[alpha80]

Extra glad I was always the dude who would check anyone trying to pump their sh!t way too loud. Do what you wanna do, but as soon as I hop in, you turned that sh!t down to sane levels. Hearing still extends up to 20khz, dunno if I can hear higher, cause my system only outputs 8hz-20khz. Maybe I can IDK...

 

[DSlayerZX]

well... someone post this before, but this is how I know I am listening to my music too loud.

before I put on my headphone, I rest it down on my neck, then turn on th music, if I can hear the music from the phone, then I turn it down until i can't hear it anymore

 

[Gberg]

hm.. this little trick helps for a little bit.

but now it makes me want to have that lack of ringing constantly!

 

[BigTony]

Humm, it never occured to me thatt grinding my teeth would effect my tinitus... my dentist suggested i use a night guard, but i haven't.... Guess i've got to learn to listen to the experts.
The tapping on the head is now part of my morning wake-up, with coffee! My father suffers even more than I, but his symptoms are in a single ear, does this make it more difficult to 'tune-out'?

 

[milkweg]

Tinnitus can be caused by viral or bacterial infection too.

 

[xenithon]

I often get it during extended periods of no listening. For example, when one of my system components is out of action or in the midst of a change such that I cannot use the system for a few weeks, the ringing starts. Often just in one ear (right ear).

Brings to mind another related question - in that right ear I sometimes get a tick (autonomous movement of the ear and temple) generally brought on by stressful periods. I'm thinking that this has to do with the tinnitus, as the two normally go hand-in-hand (tick and ringing)?

 

[nuphones]

Amen to that!

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Originally Posted by Gberg /img/forum/go_quote.gif hm.. this little trick helps for a little bit. but now it makes me want to have that lack of ringing constantly!

 

[milkweg]

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Originally Posted by xenithon /img/forum/go_quote.gif I often get it during extended periods of no listening. For example, when one of my system components is out of action or in the midst of a change such that I cannot use the system for a few weeks, the ringing starts. Often just in one ear (right ear). Brings to mind another related question - in that right ear I sometimes get a tick (autonomous movement of the ear and temple) generally brought on by stressful periods. I'm thinking that this has to do with the tinnitus, as the two normally go hand-in-hand (tick and ringing)?

Look into viral or bacterial infection as the possible cause. Here's why I say that. I have similar symptoms to you and even worse is that on occasion I get swimmers ear in my right ear. It all started about 5 years ago when I got pink eye. I thought pink eye was nothing serious but soon after having pink eye my right ear became muffled. Let it go and eventually it cleared up but then it came back so went to the Doc who sent me to a specialist. On that day I went to the specialist my ear cleared up again so all he did was look in my ear and up my nose and said it looked ok to him. Well, just came down with a bad head and chest cold and my right ear became muffled again so went and did some research on it. Looks like my issue is caused by the time I got the pink eye. Pink eye is actually caused by a viral infection and that must have spread to my inner or middle ear and is what is causing the occasional swimmers ear. The specialist never noticed anything when looking in my ear because he can only check the outer ear canal doing that and not the inner or middle ear. I must have a viral infection that flairs up now and again which causes the swimers ear due to fluid in the inner or middle ear. That's my self diagnosis anyway that I got by doing research on the internet and IMO most doctros are worth crap because I have had this issue for five years now and they were useless at diagnosing my problem. The sysmptoms I describe are similar to meningitis too and the fact they didn't even check for that disgusts me. I will be going to my current doctor and having them check it out properly and put me on the right antibiotics to kill the virus for good.

Something for you to consider anyway.

 

[funkychowda]

Thanks, it helped out a lot

 

[henryflower]

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Originally Posted by milkweg /img/forum/go_quote.gif I will be going to my current doctor and having them check it out properly and put me on the right antibiotics to kill the virus for good.

Antibiotics only work against bacteria.

Another option for tinnitus relief is addressing neck tension.

-Noah

 

[nuphones]

I brought this up in another thread, but for me, massaging my temples above my ears works wonders. I will simply knead the tips of my fingers against my temples from top to bottom, repeatedly, as many times as necessary to reduce any extraneous noise. It is highly effective.

My theory is that the massage is creating a sense of pleasure in the body which reduces the level of anxiety in your body at the same time.

 

[SinnerG]

I've had constant ringing in my ears for some 14 years now. Lost all hearing temporarily while standing next to a massive wall of 12" subs at a night club. Ringing never went away after that, but you get to live with it. Music is still enjoyable, no worries there.

Thing is, there's no such thing as a moment of silence.

I tried this head thump thing a moment ago. Quite surprising. But as someone else said, it lasted only a few minutes and the ringing is coming back.

There's also this:

http://today.uci.edu/mp3/tinnitus_zeng_070209.mp3

I don't know how long or loud one has to play that, but I still have very high pitched ringing. Does eleviate the problem a bit.

I don't see how remedies help. The fine "hairs" in the ear are destroyed, how can they be repaired?

 

[SinnerG]

Link to article about that sound clip:

Today@UCI: Press Releases:

googled it. It has been mentioned on here back in 2007.

 

[SinnerG]

And here's a good read too.

Tinnitus

If I check the table on the bottom of that site it seems my tinnitus is from stress. Weird... I'm a lazy person so how can I be stressed?

 

[jimmyjames8]

Didn't read thru all the posts but check out ARCHES Tinnitus (relief) on line. Lots and lots of white papers, news on research, etc. He of course sells a ginko compound that I take with calcium, magnesium and zinc compound that works wonders.

Might be worth noting that there are 200+ prescription and OTC drugs including Ibuprophen that can trigger tinnitus (not cause but trigger a flare up). Alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, stress, lack of sleep, poor diet, artificial sweeteners can exacerbate tinnitus symptoms. Not to mention any indoor arena sporting events like hockey, basketball, etc.

Getting old is a bitch.