, said it's too bad but there is nothing she can do. The medical community just doesn't do any research into tinnitus. Nobody ever dies from tinnitus.
She has a point of course, but it seems very odd that there has not been a drug developed or something to turn off the noise. There are a lot of people who would pay a lot of money to make the noise go away. It seems strange that they can shoot a laser at your eyes, shaping them to give you perfect vision, they can cut your heart out and slap in another one, they can reattach limbs, but they can't figure out how to make a little buzzing go away from your ears.
I have since gone to the hearing specialist and had a custom set of ER-15 earplugs made. A truely fantastic investment. A little pricey, but what an improvement. Anyone who thinks the foam plugs are good really kidding themselves. They are cheap, and block lots of noise, but sound terrible. These ER plugs sound just like the volume is turned down. Very clear. Very tranparent.
