Health & Family Tinnitus/ringing in ears

Been grappling with this high pitched cicada noise in both ears but primarily in my right since last week. Wasn't caused by a loud concert/music. Just woke up with it.

Saw the GP who reckons it will go away at some point. Having said that, most literature on the net points towards this being a permanent condition! Naturally I'm a little concerned.. and deflated.

Has anyone ever experienced this and did it fully resolve/ go away?

 

This is a great Aussie tinnitus support site and explains that tinnitus can be improved in some instances. Also, it's not always noise-related:

Tinnitus - What is it?

 

I have had Tinnitus continually for 30 odd years,with around 50% hearing loss due to working at a car manufacturers stamping plant,in the early days,ear protection was if you could be bothered wearing it,which surprisingly a lot didn't,it did come in as mandatory when tests were done about the massive levels.Its worse when its quiet, the continous ringing,to date i have not found the cure.

 

I have had it since I was 18.

Best tip I can give you is sleep with a fan running, the humming of the fan helps a lot.

 

Just recently there was some kind of patch developed that is placed behind the ear that supposedly gets rid of the noise.

 

*****. I'm not actually filled with optimism after these posts. Does anyone have a happy ending???

 

Reducing sodium intake could help but you may have to go to as low as 300mg/day. Gingko may help. A happy ending will have a happy ending, sex will make you forget about it.

 

@Lacrim , my brother woke up with Tinnitus one morning.. thought nothing of it hoping it would go away. A few days later woke up 100% deaf in one ear, 20% deaf in the other.

Went to his local GP who said 'wait 2 weeks and see what happens'. He didn't like that advice and booking in that day for an ENT specialist. He was rushed into another doctor's office near the city who said he would likely be 100% deaf by the next day, forever.

There was an operation he could have where they inject his ear drum and other parts with steroids, but the chance was slim due to him waiting even 1 day after getting the Tinnitus.

They booked him into hospital that Arvo. He was now 90% deaf in the second ear. They pumped him full of steroids and took him into the OR to do it to his ears too.

Still in hospital a few days later, he's still 100% deaf in one, and now 92% in the other. The steroids can take ~6 weeks to show any recovery. The docs started talking about 2 cochlear implants.. wasn't looking good.

Anyways, 6 weeks later started getting his hearing back. 3 months on he was back to 100% hearing in both again. Completely back to normal.

Moral of this true story - Don't ask on a forum. Get to the ****ing specialist. Especially if there's no reason for it's onset.

 

I've also had chronic tinnitus with associated loss of hearing for over 30 years. A result of being a drummer in very loud bands for over 20 years when young. Best approach is to just learn to ignore it. You do get used to it. Try all the usual distraction techniques until one day you stop noticing it.

See a specialist incase it's something more sinister.

 

I have had it for the past 5 or so years. I have grown to love the continual ringing and feeling of never being able to get any real peace and quiet.......not.

 

OK point taken guys - some real horror stories here...some with good endings.

 

My husband has Tinnitus. When first diagnosed years ago he started to sleep with earphones, playing soft music. I think it's called Habituation - i.e. you replace the tinnitus noise with another noise. He also reduced the amount of salt intake. He hardly notices it now, unless it is brought to his attention. There is light at the end of the tunnel.

 

I don't have tinnitus but I listen to Focus at Work • Relax at Home • Sleep at Night | myNoise ® at work and have seen people with tinnitus post good reviews about the sounds produced. It's free. Search "tinnitus" from the site: there are 5 soundscapes available at the moment.

 

I have tinnitus in my left ear which is pretty bad especially at night. I recently discovered an app for my phone called Sleep Sounds which plays soothing sounds (I chose rainforest) which quite effectively masks it.

Once I went to a chiropractor and he crunched my neck... surprisingly the tinnitus disappeared - he claimed it was a nerve pinched in the upper cervical region, sadly it came back again a few months later, and I didn't like the chiropractic crunching so have been too chicken to have it done again... but I spoke to someone recently who had the same relief from seeing a Physio who did some muscle manipulation and gave him some exercises to do.

If there is no medical reason or accompanying hearing loss (there isn't for me) it might be worth talking to a Chiro or Physio.

 

I've had it for 14 years. Sitting behind a drum kit in bands and suffering noise induced hearing loss the culprit. Mine is a high pitched static in both ears.

Stress, fatigue, thinking about it, being scared i'll make it worse ... all makes it worse. In fact I'm sensing its noisier than usual at the moment most likely due to fatigue and because i'm thinking about it more than usual, and also thinking I've somehow made it worse.

Things that help me:
- sleep
- less caffeine.
- exercise
- drowning it out with music, etc. Ironic that the cause of the issue is also what helps me deal with it.
- talk about it with others, you'd be surprised who around you have this too. I had 3 people in my immediate work team of 8 who have it too!

Sounds like yours may be short lived if not caused by hearing loss.

Try to relax....

 

Hopefully but some of the sites on the net indirectly imply its a lifelong condition.

 

@Lacrim - tried a chiropractor?
I would spend the money, a neck adjustment or two might help.

 

Yeah I think I will.

 

I read a technique on the internet (reddit I think) which seems to help me.

I will try and explain it.

Place both hands flat on your ears, with your middle fingers almost touching behind your head.
"Click" your pointer finger into you head from on top your middle finger 20-30 times.

Makes kind of a loud drumming sound.

Done.

 

Lol ok will try. Hopefully wont make it worse.