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I’m lying here in bed and it’s quiet. There are no external sounds as I type. A car goes by. I can hear a drip of a tap in the bathroom.
Yet it’s not quiet. I wonder to myself what it would be like to have silence and if I will ever experience it again ?
I’ve learned to live with it now but night time is when I feel it the most. Funny how you can just forget about something so profound that is with you all the time.....
Yet it’s not quiet. I wonder to myself what it would be like to have silence and if I will ever experience it again ?
I’ve learned to live with it now but night time is when I feel it the most. Funny how you can just forget about something so profound that is with you all the time.....
I was a natural target for tinnitus! Working in recording studios and live venues, setting up sound systems, attending live gigs and standing too close to the sound source.
My hearing was very good and I was able to spot defects with systems quite easily.
Not sure when my tinnitus actually started but I remember the first time I noticed it!
I had just bought a new TV, old fashioned style with a crt. I remember thinking that the flyback whistle seemed very loud, I was even more surprised when I could still hear it on the way to work the following morning!
Since then I’ve had a constant high-pitched whistle in my ears. Sometimes very quiet, sometimes louder, but always the same whistle.
As I grow older it’s get a little more obvious when there are other sounds around as my natural ‘top-end’ response is diminishing but the tinnitus stays with me!
Funnily enough, when I am in quiet surroundings, or trying to sleep, I hardly notice it!
I’ve spoken with audio specialists at the hospital and it would appear that I’m stuck with it now!
My hearing was very good and I was able to spot defects with systems quite easily.
Not sure when my tinnitus actually started but I remember the first time I noticed it!
I had just bought a new TV, old fashioned style with a crt. I remember thinking that the flyback whistle seemed very loud, I was even more surprised when I could still hear it on the way to work the following morning!
Since then I’ve had a constant high-pitched whistle in my ears. Sometimes very quiet, sometimes louder, but always the same whistle.
As I grow older it’s get a little more obvious when there are other sounds around as my natural ‘top-end’ response is diminishing but the tinnitus stays with me!
Funnily enough, when I am in quiet surroundings, or trying to sleep, I hardly notice it!
I’ve spoken with audio specialists at the hospital and it would appear that I’m stuck with it now!
h0b0 said:
Is it possible to get a custom noise cancelling head phone set and tune it to your particular tone? Send in the anti noise to your nuisance noise and silence may resume.
They could be worn like hearing aids.
This is not possible as usually the noise is 'generated' internally. They could be worn like hearing aids.
You can mask the sound using white noise for instance. The mind pays attention to the louder noise due to prioritisation and you literally don't hear the T any more at all.
It's quite freaky in some cases as there is a certain noise level after the T disappears completely, and you can turn it on and off by slight variation in the noise level.
h0b0 said:
Is it possible to get a custom noise cancelling head phone set and tune it to your particular tone? Send in the anti noise to your nuisance noise and silence may resume.
They could be worn like hearing aids.
Unfortunately, to get that to work, you must mimic the noise you wish to cancel, synchronise the cancelling signal to it and then invert it to be reverse phase! This is possible with external noise sources but, so far, there is no way to accurately obtain a signal from the tinnitus. They could be worn like hearing aids.
Narcisus said:
Yet it’s not quiet. I wonder to myself what it would be like to have silence and if I will ever experience it again ?
I’ve learned to live with it now but night time is when I feel it the most. Funny how you can just forget about something so profound that is with you all the time.....
Yep - you're stuck with it. I have a tropical rain storm 24/7 - which, most of the time, I can ignore. But it can (and does) block out other frequencies. I recall watching a concert on TV - the trumpeter put his trumpet to his lips, his cheeks went out and..... nothing! Couldn't hear it all. Quite a bit of birdsong has gone too.I’ve learned to live with it now but night time is when I feel it the most. Funny how you can just forget about something so profound that is with you all the time.....
I forget about it around 90% of the time, you just live with it. Bloody nuisance.
But having seen a young fellow strapped into a wheelchair the other day - his body in permanent spasm (it seemed) - I think we are quite lucky if that's the extent of our physical problems.
NDA said:
Yep - you're stuck with it. I have a tropical rain storm 24/7 - which, most of the time, I can ignore. But it can (and does) block out other frequencies. I recall watching a concert on TV - the trumpeter put his trumpet to his lips, his cheeks went out and..... nothing! Couldn't hear it all. Quite a bit of birdsong has gone too.
I forget about it around 90% of the time, you just live with it. Bloody nuisance.
But having seen a young fellow strapped into a wheelchair the other day - his body in permanent spasm (it seemed) - I think we are quite lucky if that's the extent of our physical problems.
Agreed !I forget about it around 90% of the time, you just live with it. Bloody nuisance.
But having seen a young fellow strapped into a wheelchair the other day - his body in permanent spasm (it seemed) - I think we are quite lucky if that's the extent of our physical problems.
Narcisus said:
I discovered something a bit strange on Saturday with one of my more intrusive ‘tones’.
If I press my fingers to my ears so I can’t hear anything it just dies away then come back after 30 seconds or so.
That's odd.If I press my fingers to my ears so I can’t hear anything it just dies away then come back after 30 seconds or so.
My tinnitus, and I assumed everyones, was in the head rather than the ears. No difference to mine with ear manipulation!
Similar things here.. It comes and goes.
I've been exposed to loud sounds and loud singing etc..
Anyway mine is a C#7 (2217hz) note playing in my left ear for the last few days.
I looked online and found this sound generator which allowed me to pinpoint what note it was.
Now I don't have perfect pitch but I had thought it was a C!
https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
Use the little drop down menu and or slider to match the tinnitus tone in your head to the sound generator, and find out what is going on in your head!!
I've been exposed to loud sounds and loud singing etc..
Anyway mine is a C#7 (2217hz) note playing in my left ear for the last few days.
I looked online and found this sound generator which allowed me to pinpoint what note it was.
Now I don't have perfect pitch but I had thought it was a C!
https://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/
Use the little drop down menu and or slider to match the tinnitus tone in your head to the sound generator, and find out what is going on in your head!!
Edited by peterperkins on Sunday 28th April 18:45
Narcisus said:
That’s great. My high is around 13000hz
My tinnitus is similar, up around 14kHz. I had good hearing but at 40 mine's starting to roll off at 15kHz now.Too many years of drumming without ear plugs/defence when I was a younger man...
Edited by Funk on Sunday 28th April 23:19
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