do you have tinnitus ?

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That sounds maddening.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 21:06 (eight months ago) link

reply to thread title: I didn't until you reminded me

StanM, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 21:32 (eight months ago) link

on a similar note I'm wondering if I just have sensitive hearing because I've had times where I've been in a bar and music would be playing extremely loudly(...)

Some of us must have a hypersensitivity thing... just something like dropping ice cubes into a bowl can make me wince. I have a heavy aluminum ice cream scoop (it was a gift, lol) that makes a particularly hash ringing sound if it hits the countertop that f's up my ear for like 20 mins...

I know some ppl wear special earplugs out & about, to reduce high frequencies or something (at least I've seen them advised on Instagram), but I'd feel kind of silly going that route. I have thought about taking earplugs next time I go to a movie though. (I used to be "triggered" fairly easily by environmental noise, to the point it was interfering with my life... it's actually gotten better since the incident last winter that I wrote about upthread. Maybe it was a blessing in disguise.)

Stoned Wheat Thing (morrisp), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 21:34 (eight months ago) link

you can get pretty nice earplugs, molded to your own ears, with very specific characteristics eg cutting the volume by 50% but without distorting the EQ of what you're hearing... i imagine some people on this thread know a thing or two about those.

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 21:36 (eight months ago) link

I just heard it pronounced "tín-nit-tus" recently when I'd been hearing tin-EYE-tis forever.

Those with ear discomfort, do you get accompanying jaw issues as well?

Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 23:41 (eight months ago) link

I only notice how bad my tinnitus ringing is when I'm in a completely silent room, it's quite horrifying to think this is actually going on all the time!

vodkaitamin effrtvescent (calzino), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 23:47 (eight months ago) link

ha same

out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 23:52 (eight months ago) link

left ear 24/7, right ear is infrequent

I find myself turning towards people with my right ear to hear them more clearly, I'm clearly due for a tin ear trumpet

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 00:04 (eight months ago) link

My sister-in-law has been struggling with it in both ears for several years, and is trying this treatment: https://www.lenire.com/what-is-lenire/

She's 4 weeks in and noticing improvement. Supposedly around 6 weeks is when most folks really notice a big difference.

Jaq, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 00:16 (eight months ago) link

^ same, left ear rings 24/7, maybe a little in the right one, hard to tell. Kind of amazing how quickly I got used to it at the onset. I can now go weeks without even thinking about it, even though I know it is there. And yes, my jaw pops when I chew, which I have been told can be related to the ringing but is not in itself problematic.

henry s, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 00:18 (eight months ago) link

(Referring to xxp, of course.)

henry s, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 00:20 (eight months ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2x2X4-NEto

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 30 August 2023 11:05 (eight months ago) link


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