57Gregy


I bought Murine Ear Wash hoping to cure this unending tinnitus. So far no luck, but that's probably because I've only done it once.

Hey Greg - I hate to break it to you but usually, tinnitus is with you for life.
 
I've had it in my left ear, more or less permanenetly since 2004.
 
I've had trips to audiology, an MRI scan, endless syringing & drop treatment with absoluterly zero effect on it.
 
You DO learn to live with it, I don't really notice it unless it's really quiet, or someone mentions it - like now
 
The good news is that it hasn't affected my ability to record or mix (my mixes suck as much now as they did years ago!!! )
Ok, that's not exactly true just don't let it get you down.
 
Remember, we don't hear with our ears, we hear with our brain. Tinnitus is caused by nerve damage so no amount of meddling with your ears is going to fix it.
 

Bristol_Jonesey
 
Remember, we don't hear with our ears, we hear with our brain. Tinnitus is caused by nerve damage so no amount of meddling with your ears is going to fix it.
 

That's the part I don't understand. It makes sense that it's nerve damage, but on the other hand I thought tinnitus was due to actual damage to the ear apparatus--calcification or scarring due to prolonged abuse or something like that. Maybe there are different kinds of tinnitus, just like there are different kinds of blindness (ocular or nerve).

If it were a simple case of a microphone not working, we could easily figure out if the problem was in the mic (eardrum) or the preamp (nerves) by swapping cables & mics & preamps. But with the human ear how can they have any way of knowing what's causing the noise?

My tinnitus started after successive ear infections over several months.

First one erar, then the other, then back again, and so on, ad nauseum.

When the infections finally stopped, I was left with permanent ringing in the left ear and my G.P. at the time was less than helpful - he wouldn't even refer me to audiology (he said "they don't have a magic solution to yuor problem", I said "but they have more sophisticated equipment than what you've got - all you've got its a torch!")

So I changed G.P.'s and the new guy immediately referred me - not that it did any good mind you.

I had endless tests, including an MRI scan, and it turns out my hearing isn't too bad for a 55 year old who's listened to way too much loud music over the years, with only a slight diminuition in the left ear over the right.

I was well pee'd off at the time, thinking that it would put paid to my musical aspirations, but I perservered with it, tried to ignore it more & more - and by & large, this strategy does have some success.

It's definitely worse at certain times of the day. Lunchtime/Afternoon it seems to peak, and again late evening.

Or when I start talking about it!

The Kiosk Project


Have you cleared the ear wax yet Jeff?


No. I'm still applying the olive oil 4 times a day and I'm booked in for a syringing on Monday morning.

The talk of tinnitus is interesting. For the last few weeks I've noticed "ringing" in my ears at night when I go to bed leading up to my completely blocked ear a few days ago.

My tinnitus sounds like a herd of crickets, frogs and cicadas.  For years I thought the little buggers were stalking me.

Hi,

If I listen to "Hall of the Mountain Bing" ... a few more times, I might become deaf, too! I'm afflicted with the disease!

Went for the syringing and they refused to do it on account of it now being infected!!

I've now got to wait for another 8 days plus my right ear's blocked now!

Oh well. At least I'm balanced now.

Thanks.

Something always goes wrong when I start thinking about completing a project!

It's normally the gear rather than me though.

Moshkiae


Hi,

If I listen to "Hall of the Mountain Bing" ... a few more times, I might become deaf, too! I'm afflicted with the disease!

Turn down the volume.
 
 
 
On second thought, don't!
 
 
 
 
 
:-)