Does anyone get Tinittus?

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I have had tinnitus since childhood. It's always been extremely annoying, and is one of the reasons I try to keep some level of white noise going around me at all times.

I'll give that a try--thanks. It's bound to work better than vigorously shaking my head back and forth and clutching my forehead.

for me those tuning forks tend to get me in my left or right side, seldom both sides at once. I suspect it might have something to do with localized hardening of the arteries in the auditory cortex or in the cochlea.

That'll be another question for the ENT when I go back. Thank you.

I don't know how old you are, but a good practice in general for us oldsters, is to avoid a high-acidic diet, as that contributes directly to hardening of the arteries which plays real havoc with the fine arteries/capillaries of body parts involved in hearing and vision and whoopee.

I'm 34, but it's never too early to make healthful changes.

The doctor actually told me to avoid too much salt, because that leads to water imbalances in inner-ear cells, which eventually cause them to "pop" and cause dizziness, disorientation, etc. AND wreak havoc with one's hearing.

another benefit of vigorous daily exercise, is that one sweats out the excess salt.

Change your salt to Himalayan Crystal Salt. Your body can't process table salt because it is not really salt. Sea salt would be fine too except that our seas are so polluted.

I rarely add salt to anything, but if I do, it is sea salt (from somewhere in Europe--I forget exactly where) or iodized salt. And it is never very much. The doctor actually said "never pick up the shaker again."

What's more difficult is checking the sodium content of stuff I buy--I go for low or no sodium whenever possible. Certain things I avoid like the plague now simply because of the sodium content (e.g., certain prepackaged microwave meals are completely off-limits--the Hungry Man brand, for example--well, I nearly had a heart attack just reading the label. )

Eating at restaurants, I know I'm taking a chance every time--but that isn't too often, either.

I have it.

There is a constant noise that I can sometimes order my mind to ignor. When it's quiet it's much harder... I keep an iPod handy to deal with it. Sometimes I listen to sounds of waves or thunderstorms, sometimes other white noise.

I have another auditory thing with noises that come suddenly and fade, but the basic hissing high tone is constant. It would very much disturb me. If I allowed my focus to stay on it

Yes.

I have permanent ear damage from chronic childhood otitis media, to which I have always attributed the tinnitus.

I have it one right ear. but it comes and comes. i think ive been lucky that mine isnt to bad. So my brain considers that noise as something it can block out.

it seems to come back if i get water in my ear and those tiny hairs get wet.

Last edited by loner1984 on 29 Jul 2013, 10:30 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I have had strange high-pitched tones, fizzing and opening/closure in my ears since I was about 6, and it used to scare the hell out of me, because i thought, I was going deaf.
I did have extra sensitive hearing, but It also seems, that I have always had reactions in my eustachian tubes. They are bothering me in periods.
The now more or less fizzing stems from the neck, I think. "Gout", said the physiotherapist, and I believe him.
When I sit much, my neck distorts a little and the fizzing gets stronger. It can be started by a turn of the head, and it can almost disappear, when I work on my neck posture. Alexander technique is a good tool here.

Last edited by Jensen on 29 Jul 2013, 4:09 am, edited 1 time in total.

I tend to get it when im overloaded

I think what I have had since about a few months ago is tinnitus. I have this high-pitched constant noise in my ears. I don't even know whether it's only in one ear or both. It never disappears. It's not that annoying, but when it's quiet, it's noticeable. At the same time, I started to feel my hearing in one of the ears is a bit blocked. It's like when you swim and water gets in the ear. I even get that crackling noise that you hear when water moves in your ear. But I don't have any water in my ear. I'm wondering if this all is because of my earplugs. I kept pushing my earplugs really deep into my ears and sometimes it hurt. I'm also wondering if a small piece of broken silicone earplug might be stuck deep in my ear(s), causing infection. I went to a hearing test and my hearing turned out to be fine. I have an appointment to see a specialist doctor in mid-August.

The blocked sensation and the crackling could come from cells sitting in there. I have the same symptoms, and the doctor couldn´t see any exess wax. Anyway, I used earwax-dissolver and out came lots of cells, that may have been sitting on the eardrum. Some of the blocked sensation and most of the crackling went away.