Majority of us listens to music way to loud and unfortunately become alert when the damage is done. Myself got tinnitus which impacts my sleep and rarely easies(which either is caused by IEM or stress periods at work). To me the big advantage of highly dynamic & fast transducers is that it can grab all the intensity from music even on low volumes.
Yes. I was a musician when I was young, so part of the misery of Tinnitus is paying the price for enjoying loud music.
In my case, I developed a somewhat rare condition called Meniere's disease. It hit me quite suddenly, just as I turned 60 (3 yrs ago)... Meniere's is a combination of Tinnitus, hearing loss, and vertigo. There is no known cause, or cure. About 0.189% of the population is affected.
The Tinnitus and hearing loss affect one ear, and curiously vary just a bit when I 'pop' my ears. Usually though, it's constant and quite loud... I estimate the sound to be roughly an 8KHz sine wave, blasting around 85dB. Yeah, that's loud. The hearing loss is about 70% or so in that ear (thankfully my left ear remains unaffected).
The vertigo was initially very debilitating. I would get random attacks spaced a few days apart. The worst cases required me to lay in bed in a dark room, eyes shut, without moving, for 24+ hours. I started tracking the attacks on a spreadsheet, recorded their length, and rated their severity from 1-10. I could still function during attacks on my 1-3 scale. The 4-6 attacks required the lying down treatment for several hours. The higher level attacks could require a full day in bed to recover.
My ENT doctor gave me Meclizine (non-drowsy Dramamine), which helped reduce the vertigo, if taken early enough. It doesn't do much to halt a severe attack.
I eventually noticed that the position I was laying down in (to recover from the attacks), would also help prevent the attacks! Over time, with some experimentation I discovered that lying on my right side would bring on the attacks. If I slept on my tummy, left side, or on my back (while leaning left a bit), I could prevent the vertigo attacks completely! That was a major relief. I only rarely take meclizine any more, and then only if I know I'll be up and about for a while.
I apologize for the long post. I mean to share my experience in the hope that it helps someone who is still suffering.
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