Tinnitus

[rainbow]

Been experiencing high frequency whining/buzzing in my ears/head for a couple of months now despite having my ears syringed and wax removed and I feared I may have damaged my ears by inflicting my own music on them over the last few months as I've been learning to record in the home studio ... especially as I'm coming into this relatively late in life.
So I finally went to the quack tonight and though my hearing is OK ... been diagnosed with Tinnitus ... a common condition apparently ... not necessarily caused by my efforts at music-making but just as likely to develop at the same time as the hearing loss of old age ... thanks doc
I left the surgery with 3 pages of useful notes printed out for me to gen up on and basically it is something to put up with as far as I can see.
Just wondering if anyone else on the forum has experience of this annoying phenomenum and how they deal with it ... seems the best approach is distraction techniques ... so more music making is probably the cure
Rainbow:)

[levi2]

not yet but i am told obviously its more noticeable when everything is quiet so when you go to bed they recommend a clock that you can here ticking and some people as far as i know have a built in radio/speaker in there pillow played at very very low volume
hope this helps

levi2

[thingyy]

Had it for years.Gets worse after a few drinks.I had to sleep with ear buds and a walkman many a night.
Avoid salt and asprin,maybe get your blood pressure checked.
You get to live with it after a while but if its to bad there is freqency cancelling device.

[rainbow]

Hi levi ... thanks for the reply ... you're right it's definitely worse when it's quiet in a room ... spoils your concentration when you try to read ... the clock ticking does help at night though so I'm going to get one going here when I'm reading and see if that helps ... glad your not suffering though mate.

Hi thingyy ... again thanks for the reply and sorry to hear you are a sufferer mate. Even sorrier to hear that it might get worse after a few drinks ... I'm not much of a drinker at the moment but I was willing to learn if I thought it helped (LOL). Appreciate the tips though.

Best regards to you both ... Rainbow:)

[weegeo]

Had it forever it seems but yes as Thingy says you just get used to it can`t give you any advice on it though i just get on with it and if i`m out gigging i hardly hear it lol lol


weegeo

[rainbow]

Cheers weegeo ;D ;D

[shyamwestwind]

Hi rainbow
I had that for just a week or so and my wife had it too, for a while longer. We had advice from a good Homeopath who advised rest for a week or a fortnight. We did just that, kept away from computers, music etc and just relaxed in a lot of peace and quiet, and we came back from the peace feeling much, much better. The homeopath also told me he had treated such cases very successfully wioth homeopathic ear drops and a few sweet pills.
Do meet a good Homeopath, if you can. Its worth trying and you have everything to gain

[rainbow]

Thanks for the tips Shyam ... much appreciated ;-)
Best regards ... Rainbow:)