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06 October 2008, 09:30 PM
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The symptoms sound very similar to what I've been experiencing for a few years.
Sometimes when I've got the radio on in the car it seems like it's really loud and thumping.
I've turned the bass down and keep turning the volume down but it doesn't seem to help. It gets to the point that I can hardly hear the music but it's still too loud.
I've also got Tinnitus in my right ear, even though most of my inner ear has been removed.
Sometimes when I've got the radio on in the car it seems like it's really loud and thumping.
I've turned the bass down and keep turning the volume down but it doesn't seem to help. It gets to the point that I can hardly hear the music but it's still too loud.
I've also got Tinnitus in my right ear, even though most of my inner ear has been removed.
06 October 2008, 09:53 PM
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Not the same, but my hearing is so good, I can't hear clearly when there's too much background sound. For example, if I'm in a room with a lot of conversation going on, I can't pick out the conversation I'm taking part in from the background noise. Handy when eavesdropping though, but a nightmare in pubs, restaurants, places like that. Nightclubs make my brain explode unless I'm pished. It's a bit like a sound overdose if you see what I mean.
The people at work have learnt to be careful, they call me "bat ears"
What you describe sounds thoroughly unpleasant. No pun intended!
The people at work have learnt to be careful, they call me "bat ears"
What you describe sounds thoroughly unpleasant. No pun intended!
06 October 2008, 10:40 PM
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06 October 2008, 10:41 PM
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I have tinnitus in both ears. A continual tone 24/7, very high pitched and worse in the right ear.
However when i had my hearing tested the audiologist was stunned at how acute my hearing was away from the tinnitus tones, and you could clearly see the exact frequency of the tones.
I can hear when bulbs are switched on which is... odd; but the ability is fading now... I guess middle age is catching up with me
Oddly the tinnitus is worse when I am stressed and / or tired so i use it has a barometer for going off and resting
However when i had my hearing tested the audiologist was stunned at how acute my hearing was away from the tinnitus tones, and you could clearly see the exact frequency of the tones.
I can hear when bulbs are switched on which is... odd; but the ability is fading now... I guess middle age is catching up with me
Oddly the tinnitus is worse when I am stressed and / or tired so i use it has a barometer for going off and resting
06 October 2008, 10:58 PM
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That's the sound of the filament rapidly expanding as it heats up. People used to think I was taking the P when I said I could hear it, until I proved it in a blindfolded test. Alas, old fogeyitis is creeping in for me as well.
06 October 2008, 11:04 PM
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I have tinnitus in both ears. A continual tone 24/7, very high pitched and worse in the right ear.
However when i had my hearing tested the audiologist was stunned at how acute my hearing was away from the tinnitus tones, and you could clearly see the exact frequency of the tones.
I can hear when bulbs are switched on which is... odd; but the ability is fading now... I guess middle age is catching up with me
Oddly the tinnitus is worse when I am stressed and / or tired so i use it has a barometer for going off and resting
However when i had my hearing tested the audiologist was stunned at how acute my hearing was away from the tinnitus tones, and you could clearly see the exact frequency of the tones.
I can hear when bulbs are switched on which is... odd; but the ability is fading now... I guess middle age is catching up with me
Oddly the tinnitus is worse when I am stressed and / or tired so i use it has a barometer for going off and resting
pssst i am all ears
06 October 2008, 11:07 PM
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I'm 42 mate and have had the tinnitus as long as I can remember.
Odd really - I NEVER get a moments complete silence. Ever.
As said though: my hearing still ain't bad.
and have had the tinnitus as long as I can remember.Odd really - I NEVER get a moments complete silence. Ever.
As said though: my hearing still ain't bad.
06 October 2008, 11:27 PM
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I've learnt to shut the Tinnitus out most of the time.
It's obviously worst at times like now when there's no other noise around me, but hey ho.
Other people worse off than me.
It's obviously worst at times like now when there's no other noise around me, but hey ho.
Other people worse off than me.
06 October 2008, 11:29 PM
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"I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."
I reckon Obi Wan Kenobi totally had this
I reckon Obi Wan Kenobi totally had this
07 October 2008, 09:09 AM
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I too have this issue. Makes sleeping at night a real problem. So many little random noises that other people would be able to shutout, I simply cannot. Can make getting a nights sleep near impossible.
I used to suffer a lot from tinnitus, but managed to solve that by subjecting myself to low levels of white noise over a long period of time (months).
I used to suffer a lot from tinnitus, but managed to solve that by subjecting myself to low levels of white noise over a long period of time (months).
07 October 2008, 12:31 PM
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Not the same, but my hearing is so good, I can't hear clearly when there's too much background sound. For example, if I'm in a room with a lot of conversation going on, I can't pick out the conversation I'm taking part in from the background noise. Handy when eavesdropping though, but a nightmare in pubs, restaurants, places like that. Nightclubs make my brain explode unless I'm pished. It's a bit like a sound overdose if you see what I mean.
The people at work have learnt to be careful, they call me "bat ears"
What you describe sounds thoroughly unpleasant. No pun intended!
The people at work have learnt to be careful, they call me "bat ears"
What you describe sounds thoroughly unpleasant. No pun intended!
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