Between the guns I used to shoot as a kid with no hearing protection, and the time in the military, and then the various bands, all of which were much too loud, I have tinnitus and a pronounced notch in my hearing at 4k. 

I've talked to doctors and had hearing tests and the charts say it all.  I have tried the Quituss stuff and some other supposed cures but nothing works for me.  Unless there is some sort of medical cure..... which I doubt as they have more important things to cure first, I shall endure this insidious high pitched noise for my remaining days.  

I wish I could hear what all you guys are saying.

spacey

I screwed with my ears in my late teens and early 20's

sharke


 

You think the '90s were fun...to bad you missed the '70's

I will take your hippie rock festival and raise you a 24 hour woodland rave with kidney-dissolving levels of sub-bass. 

If I could go back..... which I can't since Mooch won't let me borrow his thyme machine..... I'd try to convince myself to use earplugs for several of the bands (Krrock, Snuffy Smith and Cahoots band were very, very loud) and specially when playing with my .357 revolver..... I think my ears would have handled the rest OK..... 

my hearing was fine until the recent advent of Nagbap into my life

daryl1968


my hearing was fine until the recent advent of Nagbap into my life

Worse than tinnitus 
(or so I'm told)

A variety of chemicals may be implicated in worsening or ameliorating noise induced hearing loss.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3199798/

There is one compound that unequivocally can prevent noise induced hearing damage if properly applied. 


foam rubber:

Are those the new Imodium pills slart?

bapu


Are those the new Imodium pills slart?

Did you mean Commodium?

Turns out that age-related hearing loss may be a myth. What it is in reality is the effect of long-term abuse of the ears. Studies of people living in remote places such as the Amazon and Borneo found people in their 80's with no hearing loss at all. 

Audiologists say that a great many teenagers today have the hearing acuity of a 50-year-old, and that when that generation does reach their 50's functional deafness will have become a worldwide epidemic. They blame both environmental noise and tinny earbuds for the recent rise in hearing impairment.

Here's another bit of depressing news: hearing loss among audio professionals is more rapid than in the general population. In a survey of audio engineers, they were on average 10 years ahead of the curve. And that doesn't even address hearing loss among stage musicians. There's a reason Pete Townshend writes books nowadays instead of making records.

I think I'll have a Milk of Magnesia cocktail now.