Anybody else have constant ringing in the ears ?
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I have it from riding snowmobiles and motorcycles, I don't think it can be treated other than to avoid noise and use ear plugs as needed,
Sounds like tinnitus. I have some light ringing from listening to music too loud, I'm sure Marching band back in the day didn't help.
Try this:
Place the palms of your hands over your ears with fingers resting gently on the back of your head. Your middle fingers should point toward one another just above the base of your skull. Place your index fingers on top of you middle fingers and snap them (the index fingers) onto the skull making a loud, drumming noise. Repeat 40-50 times. Some people experience immediate relief with this method. Repeat several times a day for as long as necessary to reduce tinnitus.Dr. Jan Strydom, of A2Z of Health, Beauty and Fintess.org.
Try this:
Place the palms of your hands over your ears with fingers resting gently on the back of your head. Your middle fingers should point toward one another just above the base of your skull. Place your index fingers on top of you middle fingers and snap them (the index fingers) onto the skull making a loud, drumming noise. Repeat 40-50 times. Some people experience immediate relief with this method. Repeat several times a day for as long as necessary to reduce tinnitus.Dr. Jan Strydom, of A2Z of Health, Beauty and Fintess.org.
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It's called tinnitus. You need to stop your exposure to loud noises. If you can do that then it will gradually over a period of a couple months go away on it's own. I virtually eliminated all ringing by doing this until I got a different job that involved being around a shop so my ears are ringing again. The guys loved taking hammers and beating them against work benches just to [censored] me off.
20+ years of it in my head.
It's better with ~$7000 Oticon hearing aids but still there. Always.
Have to listen to Coast to Coast A.M. to get to sleep.
It's better with ~$7000 Oticon hearing aids but still there. Always.
Have to listen to Coast to Coast A.M. to get to sleep.
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Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Apparently prevention is key. I always wore hearing protection when working around loud equipment or mowing, and never listened to loud music. No issues at all with tinnitus.
I remember driving a fork lift the constant beep beep killed my ears, but never seemed to bother anyone else.
Apparently prevention is key. I always wore hearing protection when working around loud equipment or mowing, and never listened to loud music. No issues at all with tinnitus.
I remember driving a fork lift the constant beep beep killed my ears, but never seemed to bother anyone else.
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
Apparently prevention is key...
+1 except mine is via heredity and DNA not environmental.
Dedicated about -30 decibels ear plugs at work and driving the roadsters now though!
Apparently prevention is key...
+1 except mine is via heredity and DNA not environmental.
Dedicated about -30 decibels ear plugs at work and driving the roadsters now though!
20t years and still ringing
I got worse than that. I got a constant song playing in my head. If I go to a store and they're playing music, that song will play in my head for days and days at a time. I'll take your ringing any day !
10 years for me. It is stress related, but a ear plug help me to sleep, since I hear my own breathing. When I go to a radio polution free place it helps a lot. I think I'm kind of allergic to radio transmission (specially wireless and cel phone crowds) polution. Big cities way of life are pretty detrimental.
I have extreme ringing in my ears - tinnitus. It never stops. I have it 24x7x365. I have Thursday night NFL football on, the family is in the house, and the ringing in my ears is the loudest sound I am hearing. When driving down the highway at 80 MPH with the radio on, the ringing in my ears is the loudest sound I hear.
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Somewhere over 30 years for me. I got it when I was a little kid- don't know if it was the result of an ear infection, loud music exposure (parents owned a nightclub then and I was in there during business hours at times) or hereditary. The hearing tests I have taken when previously employed showed no abnormal hearing loss.
I have not found any relief, but with an active mind, I almost never focus on it. Background ambient noise at work is enough to drown it out. I also love to listen to music, so when I can, the tunes are playing and it's not an issue. Come night time, I'm checking my eye lids for holes in 5 minutes or less typically, so no issues there. In short, if I focus on it, yeah... it's annoying. Otherwise no real issues.
I have not found any relief, but with an active mind, I almost never focus on it. Background ambient noise at work is enough to drown it out. I also love to listen to music, so when I can, the tunes are playing and it's not an issue. Come night time, I'm checking my eye lids for holes in 5 minutes or less typically, so no issues there. In short, if I focus on it, yeah... it's annoying. Otherwise no real issues.
I'm 53 and have had it as long as I can remember - and I can remember some stuff from 2 and 3 years old.
So for me it's been there before any exposure to loud noises.
Nothing has reduced it so far.
It's my constant companion.
It doesn't affect my audiometry tests though. I had pretty comprehensive exams annually when I was working and a joke of a test annually as part of my wellness exam. I used a coupon for a free comprehensive exam this summer and my hearing is still average or better.
I've used an electric fan as a white noise generator for sleep for many years - a trick I got from my dad who worked rotating shift.
So for me it's been there before any exposure to loud noises.
Nothing has reduced it so far.
It's my constant companion.
It doesn't affect my audiometry tests though. I had pretty comprehensive exams annually when I was working and a joke of a test annually as part of my wellness exam. I used a coupon for a free comprehensive exam this summer and my hearing is still average or better.
I've used an electric fan as a white noise generator for sleep for many years - a trick I got from my dad who worked rotating shift.
I think everyone has it to some extent. Most notice when things get very quiet which is hardly ever.
I am very sensitive no noise. The thought of getting tinnitus is cringeworthy. I don't know if I could live with constant or even internittent noise in my ears. It sounds like a waking nightmare and the thought alone gives me anxiety.
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