Ear Doctor Shares 5 Facts about Tinnitus

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[timhinchcliffe]

I have had it my whole life... it doesn't bother me but I would love to hear absolute silence just to completely relax.

[gyateste]

Had no idea hearing loss could be this loud.

[sandysmith]

The ringing in my ears gets so extremely bad at night, or in the mornings when it's the most quietest around me. Sometimes I catch myself holding my hands over my ears to make the high pitch ringing sound stop. It's so damn frustrating that I almost cry because I listen to this noise all day, everyday. Day in, day out. Years of it.

[farzan]

Dr. House hit the nail on the head! I have been having severe tinnitus for more than a year, but recently learned the loudness of my tinnitus is linked to the level of my anxiety, so recently I've focused on management of anxiety and I feel I'm on the right track.

[mrg]

I wasn’t depressed until I got tinnitus 🤦🏻‍♂️

[sweetpeanmolly]

I recently endured a head trauma resulting in a concussion. My left ear ringing increased by 30%! I’m really having a difficult time with it. Please note: If a person suffers from this, it causes the person to experience anxiety, then depression. Not the other way around.

[briandixon-pgud]

Ive had it for 3 yrs now and tried everything to get rid of it and of course nothing worked. The best thing that has helped me is to just accept it and realize its not going away and make the best of and be appreciative of all the good in my life. If you keep dwelling about it everyday it will get the best of you!

[MidsierramusingBlogspot]

Sorry but I don't believe only 5% of tinnitus sufferers are bothered by this problem.

[rickfromboston]

I have tinnitus from loud noise, worked construction for 43 years. Didn’t use ear protection for about half of it. I got hearing aids about a year ago, they make a huge difference, while the noise is still there I don’t notice it much of the time I have the hearing aids in. At night I use a noise machine that produces a fan like sound, helps tremendously. After a while the sound lulls me to sleep like a log.

[coreymihailiuk]

As a 9 year sufferer of tinnitus I can say with confidence that tinnitus is without a doubt potentially caused by many different things but there are certainly several common issues that exacerbate tinnitus, such as stress, dietary problems, lack of sleep, muscle tension in the neck, jaw and face, vitamin and mineral deficiency and other types of toxicity in the body.

[eponymousarchon]

I’ve had tinnitus for many years yet I’ve had three independent ear tests that gave results that I have exceptional hearing.

[robertarthur]

I’ve had tinnitus since 2011 when I was extremely unwell, it was so loud I could hear it over a jet engine, I was suicidal, I then decided to except it as part of me, once I excepted it the noise reduced considerably, now I have fully embraced tinnitus as my friend and a warning sign to stress and anxiety, it has dropped to a level where I look for it, where’s it gone! Unless your ears are damaged Try and stay calm reduce stress and it will calm right down. It took me 8 years to get well and understand my tinnitus. Good luck

As a note, Guildford Surrey ear hospital many years ago invited the public off the street for a free hearing test including the sound room test, nearly everyone had some sort of tinnitus of all different levels, so we are not alone.

[debk]

9+ years of torture for me so far. Every day all day. I have to hear “around” the constant high pitched screaming. And of course severe tinnitus is associated with depression. Duh! Mine started during a temporary Eustachian tube malfunction and hasn’t left since. I’ve had the tests and attempted treatments that did not work. Doctors don’t understand this condition at all and seem to just shrug it off because there’s nothing they can do to fix it. In the meantime, their patients who have it feel like they’re going insane. This video was not helpful. We’re desperate for a CURE!

[marksmith]

But the anxiety and depression could occur after the development of tinnitus. This is often the case with correlations -- you know the two things are related, but the sequencing of events when assessed through recollection (a retrospective study, for example) is often faulty. So in some cases, the anxiety and depression could be a result of the tinnitus, not the cause. It's important to keep that distinction in mind. You need a longitudinal prospective study to sort out cause and effect.

[mdavis]

Bothers me every day of my life for 8 months now. Pure torture! Someone find a cure! Please!!!

[kevinmcnamara]

I have it 4 years nearly, horrible symptom, would not wish it on any one, prayers for peace 🙏 guys, nite time so hard, , , no sleep

[dhuze]

When I was young I was ''too cool'' for hearing protection. Now I have tinnitus and am nowhere near ''too cool'' for hearing protection. I try to explain the importance of hearing protection to the young kids at work. I don't just say they should wear protection I explain how I was too cool and try to explain how much the constant ringing/ hissing sucks. I'm 56, I've had the ringing for more that 20 years and I have a lot more years to listen to it. Oh and the hearing loss is the icing on the cake.

[JenCole]

Vertigo, loud Tinnitus in both ears all the time. I've lost my hearing so I'm unemployed as well. My anxiety is pretty bad when im all alone .

[alancarlyon]

I have had Tinnitus for over 30 years, this was due to me working in a noisy factory! It is like 50/100 budgies tweeting in my ears! There is no cure - yet many blogs on You Tube stating they have a cure for it! What upsets me is that no one can see your defect and many make fun of me in the Tinnitus effecting my hearing, lack of hearing! It also effects ones concentration and one trying to get too sleep! Wouldn't it be great/fun to be able to transfer ones tinnitus hearing to others, so they can hear in what us suffers are going through! Even for just an hour, respect then maybe given? Great honest blog - Many thanks!

[RT-tnpu]

It bugged me at first but now I just live with it. I can tell you it is horrible. I've had it for over 20 yrs. Too much loud noise at work since teenager. Protect your hearing