Tinnitus - the sound of Silence

I would assume it does, has water sounds, animal sounds, hissing, crackling, etc etc.
 
Was finally the day for my ENT follow up phone call last week. Appointment was at 08:30, so decided to have a quick piss at 08:27. Just as I start, the phone rings twice and they put down before I can answer. I tried calling back, but get an automated message that they only open their lines at 09:00.

Phone at 09:00, and they ask why I didn’t answer my phone. Explain I was in the bathroom and my phone rang twice BEFORE my appointment time, so I couldn’t answer. They say it counts as a missed appointment and I’ll be referred back to my GP. I get a bit vexed and tell them I need to know the results of my MRI.

A couple days later, I get a letter in the mail to my GP I’m copied in on, referring me back. Says the MRI didn’t find anything bad and that I shouldn’t be concerned. Despite, you know, being 15dB deafer in my left ear with a constant ringing…
 
The Voice said:
Was finally the day for my ENT follow up phone call last week. Appointment was at 08:30, so decided to have a quick piss at 08:27. Just as I start, the phone rings twice and they put down before I can answer. I tried calling back, but get an automated message that they only open their lines at 09:00.

Phone at 09:00, and they ask why I didn’t answer my phone. Explain I was in the bathroom and my phone rang twice BEFORE my appointment time, so I couldn’t answer. They say it counts as a missed appointment and I’ll be referred back to my GP. I get a bit vexed and tell them I need to know the results of my MRI.

A couple days later, I get a letter in the mail to my GP I’m copied in on, referring me back. Says the MRI didn’t find anything bad and that I shouldn’t be concerned. Despite, you know, being 15dB deafer in my left ear with a constant ringing…
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Yeah the scans wont pick this up. Only the loss of hearing can be tested. Just make your peace with it
 
The Voice said:
Was finally the day for my ENT follow up phone call last week. Appointment was at 08:30, so decided to have a quick piss at 08:27. Just as I start, the phone rings twice and they put down before I can answer. I tried calling back, but get an automated message that they only open their lines at 09:00.

Phone at 09:00, and they ask why I didn’t answer my phone. Explain I was in the bathroom and my phone rang twice BEFORE my appointment time, so I couldn’t answer. They say it counts as a missed appointment and I’ll be referred back to my GP. I get a bit vexed and tell them I need to know the results of my MRI.

A couple days later, I get a letter in the mail to my GP I’m copied in on, referring me back. Says the MRI didn’t find anything bad and that I shouldn’t be concerned. Despite, you know, being 15dB deafer in my left ear with a constant ringing…
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That's what I thought. These things are useless.
 
Enzo Matrix said:
Yeah the scans wont pick this up. Only the loss of hearing can be tested. Just make your peace with it
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The scans are usually to pick up things like acoustic neuromas and/or calcification of some of the bones in the ear, that can cause tinnitus and typically hearing loss. These are generally treatable, but are unfortunately not the major cause of hearing loss and/or tinnitus.
 
My Tinnitus has been behaving for about 2 months now. But the last 2 weeks it started communicating again with outerspace and today it is horrifically bad in my left ear. I can send my head through a wall just to silent it.

It sounds like a millions Cicadas going through a rusty blender with no bearings and its louder than my Dell Dual Laptop Fans on its way to Space.

It sounds almost exactly like this:

 
So it ended up my brain just needed a bit of re-wiring.
I played a sequence of red > blue and then finally white noise. 10 minutes each. That got rid of the cicadas in my ears. What a relief!

Just the high pitch tinnitus that is still there and audible, but probably some infection or sinus block or something somewhere. I can live with it though.
 
To understand this condition more; do you guys hear ringing, constantly 24/7?
 
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Priapus said:
To understand this condition more; do you guys hear running, constantly 24/7?
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I am not sure what you mean by "running". But every person the noise is different. 24 hours, yes. Ambient noise can drain it out, but it can get worse so it is louder than the surrounding ambient/room sounds.
 
Priapus said:
To understand this condition more; do you guys hear running, constantly 24/7?
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What do you mean?

I generally think it's 24/7 but you just become aware of it in specific environment or the quiet hours for a lack of other noise.

I have sometimes this weird thing where it's almost like the ringing from a gunshot if you didn't wear protection that high pitched "zing" which suddenly comes out of nowhere and blanks my one ear instantly and then slowly dissipates again.
 
Priapus said:
To understand this condition more; do you guys hear running, constantly 24/7?
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Not sure what you mean by "running" but mine is like high pitched static in both ears.

I can also hear my blood flowing around/heatbeat my ear in my sleep. It sounds very similar to the sound an Ultrasound machine would make.
 
Priapus said:
To understand this condition more; do you guys hear running, constantly 24/7?
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Mine could be absent sometimes and 'in your face' sometimes. Mine was silent when I got up around 04h00 today. Now, it 'runs' at 60% volume. It varies. I may be one of the 'lucky' people who can live with it. Some people seem to be driven to madness by the constant ringing.
 
RedViking said:
So it ended up my brain just needed a bit of re-wiring.
I played a sequence of red > blue and then finally white noise. 10 minutes each. That got rid of the cicadas in my ears. What a relief!

Just the high pitch tinnitus that is still there and audible, but probably some infection or sinus block or something somewhere. I can live with it though.
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Can't remember if I posted it here, I have a much weirder one lately that is low pitched and sounds like a tumble dryer at a distance but only in my left ear.

Probably time to go see someone.
 
RedViking said:
I am not sure what you mean by "running". But every person the noise is different. 24 hours, yes. Ambient noise can drain it out, but it can get worse so it is louder than the surrounding ambient/room sounds.
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SauRoNZA said:
What do you mean?

I generally think it's 24/7 but you just become aware of it in specific environment or the quiet hours for a lack of other noise.

I have sometimes this weird thing where it's almost like the ringing from a gunshot if you didn't wear protection that high pitched "zing" which suddenly comes out of nowhere and blanks my one ear instantly and then slowly dissipates again.
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Rickster said:
Not sure what you mean by "running" but mine is like high pitched static in both ears.

I can also hear my blood flowing around/heatbeat my ear in my sleep. It sounds very similar to the sound an Ultrasound machine would make.
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It's early, my mistake. I meant ringing.
 
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