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Consider yourself fortunate, as tinnitus is often for life. You have still done long term damage to your hearing though. You should ALWAYS wear plugs rated at least -20dB when going to rock concerts. I'm amazed that they are able to get away with blasting people with 110dB+ for two hours or more.

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For the record, I hear the blood pump suddenly if I tilt my head forward via the neck (something that probably would not be heard from hissing tinnitus caused by damage).

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That's a scary story. I do recall once, flying with upper airway congestion. Landing was very painful. By the time I was on the ground, I was deaf in my right ear and partially so in my left. I had problems checking in since the customs officer thought I didn't speak English. With an annoyed expression, he started speaking Spanish!!! I don't think he actually believed my problem.

Anyway, my hearing slowly cleared up over the next 2-3 hours. I can't say that there has been any residual problem after the incident.

Kostalex,
I have a 15% loss of hearing (at the top) in my left ear - a moron fired a rifle too close to that ear a long time ago.

I enjoy a glass of wine or three and that's when the pumping of blood becomes clearly audible - I live with it, rather than without wine.

Seidhepriest - every civilization has taken psychotropics since the year dot. Indeed many great 'discoveries' have been 'found' this way. We all know about the American government's 'reefer madness' campaign of the 1930s -inspired by fanatic Christian control freaks.

Psychotropics are not 'drugs' as in addictive, for that try - nicotine/alcohol/heroin/cocaine. In many 'real' civilizations, children at puberty were encouraged to off into the wilderness, chew/swallow various organic substances (depending on location/continent) and enter a trance state. Uncanny how often in wildy different locations - 3 days was considered the norm. Then return and tell the shaman exactly what they experienced.

Take cocaine - one of 13 alkaloids contained in the coca leaf. In isolation this one alkaloid will do you no good at all but the coca leaf chewed with a little lime has many excellant properties and don't forget it was the white man who created cocaine along with morphine and heroin.

The fortune of Coca-Cola was made back in the days when everyone knew it was a form of liquid 'amphetamine type kick' - why, coca from South America and cola nitida from West Africa both natural stimulants.

BTW, when the concentrate for Coca-Cola is being transported, the vehicle has to have a dangerous chemical sign displayed - I hav'nt touched this crap since I was in my late 20s' and that was a long time ago.

Also I know many people who benefited greatly from taking psychotropics in the right setting and with the right people - shrinks are only there to empty your bank account.

Listening to lies told by politicians and creepy priests will do more to damage your mind than any psychotropic - keep on thinking free.

Great post, Black Stewart

My ears/head hurt when I listen to my HD600s for extended periods. I can hardly listen to them at all with certain amps. They are very "bright" imo, with peaks over 10K. I am arranging an audition/exchange with HD650s as I see the peaks aren't there up high on the graphic. I have also experienced this with my ESW9s and 325is, but can solve with the right amp. My K701s are the best in this regard, I have the least "fatigue" with them.

I'm hoping a good desktop amp upgrade will help; after two failed attempts at a balanced LD rig, I am looking forward to trying out a significant new single-ended package.

I did a frankenmod on the Grado 325i pads by fusing them with Senn 414 pads, and it helped quite a bit; it seems that it helps to get the drivers farther away and I am going to try the huge Grado pads soon as well

edit: I had horrible ear infections as well as a child, lots of ab's

So is it just that I am over-sensitive to this frequency, or am I starting to "lose it" in the highs with some corresponding pain? I have also abused my ears in my youth with "speaker seating" at a mega-concert or three, also some unprotected target shooting and who knows what else.

Is any of this "tinnitus"? I definitely cannot hear my blood pumping so I am a bit confused!

Been meaning to get around to the online frequency tests

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Tinnitus is just the sensation of constant sound in the ears. There are several different kinds, and the sound may actually exist, or it may be a "phantom" noise of damaged hearing nerves, kind of like the phantom limb. Sometimes its caused by noise exposure, sometimes its a side effect of certain drugs, and sometimes its an effect of a related medical problem.

Sensitivity to noise is not Tinnitus, although lots of tinnitus sufferers may also be noise sensitive.

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Yeah I know that I had luck and yes I wear ohropax when I go to some concerts now. The Doc said it to me that there could be serious damage if I do not wear them when going to concerts. He did not say straight ahead that I have damaged them (and I did not want to ask him, I was too scared), but he said that they are sensible for serious damage from this moment on.

However "tinnitus" is very common, at least where I live. 3 of my friends, who do not lay importance on sophisticated hifi gear, they said to that they have it for long, but they do not bother. Lots of people say that they hear squeeking noises in their ears, they do nothing about it.

Only my sisters teacher has a "tinnitus", which I think is more psychologic. He told my sister that it one day came up and did not go away. According to what my sister says it comes like waves to him where he hears it louder and he is pretty suffering from it. He has to take medication every day.