Anyone else got tinnitus?

[MontyVeda]

I've had tinnitus for well over a decade, but it's volume level was around 2/10; there but barely noticeable. In the last couple of years the volume has gone up to 8/10; louder than the radio. It doesn't really bother me. It's more intriguing than anything. Last Friday evening it went down to around 2/10 for a few hours, presumably because I'd been listening to some very low drone noises at Lancaster's 'light-up' festival. I've previously noticed that the loud rumbling of a diesel engine at the railway station has a wonderful (if brief) counteracting effect... so i had a search on YT for some 'noise'. I didn't find any that made a difference but i did find this video...



It contains an audible sweep from 20hz to 20,000hz; the full range of human hearing. It starts just after the two minute mark, if you don't want to listen the bloke talking.

There is one section of the pitch sweep where (for me) it went completely silent for a few seconds, then the sound returned. The volume dipped briefly again around the 7,000hz mark, and i could barely hear anything higher than around 10,000hz.

Can you give it a listen, and if there's a section where it goes silent for a moment, state where the silent pitch value is... and maybe the point where you can barely hear anything.

cheers.

PS. even if you don't have tinnitus, it'd be interesting to find out what range people can hear and if there's any silent moments.

 

[Drago]

Yes, particularly in my right ear.

 

[PeteXXX]

Yes, particularly in my right ear, too!

 

[classic33]

From 100 to just shy of 16,000(mobile phone, a foot from the ear and volume on halfway).
No tinnitus.

 

[MontyVeda]

Yes, particularly in my right ear.

Yes, particularly in my right ear, too!

that guy says you really should go to the doc if it's just in one side.

 

[All uphill]

Yes, had it since I was a child.

Now I have hearing aids they seem to help.

 

[Drago]

that guy says you really should go to the doc if it's just in one side.

Unless the Doc has a time machine and can send me back to stop my young self joining an infantry regiment before ear defenders were in common usage there's not much he can do.

 

[PeteXXX]

that guy says you really should go to the doc if it's just in one side.

I went to see Daktari and he wasn't really much help to be honest..

 

[fossyant]

Had it since I was a kid.

 

[tyred]

Yes, for years. It's only low level and most of the time I don't notice any more but if I am somewhere really quiet I do.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Had it for years but don't notice it half the time. I couldn't hear anything above the 7000 Mark but it might be my phone. I'll try it with headphones tomorrow

 

[FishFright]

Yes, had it since I was a child.

Now I have hearing aids they seem to help.

Me too , my hearing aids have been set up to boost the higher frequencies .

 

[Jameshow]

Had it for years but don't notice it half the time. I couldn't hear anything above the 7000 Mark but it might be my phone. I'll try it with headphones tomorrow

Same here it couldn't hear above and my tinnitus disappeared briefly at 4000hz.

Due to using power tools without enough ear protection...

 

[Oldhippy]

How peculiar, I was thinking just yesterday about asking this very question. Had it for any year, partial hearing loss for years coupled with Tinnitus I've always put down to working in music with no ear protection. I saw an audiologist last year and got given hearing aids but made no real difference to the Tinnitus. The hearing loss hasn't really bothered me but the Tinnitus recently has been horrendous. I have ordered some ear plugs which arrive today and I hope they will make a difference. It seems to me about air pressure maybe but I am experimenting with the plugs to see if I can get it back to a background buzz and not over riding all other noise.

 

[Mo1959]

Mine is more of a whistling sound and seems to have got worse over the last ten years or so. I’ve never been one for listening to loud music or worked in excessively loud environments so not sure what causes it. My hearing is still good though.