Tinnitus

[Gin]

In this section regarding music and soundtracks, I thought it might be interesting to speak about this topic.

Well, what is tinnitus exactly? It is basically a constant ringing or buzzing sound in one or both ears, which can be temporary or permanent. It is related to hearing loss and, although it is possible to treat it to a certain extent to stop hearing it, this is usually temporary (speaking of permanent tinnitus). It is also possible, from what I read, that tinnitus comes and goes. Basically, for a while you have it, for a while you don't, repeat.

what does tinnitus sound like? Well, I was able to find this video which is pretty accurate.

Do I have tinnitus? Yes, and it's a... curious story, I guess: I grew up believing that when everything was silent, this ringing sounded the same to everyone. Yes, I was a little kid back then and I don't remember ever having known silence in my 22 years of life. I guess that helped me tolerate this disease, since I didn't think of it as a disease, but as something normal for everyone, until, at some point when I was about 16-18 years old, I read some things and thought "hey, I have this thing!"

I guess this post is more about raising awareness about tinnitus, since, well, it is not restricted to any age.

If you are younger than me, well I remind you that I have had it since I was a little kid, and if you are older than me, well it might even be a little more likely that you will get tinnitus.

So, do you have tinnitus? Do you know anyone who has it? Maybe you'll take better care of yourself now so you don't have tinnitus? I hope that something positive can come out of this for everyone.

and remember, you only have two ears. Take care of them.

 

[RageBurner]

Thanks for this. Thinking back, I never "heard silence" either. No idea why I have this, though, at least as far as hearing loss goes, I always took good care of my ears and never were keen on loud sounds or anything of the sort, so the reason must be different.

 

[Tonberry]

I have had tinnitus in my left ear for several years now. I've done multiple checks though and I have no hearing loss nor any abnormalities, so my personal assumption is that it's to do with either stress or pressure from my neck or a combination of both. I hear it the most when I'm lying in bed (probably due to the change in pressure), which makes falling asleep a hassle sometimes.

Mine is a low metallic droning sound. The only thing I've been able to compare it to is the ambience sound from the map in 'Assassin's Creed: Valhalla', albeit mine is higher pitched.

 

[bjork]

Right ear, here. Never diagnosed as such, but I can constantly hear it in that side. Sometimes I guess you can subconsciously tune it out? Because some days it's more noticeable than others. I'm assuming mine came from years of wearing headphones at work to drown out really loud floor buffers.

 

[fake-kun]

There was a brief period of about two months or so in my life when I would near constantly hear the ringing in my ears. I was worried back then that it was a sign of an ear infection or a hearing loss. Thankfully, it passed a long time ago and it doesn't happen to me anymore.

 

[otogirisou]

What's the difference with normal buzzing? We all hearing buzzing sound when in silence, right?

 

[goregoregoregoregoregore]

I mean, i hear a certain buzzing when everything is completely silence, but not even close to what it is in this video.
This video sounds to me like "CRT noise" that i always heard in my life but no one believes me. I swear i can hear the sound of a CRT turning on from miles and i find it very relaxing for some reason. I think i maybe read somewhere that this might happen to children because of how sensitive their hearing is to high frequencies but to me it never ceased

 

[Tonberry]

I mean, i hear a certain buzzing when everything is completely silence, but not even close to what it is in this video.
This video sounds to me like "CRT noise" that i always heard in my life but no one believes me. I swear i can hear the sound of a CRT turning on from miles and i find it very relaxing for some reason. I think i maybe read somewhere that this might happen to children because of how sensitive their hearing is to high frequencies but to me it never ceased

CRT whine is definitely a real thing. Nowadays I think it’s pretty maddening since I’m not as used to it as I was as a kid.

 

[SLEDGE_DOG]

I got smacked on the ear with a pool noodle in elementary gym class. Absolutely dropped me. Couldn't have imagined so much pain coming from a foam tube. Didn't know it at the time, but I ended up with tinnitus from that hit. Like a high-pitched tone that slowly rises until it's unbearably loud inside my own head. No one believed me when I said something was wrong. Luckily, it went away eventually, but wowee I am not jealous of people who have it permanently.