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This crap is awful. You may think I am crazy, but when I blink my eyes or move my head, I hear loud tones. Besides these tones, I hear loud locust sounds continually, and occasionally a deep loud roar and clicks come and go.
Am I going crazy or am I there already? Can't sleep lately.
My tinnitus isn’t as bad as you describe. For years I have slept with small air filter fans blowing across my face at night and my tinnitus doesn’t bother me but when the electricity goes out my tinnitus is very bothersome and seems awfully loud.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
From here Tinnitus Treatment and Diagnosis it doesn’t look like much can be done for it if it’s not caused by an underlying medical condition. It looks like my fan acts as a masking device for my tinnitus.
Hope you find relief from yours.
CP - I have suffered with Tinnitus for years caused by working on loud machines while in the service. I had a doctor recommend Lipo-Flavonoid Plus.
I got some and took it for a good long while and decided it did not work, so I stopped taking them.
About 3 or 4 days after I stopped taking them I realized that the noise was coming back. It had gotten better so slowly I did not realize it was working. So I started again. Mine comes and goes and when I start to hear it coming I go back on them.
Some points:
It takes a while to work - two to three weeks for me if it is real bad.
I take one (1) a day in the morning.
It might work faster if I took it 3 times a day as the bottle says - BUT -
One a day slows down my digestive system a bit (if you get my drift) so I am afraid what 3 a day would do.
Shop around for the best price as they are not real cheap, but like I said they do work if you take them long enough
I use a fan also. Can't sleep without one. Ringing in both ears at times. 40 years in a paper mill is very loud and hard on the ears.
Tom, I have it so bad in my left ear I have sworn my wife should be able to hear it also. 27 years of chemical plants and a lifetime of gunfire have seen to that. I just deal with mine and try to not let it bother me any more than it already does.
oh 20 years or so ago I went totally deaf in my left ear. Many many many test on my ear revealed nothing. Steroid after Steroid for months I started getting some hearing back but only certain tones I can hear. I don't know if you ever noticed, i haven't seen you in years, I tend to keep people on my right, my good ear. Anyway I said all that to say that After I got some hearing back I started hearing those locust, doctor told me to stop taking asprin, which i took. no more ringing for me.
From the looks of your avatar you possibly could be a few years older than me. Your post got my attention. Left year problems, sometimes are attributed to auditory processing issues. Which i have been diagnosed with.
Do you have auditory processing issues? Just curious. i was diagnosed with in my late 30's. I've learned somewhat how to block outside noises to compensate.
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Originally Posted by mrdux
You will get use to it. I've had it in both ears since 1999 when I had my first heart attack. You are probably one of the few people on the site that will understand this but mine sounds like a horizontal oscillator squeal. Like you use to hear in the old TVs when the flyback transformer was starting to go or a loose connection on it would do it too. Some days it is a lot worse than others.
Thanks. Now I just noticed the ringing in my ears. DP
I thought everyone heard the cicadas. Too many years banging on steel.
"gene''
your just OLD :yikes
One thing to look into if you happen to use hearing aids. Sometimes they can program in a masking frequency that has a canceling effect on the Tinitus. Seems like it doesn't work for a lot of people, but for some it seems to work very well. My father, who was around big guns in the service and has it, says the hearing aid masking has helped a great deal.
Is "old'' a 4 letter word.
"gene"
My aids have this feature.The VA lady set the masking. It aint working too good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cricketcage
Central Auditory Processing IssuesQuote:
Originally Posted by fishingpox
Teenagers and Adults
Common difficulties include
- Talks louder than necessary;
- Remembering a list or sequence;
- Often needs words or sentences repeated;
- Poor ability to memorize information learned by listening;
- Interprets words too literally;
- Hearing clearly in noisy environments.
- Accommodation and modification strategies
- Find or request a quiet work space away from others.
- Request written material when you attend oral presentations.
- Ask for directions to be given one at a time, as you go through each step.
- Take notes or use a tape recorder when getting any new information, even little things.
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I have never been diagnosed with that but I do have several of the symptoms mentioned above. My tinnitus started in earnest in 1996 when I had a bad reaction to the anesthetic used on my 3rd rotator cuff surgery. Our company doctor just always blamed it on shotgun noise.
I have suffered with this for years. Right side has one freq.....left side a different freq....Cicadas in the middle. Always there.......it really sucks.
Good luck with your tinnitis Tom.
No locust for me, just butterfly wings.......Drives me nuts at times.
I used to play in rock and roll bands. I have really bad tinnitus caused by that. I also have a pretty bad hearing loss (which usually goes along with tinnitus), for which I have to wear hearing aids in both ears. My tinnitus sounds like a field full of insects on a warm summer evening, along with random clickings and buzzings. The hearing aids help mask the tinnitus during the day. At night I use a fan to sleep to help cover up the sound. I also have a sound maker that makes white noise (kind of like the sound of rain) that helps cover it up, which I take with me if I am going to stay at a hotel or something.
Did your tinnitus happen suddenly??? If so, you need to see a doctor, as it could be the sign/symptom of something else besides being noise induced. Some medications can cause it and some medical conditions other than exposure to loud sounds can cause it.
Good luck!
No sudden loss. Tinnitus has increased tremendously in volume over the years. Started when I was in service at the Pacific Missile Range 1966. I went to Dr at Point Mugu and they gave me a new pair of ear muffs. That was the military fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiewisdom
I can't hear a cricket, but them locust are there all the time. Doesn't bother me at night because I'm awake anyway thinking about things I want to do and how I'll do 'em.
I can build almost anything in my mind, but remembering what I wanted to build in the morning escapes me sometimes. I used to get up and make a sketch of what I was
thinking about, but decided to try to remember instead. Sometimes it works and when it don't, oh well............not to worry. 30 years operating heavy equipment and finally
they get hearing protection you can hear the radio with. Had to maintain constant radio contact. Hearing protection was prohibited prior to that. Hand signals were used to
communicate prior to radios. Smoke signals were the worst when the wind was blowing. I know where your coming from CP.
I've had it for several years also. The volume of the crickets/locust comes and goes for me. Worse in my left ear. Just like all of you have said I sleep with a fan which helps a great deal. Over 30 years in a power plant and lots of loud R&R in my youth. I didn't have sense enough to wear hearing protection in my younger days. I wear it religously now even mowing, weedeating or using the tractor at home. I'm sure it will get worse as I get older.Not a pleasant thought.