Tinnitus and other hearing issues...

[CookMySock]

What sounds do you tinnitus sufferers hear? I subwoofer sounds at about 40-60hz. Mostly at night or when its quiet, but I can hear it during the day if I have been punishing my car audio system recently.

Booom-boom-boooooom-boom 24/7 yay!!

Steve

[howdamnhard]

I'm noticing less ability to hear treble sounds - should really go get a test done to see how much damage I'm doing.

Yes high frequency seems to go first,use them earplugs.

[MyGSXF:Me]

I get the ringing tones on occasions. Not often but it does happen for no apparent reason usually at night. I've been wearing earplugs for yonks but I think the damage was done in my youth.

yeah.. same..

I still have my old cassette tape carry box.. there is a big sticker on the top of it.. which was my motto.. (& sometimes still is.. )

"if it's too loud.. you're too old..."

However.. I'm beginning to see that that may not have been a wise motto to have...

[Bruiser]

I was diagnosed with tinnitus 6 years ago, mostly from navy service conditions and a major accident 8 years ago when I went through the windscreen of my jag, which didn't help.

I've got 35db damage ea, and 5 Years ago I bought some flash hearing aids which are programmable. I can switch on a therapy noise in quiet times at night, and believe it or not the tinnitus almost disappears for a day or two.

Apparently the therapy noise fools the brain into forgetting about the bloody whistling. Works for me!

ACC offered to assist,..get this... the aids cost $4,000 and the bastards offered me $125.

[pete376403]

Gives me the shits when people play personal audio so loud that I can hear sound leaking out from the earbuds from a couple of metres away. My hearing was totally stuffed from a life of loud motors, from the karts I messed about with as a kid, to the diesels worked on during apprenticeship, straight piped speedway bikes, real rock music from the 70s etc. Hearing aids could no longer deliver enough sound for me to recognize speech. The cochlear impant I have would have cost over $50,000 if I'd had to pay for it. Hearing is very precious - you need to look after it

[CookMySock]

Apparently the therapy noise fools the brain into forgetting about the bloody whistling. Works for me!

ACC offered to assist,..get this... the aids cost $4,000 and the bastards offered me $125.

Yeah apparantly its a head thing.

ACC should pay for all of that - they did for my father. I'd check that out more extensively if I was you.

Steve

[wharfy]

Yeah apparantly its a head thing.

ACC should pay for all of that - they did for my father. I'd check that out more extensively if I was you.

Steve

The audiologist can tell if your hearing loss was "likely" caused by exposure to loud noise or (as in my case "natural" causes - old age ) I don't think ACC care what the loud noise was as they pay up for sports injuries. The audiologist should be able to tell you if you have a case for ACC.

Tinnitus ain't all bad - It is always summer at the beach in my head - surf in the distance and crickets chirping

[wharfy]

Gives me the shits when people play personal audio so loud that I can hear sound leaking out from the earbuds from a couple of metres away.

I know, I can't tell my kids, even though they get pissed off with MY deafness. It's a shame that youth is wasted on the young

[SARGE]

ACC have sent me a form asking me if : I have ever listened to loud music, used power tools, worked on motor vehicles, ridden motorcycles, been in a band...etc.

yes..yes..yes..yes..yes..yes..yes..yes..yes..and yes..drag raced too..

Geez... I'd better not mention seeing Motorhead at Hammersmith Odeon and my bones rattling....or owning a bike with Contis.
Sadly I have never been in a band...despite having a van.

phooar!.. i saw Iron Maiden, Rob Halford, Queensriech and Kiss at a Metal Festival in Cleveland Ohio in 99..

my ears are still ringing..get a few drops of blood sometimes too..

[Voltaire]

phooar!.. i saw Iron Maiden, Rob Halford, Queensriech and Kiss at a Metal Festival in Cleveland Ohio in 99..

my ears are still ringing..get a few drops of blood sometimes too.. [/QUOTE]

Yeah, living in London was great for gigs, best ones I went to for up close and personal were Gary Moore and The Pogues Christmas gig with Kirsty NcColl ( RIP). Good Guinness nights I tell you 'bhoy...'
Monsters of Rock were good too...bit of Maiden and ackerdacka...

[crash harry]

What sounds do you tinnitus sufferers hear? I subwoofer sounds at about 40-60hz. Mostly at night or when its quiet, but I can hear it during the day if I have been punishing my car audio system recently.

Booom-boom-boooooom-boom 24/7 yay!!

Steve

Dunno about others, but for me it's just like a constant high-pitched ringing sound. There are about 3 tones in there if I really concentrate hard on it.

For me I think it mostly was caused by a combination of bikes, bands (playing in and listenting to), power tools, firearms, and working on loud engines.

It's bloody annoying. Happens any time it's quiet enough not to drown it out (yay for the air conditioning system at work!) I can hear it now while I'm typing, it's sort of similar in annoyance to being followed around by a cicada that just won't shut up. Also have more trouble than my friends following conversations in a crowd, which indicates HF hearing loss I guess.

So now I wear earplugs on long rides...

[SARGE]

phooar!.. i saw Iron Maiden, Rob Halford, Queensriech and Kiss at a Metal Festival in Cleveland Ohio in 99..

my ears are still ringing..get a few drops of blood sometimes too..

Yeah, living in London was great for gigs, best ones I went to for up close and personal were Gary Moore and The Pogues Christmas gig with Kirsty NcColl ( RIP). Good Guinness nights I tell you 'bhoy...'
Monsters of Rock were good too...bit of Maiden and ackerdacka...[/QUOTE]



Cincinnati Ohio.. 1980... Wendy O. Williams and the Plasmatics and the Ramones...

[MrMelon]

I've had mild tinnitus for the last few years... caused by a combination of listening to loud music, using my mp3 player for long periods of time, and riding without earplugs.

It's improved a lot lately to the point where it's barely noticeable because I've been using some Alpine earplugs from EarBuddies every time I ride or am exposed to any sort of loud noise. I'm glad I got onto the earplugs before my hearing was totally f*cked so it could recover somewhat, but there are so many people who have a tough guy attitude to using any sort of hearing protection, then realise that they should have done something about it when their ears start ringing... but it's too late by then.

EarBuddies are still doing $5 off for kiwibikers on all orders through the website if the coupon code 'kiwibiker' is used when ordering. That makes the Alpine PartyPlugs only $30 which is a tiny price to pay to prevent tinnitus. The Muscisafe Pros with the changeable filters are only $45 when using the code too. The cool thing about both lots of Alpine earplugs is they let speech through clearly, so you don't have to worry about not being able to talk to people with them in! The site's www.earbuddies.co.nz

[breakaway]

Can't beat canalphones. I find it hilarious that people pay over $200 for 'fitted plugs' when you can pay less than half that for canalphones that seal just as well if not better.

And you can have the music really really soft and still hear (most) of it with canalphones.

[pritch]

What sounds do you tinnitus sufferers hear? I subwoofer sounds at about 40-60hz.
Steve

But do you hear the voices????