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I’ve had tinnitus since 1995 and nothing has ever helped! Mine was a traumatic injury and I have hearing aids they don’t help tinnitus but I can hear a little better! I’ve been taking lipoflavinoid for 2 years and it doesn’t help either! I play soft music to help with sleep but mine is constant buzzing like locusts! Any suggestions please?
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Mine is the squealing power line sound. With all the different types of sounds people are experiencing it seems, to me, that it must have a little to do with the ear itself too or everyone would hear the same thing. Sometimes it makes a person wish they had a house full if kids to drown out the sound. It's like everything else that's a constant sound in one's life...eventually you tune it out...
Yeah I used a blowdryer daily for 30 years as a hairstylist. My neighbors daughter had it and although she tried to talk her out of it, she had the nerve cut to her left ear but now the tinnitus is worse. That's how we know it doesn't come from the ear. I just made another reply that maybe, to some extent, it does because people hear so many different sounds. I also have inner ear issues. I've had vertigo for over 40 years. I do believe I have a type of drainage because sometimes I have what feels like sand just inside my ear. Whatever is causing it, I hope someone comes up with answer during my lifetime.
Yeah I've never been to concert or football game. I have however in my 20's ( 65 now) been to clubs with live music. I'm attributing mine mostly to exposure to blowdryers daily for 30 years as a stylist. I have inner ear problems and wear swimmers earplugs when I wash my hair in the shower, which I usually do in the kitchen sink. I don't swim because I'm afraid of getting water in my ears and I can hear it for days and it doesn't help the vertigo either.
Yes, constant exposure to any sound over 85 dB can affect hearing. Not only is it the intense sound level, but duration of a semi-loud sound can be an issue. One study showed that farmers who use tractors are prone to having hearing loss on one side, the side closest to the motor. Research also shows that dentists exposed to the intense sound of a drill over time also have a higher rate of hearing loss. I worked as a long-distance telephone operator when I was in high school and college (Yes, that's how old I am!) I attribute the use of a single sided headset during those years as a probable cause of my own hearing loss. I also hunted, so was exposed to that noise too. I was susceptible to noise induced hearing loss. (NIHL), but nobody knew that then,
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1 ReactionI believe my years of tinnitus was caused by long-term hypertension and hypertension medications. The tinnitus has progressively worsened, as my hearing has declined. The constant noise has continued, without any pause, for at least 10 years, 24/7. A cure is needed!
I should have added that NIHL is often accompanied by tinnitus. Lots of research on tinnitus is being done and reported on by the Hearing Health Foundation. Google it.
Yes, that's why I referenced the use of a blowdryer plus hood dryers daily during my years as a hairstylist. I've noticed the tinnitus had gotten worse when I cut down on my xanax and that's something they give FOR tinnitus. I went back to the 1mg daily to see if that was why. If it isn't, I'll decrease again and stop it.
I am on blood pressure meds also, Losartan, and have been for over 10 years.
Tinnitus is due to hearing loss.
No it isn't. That's not the only reason a person has tinnitus. I have very acute hearing. I could hear a person's hearing aid squealing from a room 10 yards away from the salon.
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