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Constant tinnitus: Are there any solutions?

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Oct 30, 2023 | Replies (183)
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I have had this for about 6-7 years. It started in my right ear with a high pitch sound and then the left ear followed. It sounds like Morse Code in the left ear. I also have substantial hearing loss which is getting worse in both ears due to tinnitus. Sodium & Caffeine make it worse. I notice it more when I am very still and the house is very quiet. For the most part, my brain has tuned it out and I don't even notice it unless, I have had something like pizza (high sodium or too much caffeine) that ramps it up. I wear ear plugs when I sleep at night and that tunes it out....strange right? I have talked to people who have gotten hearing aids and they said they help with tinnitus tremendously. I hope these suggestions help. Bless You!

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Zebra | @californiazebra | May 22, 2023

@covidstinks2023 @windyshores
I've had tinnitus for 53 years since I shattered my eardrum into 100 pieces at 11. Instant tinnitus. It's a hissing noise with occasional high pitched squealing. Never stopped even after eardrum repair and healing. Spent two days in the hospital falling and vomiting due to loss of equilibrium. Still don't have good balance in the dark or with eyes closed. Hearing loss, garbled sound in that ear. It took me about a year to get used to it. Hard to sleep at first. Then I only noticed it when the room was silent.

Suddenly about 10 years ago, the volume doubled. Then 5 years later it doubled again. It's been increasing ever since. I can hear it over everything, but even so you get used to it. It would take an airplane engine to mask it. I'm not sure why it increased although my neurologist told me it can increase with age. I have noticed sugar seems to make it even louder. Sometimes I think it may be in both ears now, but can't tell if it's that or just because the one ear is soooo loud, it fills my entire head. Makes it hard to keep the TV low at night and not wake up others. I turn on closed caption at night.

I am really baffled when you say ear plugs help since the sound is coming from the inside. Hmmm. Hearing aids are also curious.

@weekendrider -- If tinnitus is a new condition for you, you'll get used to it over time. It just becomes white noise.

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