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[pedxing]

You can get tinnitus practically at any age.

Tinnitus can be caused by many things, not just from the exposure of loud noises. Caffeine, colds, allergies, stress, high blood pressure are some examples of other causes.

It sounds like your right ear is still swollen and won't let any air out. You may also have fluid in the cavity too. Go see your doctor.

 

[Kikkoman]

I had a cold a few months ago and it gave me realy bad nasal congestion. My left ear felt like it had water in it and I couldn't get it out. After the congestion went away I had a ringing in my ear and I couldn't do the eardrum "pop out" thing in it. When I would try I would get an extreme pain in it and I heard the sound of fluid and whatever other junk is in my nasal passages moving around. After a few weeks it went away and as of now my left ear is fine. Your best bet is to stop listening to headphones (or any other loud sounds) immediatly and go to a doctor to be sure.

 

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[Wodgy]

It is more likely the aspirin overdose that triggered your tinnitus (pharmacological damage to something). However, you may have a better or different prognosis than someone who got tinnitus by damaging their ear follicles through exposure to high SPLs, so it may not be a lifetime thing. Only a skilled doctor will know. A family practitioner probably will not be able to give you an answer with any certainty; you might need to see a toxicologist or an ENT for something more definitive.

Fingers crossed things get better for you, both ear-related and otherwise.

 

[rickcr42]

I would worry far more about the infection than i would the occasional "too loud" right now though neither is good.
An ear infection when I was very young,I remember it as six or seven,left my hearing permanantly damaged for life in my left ear.It was bad enough to leave scar tissue.And I remember the actual PAIN to this day man !
This is going back to the early sixties so not as much was known about such things but I would check my hearing out NOW with a specialist and try to avoid any potential complications.
No second chances man.Damaged is damged.
Permanant hearing loss sucks and it only gets worse as you age.

I know this !

 

[britishbane]

I had fairly sever ringing in one of my ears a few months ago. I thought I had tinnitus, but went to an EMT and found out that I had no hearing loss or anything perminent. They think a virus somehow got into my inner ear. Thankfully over time the ringing has gone down. I seriously suggest you go see a doctor.

 

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[myself, aka me]

It's better to get that ear infection young though. If you grow up with tinnitus it becomes something normal to your brain. I remember referring to it as my "I'm bored" noise, since I'd only notice it if there was nothing else to occupy my attention. Of course then I went and found out that it wasn't normal. Stupid stupid me. Seems to have died off a bit though, I remember it as an actual ring, although now it's a hiss with a lower volume ring.

I don't have any hearing loss except at a very low frequency. I couldn't hear the extremely low amplitude tones since there was tinnitus in the way. This is way down at 20Hz though and it was borderline. Just don't listen too loud and try to avoid sudden noises.

 

[jimbobuk]

i was talking about this with someone yesterday.. i've not managed to do any googling on it but i'm sure i read or saw a programme once that suggested tinnitus in the long term sense was purely psychological.. that they'd struggled to measure any actual physical effects to listening to moderate to loud music... i always imagined the hairs in the inner ear falling off, but this to a point happens anyways with hearing loss that happens due to age!?

One key part was a study where they put a group of people into chambers that were perfectly silent.. they left them there and then had them answer what they could hear.. most could hear ringing in the ears against such a quiet backdrop.

The point being that our ears are ringing all the time, its just our brain is very good at filtering out what it doesn't want to hear.. ie. one all head-fi-ers practice, that of listening in on a particular component of music, or a voice in a group conversation.

I guess short term ringing from concert level noise is clearly evident and due to some short term stress on the ear.. perhaps long term tinnitus is spawned from such events as the person noticing the louder ringing and then can't filter it out, or forget it.

Anyone ever read anything into this!?

Another friend even suggested that he'd read/heard that people in very quiet areas, rural silence.. actually lose their hearing worst because almost like with old age and not using areas of the brain they're just not used to processing loud noises or any noises and their brain's ability to do so gets steadily worse over the years... This was his excuse when i was trying to get him to buy some ety ear plugs for concert use..

Just quite interested, i will try to google on it when i have the chance..

 

[3lusiv3]

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Originally Posted by Sduibek So tinnitus doesn't have to be a permanent condition? Many HeadFiers have presented it as such.

I think tinnitus is permanent for me.

It isn't extreme but I can always hear it when it's quiet and have for years. I'm 34.

 

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by Sduibek Cool, thanks for all the responses I'll be calling my doctor here tomorrow.. I was going to get a physical and STD test anyways, plus I gotta get my hand checked (broke it... it didn't heal right ). So I guess i've actually got 4 things to visit the doctor for. lol

What?

What were you doing?!

Rough, dirty sex with yourself?

Seriously, though. Tinnitus sucks. I didn't realize that caffiene and especially aspartame made it worse. So I cut those out of my diet, and my tinnitus was not as bad.

-Ed

 

[chadbang]

Another member of "Team Tinnitus".

 

[rickcr42]

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Another friend even suggested that he'd read/heard that people in very quiet areas, rural silence.. actually lose their hearing worst because almost like with old age and not using areas of the brain they're just not used to processing loud noises or any noises and their brain's ability to do so gets steadily worse over the years... This was his excuse when i was trying to get him to buy some ety ear plugs for concert use..

the OSHA web site has mucho information on hearing losses due to loud sounds and prevention methods.check it out.

 

[Born2bwire]

I got my tinnitus when I was 19, got it after a severe ear infection that followed a three day migraine (oh fun times and doctor bills...).