[adamse]

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Originally Posted by ilmari /img/forum/go_quote.gif Everything around us makes noise if you stop to listen, it's sometimes quite surprising. LCDs have a much more quiet whine compared to CRTs, probably from the backlight. (the inverter?) CPUs in computers (esp laptops) sometimes whine. Usually completely drowned out by fan noise or harddrive noise. I have a fan-less and harddrive-less old laptop, a 386SX. The CPU makes a faint whine, I need to put the ear against the case to hear it. Changes in frequency as I change the CPU frequency. My nokia cellphone charger whines, quite loudly even. Not surprising, switching powersupply? I can hear it from across the room easily. And the phones themselves are noisy, they can't quite shield their own speakers from the transmitting power they put out, so if you have a keen ear and if you're in a quiet place you'll hear a faint buzz and tapping from the speaker right before the call or message comes in.. Probably one of the strangest thing I've heard a noise from, was my Casio 9950G calculator. It doesn't have backlight and thus no inverter to suspect, but there's still something that can be heard coming from behind the display part of it. I can only hear it if I'm somewhere exceptionally quiet and with the thing close to my ear. Another oddity was when I was wearing IEMs with the cord dangling and not attached to anything, in this room that is otherwise a bit strange. For example, some LED based light fixture glows faintly even when switched off, and glows stronger if lights in nearby room are switched on. Anyway, I was starting to hear the "usual" electric hum, and I've found that when I get that hum from the DVD player, what removes it is me touching the earth with my body, and comes back immediately if I let go. I usually have a wire going to my wrist just to get rid of that buzz. What was different this time was of course that the headphone cord wasn't connected to anything, I picked it up and touched it, there was a loud click/pop sound, and the buzz went away... Buildup of static electricity? Lots of electric current going through cables in the walls, creating a strong magnetic field that charges the LED fixtures and the speaker cables through magnetic induction? Who knows...

Haha, if I would be a "ghost" hunter I would have said that your house is haunted.

After loud concerts, in VERY quiet places and sometimes without no reason I also here this tinnitus ringing.
And the sound from CRTs and big TVs annoy me soo bad. But almost none of my friends can hear it or get annoyed.

 

[Ruckus]

I can't imagine what it must be like to not being able to hear.

Absolute Nightmare.

I'd definitely go see a doctor and get some testing. Hopefully you don't have, find out what you can do to improve your situation.

By the time my hearing starts to go, I hope for medical break through.

 

[ADD]

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Originally Posted by gtp /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think I can beat that. I finished chemotherapy a little over a month ago. For the last 3-4 months, I've had ringing in both ears, both at different frequencies, and changing frequencies throughout the day.

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm aware that cancer treatments are also implicated in causing tinnitus. For what's it worth, my tinnitus decreased simply on account of getting a literally perfect result in the hearing test. Obviously the fear that my ears were damaged was making it even worse, but I guess in my case the antibiotics somehow did something to the way my brain perceives sound.

Nowadays it's more of a hiss than anything else. The hiss isn't nearly as bad as the pure tone was though. I live in hope that tinnitus will oneday be cured, as it certainly detracts a lot from my enjoyment of life.

I never even used headphones before I got my tinnitus, but I've actually found they have since reduced it, rather than make it worse. I guess the music gives my brain something else to process.

 

[Skylab]

Guys, you should all MEASURE how loudly you listen. Don't guess, MEASURE. Buy an SPL meter, and couple it to the headphone like this:

Keep the peaks under 80db if you want to be safe, and even this assumes that you don't work on a loud construction site - what you have to be concerned with is the total daily exposure to loud volume sound of ANY kind.

 

[lustaficko]

Is it possible to get it in waves? I've experienced an extremely annoying high pitched fine sound. It only lasts for at most two minutes but I don't want it to be something serious. I get it maybe once ever 8 weeks.

I couldn't imagine having it for any longer. you guys that have it permanently live a hard life.

 

[uraflit]

i think i have a very mild case every couple of weeks where i hear a high pitched ringing for around 5-10 seconds... but then i get scared and dont listen too loudly for the next couple of days...

bottom line: careful with the volume!

 

[only500made]

so what to do now?

Ive had mine since last week (I think those crickets were the cause of this). Its manageable but I get a headache when 11pm swings by. I can still listen to my music (which is 50% of the ipod's volume only).

 

[Nagasaki_Kid]

does frequency have anything to do with tinnitus? I sometimes feel my ear ache when I use headphones with better highs.

 

[OverlordXenu]

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Originally Posted by Nagasaki_Kid /img/forum/go_quote.gif does frequency have anything to do with tinnitus? I sometimes feel my ear ache when I use headphones with better highs.

You could be "overworking" your ears...

I've had tinnitus for as long as I can remember, and I've never been near a lot of noise pollution, or high listening levels, aside from the occasional rock concert or weekend in NYC.

I hear a buzz/ringing when it is dead quiet. When I got impressions for my LiveWires, my audiologist said not to worry, unless it gets worse.

 

[johnnylexus]

i have it too, i think stress at work makes it worse

 

[JDiles]

An excellent post by El Duderino up the page. I'll also add that reduction/elimination of caffeine and salt have been recommended by otologists in helping their patients cope with tinnitus.

 

[arto]

I have had tinnitus continually for about 15 years, as a result of one too many loud concerts. Mostly it's fine - it sounds like distant cicadas. It's worst at night when there are fewer other sounds around. I'm comforted by the fact that it doesn't seem to have affected my high-frequency hearing (yet!).

Recently it got much worse. After a few weeks I went to the doctor and found I had a big build-up of earwax. That meant that other sounds weren't getting in and competing with it. It was a perceptual thing. Since removing the wax I've been normal again. At least, as normal as I'll ever be.

 

[silverrain]

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Originally Posted by JDiles /img/forum/go_quote.gif An excellent post by El Duderino up the page. I'll also add that reduction/elimination of caffeine and salt have been recommended by otologists in helping their patients cope with tinnitus.

Aspirin agitates it.

 

[silverrain]

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Originally Posted by gtp /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think I can beat that. I finished chemotherapy a little over a month ago. For the last 3-4 months, I've had ringing in both ears, both at different frequencies, and changing frequencies throughout the day. I also have an intermittent muffled-sound feeling. Not fun at all for a HeadFier I am going to see an ENT specialist and get a hearing test in 8 days. Thankfully, in the past week it seems to be getting a bit better!

I've had same symptoms as you describe here, my entire life, starting when I was a pre-teen little kid.
Some days are good, some days are bad -- I never know when I iwll have good or bad times at any given time.
On rare times, it is bad enough that I can hardly enjoy my music -- thankfully, those times are quite infrequent, but do happen.
Conversely, other days are better than normal, and have relatively little symptoms bothering me. But, it never leaves completely -- it is just part of life, and I tune it out, so to speak.
Bottom line -- it comes and goes, to varying degrees.

 

[dimm0k]

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Originally Posted by Skylab /img/forum/go_quote.gif Guys, you should all MEASURE how loudly you listen. Don't guess, MEASURE. Buy an SPL meter, and couple it to the headphone like this: Keep the peaks under 80db if you want to be safe, and even this assumes that you don't work on a loud construction site - what you have to be concerned with is the total daily exposure to loud volume sound of ANY kind.

Is there a similar method for IEMs?