Tinnitus
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sostenuto
AKA _ doubtingtom37
I have moderate Tinnitus and also fairly dramatic falloff above 4Khz. I now use more Spectrum Analyzers, Scopes, etc. BUT, do not have years of experience seeing, what I should be hearing. 
Maybe there are/or will be more Videos instructing how to better utilize these visual tools ?
Plugin Alliance current offer for bx_panEQ @ $79. got my attention as a possible new tool. The (4) accompanying videos are interesting.
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_paneq.html
Bundled w/ bx_dynEQ V2 @ $99. is almost a no-brainer ..........
Maybe there are/or will be more Videos instructing how to better utilize these visual tools ?
Plugin Alliance current offer for bx_panEQ @ $79. got my attention as a possible new tool. The (4) accompanying videos are interesting.
https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/bx_paneq.html
Bundled w/ bx_dynEQ V2 @ $99. is almost a no-brainer ..........
Jeremy Gillam
Senior Member
After a loud concert about seven years ago I started having an issue where I hear a popping or crackling sound in both ears every time I swallow. After seeing several ENT specialists over the years I recently and at long last received an actual diagnosis of a condition called patulous eustachian tubes. Fortunately it doesn't affect my hearing and is relatively benign, but unfortunately there's not much they can do about it, at least that I've found so far. I sometimes feel quite depressed when I think about it, but for the most part I've gotten used to living with it. I remember seeing an interview with Simon Franglen (who wears hearing aids), I believe on Pensado's Place, and he had such a positive attitude about his condition — it was a great reminder that we're all just doing the best we can with the cards we're dealt. Our immortal beloved Beethoven didn't let anything stop him.
Needless to say I always carry "protection" in my wallet now, and bring fresh earplugs for friends when I know we're going to be somewhere loud.
Needless to say I always carry "protection" in my wallet now, and bring fresh earplugs for friends when I know we're going to be somewhere loud.
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Divico
Senior Member
Me too. I always have a pair of concert plugs for my gf with me aswell
I had some ops on my ear when I was a kid. Thankfully no permanent damage or tinnitus but at the time I'd get frequent ringing.
I found that whenever I got a ringing or tone in my ears I could make it go away by imagining / visualising the same note. It's almost like singing the same note in my head - the same principle as talking to yourself in your own voice. It still works for me now and within 5/10 seconds.
Not sure if this works for something more permanent but worth a go perhaps.
Appreciate it's a horrible thing to live with :-( hopefully a big interest in music gives you some respite...
Saxer
Senior Member
I had a tinnitus in my right ear after a sudden deafness in 2000. It disappeared after a while (years) and now there's only some noise level left (like an empty cassette tape). It left a small cut at 8KHz but at the frequency around F3 I hear distortion from a medium loudness level up. Especially in strings and choirs.
Every few month or so I hear different pitches in my right and left ear. Right ear is about a half step lower. People talking sounds like Borg (Startrek) and music is detuned throughout. Even one single piano note sounds completely detuned. Left ear hears A and right ear hears Ab. This phenomenon appears, lasts about two hours and disappears.
If this happens I have to stop working and simply wait. I try not to overuse my ears. Avoiding stress. Lot of rests and no background noise like TV or radio. Reading and writing in a forum is luckily very quiet.
Every few month or so I hear different pitches in my right and left ear. Right ear is about a half step lower. People talking sounds like Borg (Startrek) and music is detuned throughout. Even one single piano note sounds completely detuned. Left ear hears A and right ear hears Ab. This phenomenon appears, lasts about two hours and disappears.
If this happens I have to stop working and simply wait. I try not to overuse my ears. Avoiding stress. Lot of rests and no background noise like TV or radio. Reading and writing in a forum is luckily very quiet.
synthpunk
Senior Member
Hope you guys have seen a good E.N.T. doctor.
I hope things improve and are bearable for you who suffer through this.
Knock on wood I've been lucky but always use hearing protection live since the mid 80s, never ever unless I have to just for a few seconds use headphones. When mixing I use a monitor that is not overly bright in the highs and try and not listen louder than 87 DB get a free app on your phone.
See a ENT once a year and have your ears professionally cleaned and checked.
I hope things improve and are bearable for you who suffer through this.
Knock on wood I've been lucky but always use hearing protection live since the mid 80s, never ever unless I have to just for a few seconds use headphones. When mixing I use a monitor that is not overly bright in the highs and try and not listen louder than 87 DB get a free app on your phone.
See a ENT once a year and have your ears professionally cleaned and checked.
robgb
Genius. Idiot. You Decide.
I've had it for several years now. High pitched ringing. Worse sometimes than others. Mostly, I just don't think about it. In fact, I forget I have it until someone mentions it. Thanks.
Oh, also, my ENT told me my eardrums don't move. Not something he was concerned about, but it usually means fluid on the ears. No treatment.
I think I need a new ENT.
Kyle Preston
I Think, Therefore I Ambient
1800Hz is a real problem for me. Have had it for 3 or 4 years now. Staying hydrated helps - I actually do notice a difference. Meditating is probably the biggest help though. It doesn’t reduce the ringing but it reduces my instinct to pay too much attention to it.
I have a friend that does acupuncture and says it helps for a day or two after a session. Don’t know about the research on that, but I believe him.
Oh, and being friendly to people on web forums helps
I have a friend that does acupuncture and says it helps for a day or two after a session. Don’t know about the research on that, but I believe him.
Oh, and being friendly to people on web forums helps
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Kony
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Thank you all for the great advice, tips and anecdotes!
I forgot to mention my tinnitus sometimes fluctuates frequency like a short wave radio sound. I consulted a number of therapists years ago, which was when a homeopath told that my tinnitus had been caused by an infection like mumps/measles when I was an infant (I had mumps), and that the virus is still in my system. I know it sounds like a bizarre theory but might explain the frequency fluctuation.
I forgot to mention my tinnitus sometimes fluctuates frequency like a short wave radio sound. I consulted a number of therapists years ago, which was when a homeopath told that my tinnitus had been caused by an infection like mumps/measles when I was an infant (I had mumps), and that the virus is still in my system. I know it sounds like a bizarre theory but might explain the frequency fluctuation.
SchnookyPants
I never metaphor I didn't like
The only time mine bothers me is when I think about it.... ACHKKK! I gotta' get outta' here!
I have tinnitus which is non common one i mean stuff what musicans often have.changes little when move my hand,feet or even close my eyes or anything like that. One tinnitus specialist says is neck and back when i tell few facts. another says he never heared neck and back based tinnitus.
and i think is related maybe even area which is dead in my brains which is area where is movie,hearing and something else. dead are is based fact have thick umbilical cord in my arround neck when i birth.
Ps. text tools sucks i have problem with underline here becouse i copied word form translator.
and i think is related maybe even area which is dead in my brains which is area where is movie,hearing and something else. dead are is based fact have thick umbilical cord in my arround neck when i birth.
Ps. text tools sucks i have problem with underline here becouse i copied word form translator.
jmauz
Active Member
I started playing drums when I was 5. I started using hearing protection when I was 16. As you've probably guessed I've had tinnitus for a very long time. It's mostly a hissing than a definite tone, but certain things make it worse:
1. Caffeine. Yes, this Fucking sucks.
2. Aspirin.
3. Alcohol.
4. Stress.
I've learned to live with it...in fact even in silent moments I don't really notice it unless I try.
1. Caffeine. Yes, this Fucking sucks.
2. Aspirin.
3. Alcohol.
4. Stress.
I've learned to live with it...in fact even in silent moments I don't really notice it unless I try.
- all what jmauz + no coco cola + no smoking
- get enough sleep
- don't listen to headphones a lot or too loud music in general
- google anti-inflammatory nutrition & salad with every meal
- drinks like google Lemon Ginger Blast Preparation by Lou Corona every morning and google liferegenerator
- get rid of the bad stuff like jmauz said + no wheat + not too much GMO + not too much sugar ....
- more Sports (fitness, running, swimming...)
- fresh air (are your cells supposed to be nourished by air from hot electronics ?
- this helped me regain my hearing after two hearing loss and ged rid of my tinnitus - and it helped some other issues as well like spine problems
- and yes, it takes time and discipline - but the body is not made for 10+ hours of sitting in front of loud speakers or practising an instrument in one stiff body position...
- doctors won't tell you that since a) a lot of them don't know about the effect (bad) nutrition has on your body and b) they fill you up with medicine (like in my case in the hospital) which is not a long time solution but might help if one is experience sudden tinitus or hearing loss...
- even if they tell you they won't insist on how important that stuff is, mainly because the people I met don't have time to talk or analyse my lifestyle ...
- i´d say priorities are 1) sleep 2) nutrition 3) air 4) sport
- any more people having some advice ?
- get enough sleep
- don't listen to headphones a lot or too loud music in general
- google anti-inflammatory nutrition & salad with every meal
- drinks like google Lemon Ginger Blast Preparation by Lou Corona every morning and google liferegenerator
- get rid of the bad stuff like jmauz said + no wheat + not too much GMO + not too much sugar ....
- more Sports (fitness, running, swimming...)
- fresh air (are your cells supposed to be nourished by air from hot electronics ?
- this helped me regain my hearing after two hearing loss and ged rid of my tinnitus - and it helped some other issues as well like spine problems
- and yes, it takes time and discipline - but the body is not made for 10+ hours of sitting in front of loud speakers or practising an instrument in one stiff body position...
- doctors won't tell you that since a) a lot of them don't know about the effect (bad) nutrition has on your body and b) they fill you up with medicine (like in my case in the hospital) which is not a long time solution but might help if one is experience sudden tinitus or hearing loss...
- even if they tell you they won't insist on how important that stuff is, mainly because the people I met don't have time to talk or analyse my lifestyle ...
- i´d say priorities are 1) sleep 2) nutrition 3) air 4) sport
- any more people having some advice ?
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South Thames
Active Member
Yup. Regretting seeing this thread right now
.Had mine for three years now. First 5-6 months were hellish, mainly due to lack of sleep and anxiety. In the beginning it can be difficult to separate the effect of tinnitus itself from the mental anguish it can put you through before you habitutate.
But, slowly, I did habitutate (which basically means the anxiety/preoccupation with it goes away, and tinnitus just becomes a noise that the brain interprets more or less neutrally) and now it's really just an occasional annoyance, and actually is something I'm only rarely consciously aware of, particularly whilst working on music. I find the place I notice it most is in cars on motorways -- the low rumble seems to throw my high-pitched sine tone into relief. On the odd occasion it bothers me I can usually snap out of it by turning my concentration elsewhere.
Lots of mention of ENTs here, but all an ENT can really do is look for obvious reversible causes of tinnitus -- wax build-up, conductive hearing loss etc -- but the truth is most times tinnitus is caused by (irreversible) sensory hearing loss (and it would be an audiologist, not an ENT who diagnoses that) and there's nothing an ENT can really do. One thing I found most useful was a referral to a hearing therapist, who help you to manage the emotional impact of it.
Very interested to hear why some are advising not to use headphones - could you provide some more information on that?
I use headphones a lot, but in a quiet location and most of the time at very low volumes - like sometimes I can barely even hear the music (I'm not kidding). Is this ok?
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Kony
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South Thames
Active Member
Volume is key, as to some extent is size. I'm pretty sure I brought on tinnitus by using over-ear headphones (usually the most powerful, since they are largest) at higher volumes than I should have (which isn't to say it was necessarily obviously loud -- bear in mind hearing loss is often a cumulative thing), which is basically like taping a small speaker to both sides of your head.
If the volume is low then you should be ok.
These days I only listen to speech on headphones. Music is strictly from speakers and at moderate volume.
