Anyone else got tinnitus?

[lazybloke]

Reading this thread with interest, as my better half has constant tinnitus; it can keep her awake at night. She's not aware of anything that can address it.

I have v occasional tinnitus; starts suddenly and loudly, but fades quickly. Seems to be in the region of about 6 - 7 Khz.
Strangely, I can't hear that frequency very well at all in the video posted by @MontyVeda
Edit: I can hear higher frequencies on my phone than on my laptop. Got some earbuds that are so small I can never find them... could try my wife's posh headphones....

 

[slowmotion]

I've got it but it doesn't bother me that much. It's an ever-present, not too loud high frequency hiss almost certainly caused by too many youthful hours on the range with a Lee Enfield 0.303. Thirty five years of using noisy power tools probably didn't help either.

It could be a lot worse.

 

[raleighnut]

No Tinnitus here but it confirms what my last hearing test video showed, not much over 14,000 Khz but that's just age and going to gigs. Coincidentally the Doc at the 'Pain Management Clinic' wants me to try Lidocaine Infusion but one of the side effects is it can cause Tinnitus so as a music lover and owner of a big HiFi I think I'll give that a miss.

 

[MontyVeda]

it could be a coincidence but yesterday I drank about half my usual amount of coffee and my tinnitus was relatively quiet all evening. Usually it's at its loudest after 6pm

 

[All uphill]

it could be a coincidence but yesterday I drank about half my usual amount of coffee and my tinnitus was relatively quiet all evening. Usually it's at its loudest after 6pm

My tinnitus is always present, but coffee, alcohol and loud noises give me a few hours of a symphony orchestra tuning up with a 747 taking off inside my head.

I'm fortunate that it doesn't worry me - its just part of the landscape.

 

[MontyVeda]

before my constant pitch tinnitus kicked in i used to get the occasional fanfare of trumpets... i quite enjoyed that

 

[glasgowcyclist]

before my constant pitch tinnitus kicked in i used to get the occasional fanfare of trumpets... i quite enjoyed that

Did you keep looking behind you for the queen?

 

[simongt]

Yes, in my left ear since my crash in 2018. It takes the form of a constant dull high pitched whistle. Fortunately, with the everyday background noise of the world round us, I hardly notice it, only when It's very quite or when I'm going to sleep. But even then, it's not enough to concern or bother me at the moment.
As I alluded to in another post, I had a hearing test about three months ago, and the hearing in my left ear had deteriorated slightly since 2018, but not by much. However, In a more recent hearing test; another freebie, different coy. , the audiologist insisted I needed a hearing aid - !
So until I realise myself that I'm having issues with my left ear hearing perception, I'll carry on regardless - !

 

[fossyant]

My tinnitus is always present, but coffee, alcohol and loud noises give me a few hours of a symphony orchestra tuning up with a 747 taking off inside my head.

I'm fortunate that it doesn't worry me - its just part of the landscape.

Same. Suffered really badly after the Madness concert in Llangollen, mainly as we were right at the front. Took a couple of weeks for my tinnitus to return to 'my normal'. I find I can't hear conversations in very loud environments as the tinnitus masks those near me, and I just can't hear over the 'noise'.

 

[MontyVeda]

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It contains an audible sweep from 20hz to 20,000hz; the full range of human hearing. It starts just after the two minute mark, if you don't want to listen the bloke talking.

There is one section of the pitch sweep where (for me) it went completely silent for a few seconds, then the sound returned. The volume dipped briefly again around the 7,000hz mark, and i could barely hear anything higher than around 10,000hz.
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Odd things happening with my ears. Yesterday i lost some hearing at the bass end (I thought it was my hi-fi) and dug up this thread, listened to the tone sweep and I can't hear anything below 100hz, and the top end is now around the 4000hz mark, half of what it was when i posted this thread. I might have to book an appointment with the audiology people

 

[PeteXXX]

I've just had hearing aids fitted and they do seem to help with the tinnitus.
Possibly as there's a bit of White Noise from them?

 

[gbb]

Haha, sat here with a continuous 'sssssss' in my ears and started reading this.
A working lifetime in industry with machinery has probably done for.mine

 

[MontyVeda]

top end is around the 7000hz mark today, still nowt below 100hz though.

 

[presta]

I've had tinnitus since my mid 30s. At the start it only occurred after heavy exercise, then over the years it gradually became continuous, but even now, it gets louder if my blood pressure is higher. I can hear from 120Hz to ~7kHz, but curiously, I can't hear the frequency changing above about 4.5kHz.

 

[gbb]

Nothing below around 200, nothing above 8000, which also roughly matches the singing in my ears.