Tinnitus, who else?

littleknowitall · 01-06-2010, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by loveissucide

I can feel it starting to set in

Mine stopped, but I'm gigging tonight and I havent bought any earplugs yet,

Freebase Dali · 01-06-2010, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by littleknowitall

I'm sorry, I don't really care too much but why was an example made of this thread because of a misspelling on my part? was it really necessary to commondeer the thread and highlight the word in 9 or 10 different posts to prove a point that I had misspelled. Or has this been merged to a prior thread and I'm just being thick?

It was a merged into a previous thread about Tinnitus.

What are you talking about with highlighting the word and all that? You sure that isn't a spell checker or something?

~~Farfisa~~ · 01-07-2010, 12:16 PM

I've heard that Kevin Shields doesn't use ear plugs... he'll be deaf before he completes that new album.

littleknowitall · 01-08-2010, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

It was a merged into a previous thread about Tinnitus.

What are you talking about with highlighting the word and all that? You sure that isn't a spell checker or something?

Probably.

OceanAndSilence · 01-10-2010, 02:24 AM

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Originally Posted by GuitarBizarre

Never said they weren't, in fact my explanation goes some way to explaining WHY :P

oh i misread your post, sorry. i thought you said it damages less, but you said less quickly.

Guybrush · 05-15-2010, 05:53 AM

If you do have chronic tinnitus which bothers you when it's time to sleep or other situations when it's quiet around you, send me a PM and I can send you my small library of ambient soundscapes. These are just recordings of rain, waves on beaches, sitting on the train etc. and can be used to help you ignore or help you train your brain to ignore the sound from your tinnitus .. Of course, it'll never go away as long as it's real quiet, but enriching your environment with sound can help.

I don't use them much anymore, but I did find them quite useful when it bothered me more.

~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ · 06-09-2010, 02:37 PM

how long do your ears have to be ringing for before you know you have it?

i've used earplugs at every show i've been to for the past year or so, besides one on monday (i forgot them) and my ears have been ringing since.

Guybrush · 06-09-2010, 04:15 PM

That's hard to say as it's not simply a matter of having ringing ears or not. Suffice to say most people will hear sound if they are in a quiet room. Tinnitus is what you have if this sound bothers you, possibly because it's louder than the sounds other people have in their heads. However, habituation is an important factor in this. Reacting in a negative way to the sound may worsen it while "ignoring" the sound over time will potentially reduce it's strength back to levels where it's normally ignored by the brain.

Basically, sound is picked up by sensory cells in the ears and then transmitted through the limbic system in the brain where, to illustrate, you could say the sound is given a tag indicating it's importance - f.ex if it's a dangerous "important" sound or a harmless "non-important" sound. The sound from the refrigerator can be just as high as the ringing in your ears, but most people don't notice this sort of stuff because the sound is not important. Thus, the brain tries to filter it out. People who have a starting annoyance with ringing in their ears should realize the importance of this. Basically, ringing in your ears can be habituated and you won't mostly won't notice it unless you're someplace quiet.

Anyone who believe they may have starting tinnitus need to read about TRT, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy!

The Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre: home of TRT

mabres · 02-05-2024, 05:57 PM

I've been suffering from tinnitus for the last two months. It drives me crazy. Time passed since this topic was created, and I wonder whether there are ways to get rid of ear ringing.

Tristan_Geoff · 02-05-2024, 07:08 PM

luckily I'm able to tune out drones by nature, but I'm sure that in a few years left untreated I'm gonna notice it a whole lot more than now

05-15-2010, 05:53 AM	#36 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	If you do have chronic tinnitus which bothers you when it's time to sleep or other situations when it's quiet around you, send me a PM and I can send you my small library of ambient soundscapes. These are just recordings of rain, waves on beaches, sitting on the train etc. and can be used to help you ignore or help you train your brain to ignore the sound from your tinnitus .. Of course, it'll never go away as long as it's real quiet, but enriching your environment with sound can help. I don't use them much anymore, but I did find them quite useful when it bothered me more. __________________ Something Completely Different

06-09-2010, 04:15 PM	#38 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	That's hard to say as it's not simply a matter of having ringing ears or not. Suffice to say most people will hear sound if they are in a quiet room. Tinnitus is what you have if this sound bothers you, possibly because it's louder than the sounds other people have in their heads. However, habituation is an important factor in this. Reacting in a negative way to the sound may worsen it while "ignoring" the sound over time will potentially reduce it's strength back to levels where it's normally ignored by the brain. Basically, sound is picked up by sensory cells in the ears and then transmitted through the limbic system in the brain where, to illustrate, you could say the sound is given a tag indicating it's importance - f.ex if it's a dangerous "important" sound or a harmless "non-important" sound. The sound from the refrigerator can be just as high as the ringing in your ears, but most people don't notice this sort of stuff because the sound is not important. Thus, the brain tries to filter it out. People who have a starting annoyance with ringing in their ears should realize the importance of this. Basically, ringing in your ears can be habituated and you won't mostly won't notice it unless you're someplace quiet. Anyone who believe they may have starting tinnitus need to read about TRT, Tinnitus Retraining Therapy! The Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Centre: home of TRT __________________ Something Completely Different

01-07-2010, 12:16 PM	#33 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	I've heard that Kevin Shields doesn't use ear plugs... he'll be deaf before he completes that new album.

06-09-2010, 02:37 PM	#37 (permalink)
~~CAPTAIN CAVEMAN~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: VAN Posts: 2,530	how long do your ears have to be ringing for before you know you have it? i've used earplugs at every show i've been to for the past year or so, besides one on monday (i forgot them) and my ears have been ringing since.

02-05-2024, 05:57 PM	#39 (permalink)
mabres Groupie Join Date: Jan 2024 Posts: 35	I've been suffering from tinnitus for the last two months. It drives me crazy. Time passed since this topic was created, and I wonder whether there are ways to get rid of ear ringing.