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Post by t-bob on Apr 24, 2012 14:53:00 GMT -5
Effing tinnitus does not go away.  You may need to check out hearing aids. I know... you think that you're too young. I lived with tinnitus for 4 years and then sprang for some hearing aids, almost invisible, but I don't have a military haircut. You probably can get an exam done by a military doc, and Costco also does for free. I also think that hearing aids are covered by your insurance as you are a gummit employee. I spent $3K on mine two years ago. There are devices out there now that are bluetooth enabled and will also work for your phone and iPod, some TVs as well. Sound quality is excellent. No more earbuds! Aint technology grand? There are others here who know a bit about hearing devices. Dub for one. Other option, a white noise sleep aid. Here's one... lots of choices out there. Does the tinnitus bother you during the day as well? I just put my aids on now, and my tinnitus is 90% gone. I do have some mid range hearing loss as well. I didn't wear any ear protection when I was operating chain saws 6-8 hrs a day, working in a sawmill, and in the house building industry in my 20s and early 30s. Stoopid. www.tinnitussolutions.com |
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Post by Doug on Apr 24, 2012 15:05:02 GMT -5
speak up I can't hear you
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Post by t-bob on Apr 24, 2012 15:30:50 GMT -5
speak up I can't hear you |
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Post by dradtke on Apr 24, 2012 15:48:14 GMT -5
In the old scene shops, we used to turn the music up loud enough to hear over the steel chop saws.
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Post by Jawbone on Apr 24, 2012 16:04:35 GMT -5
I've had it for about ten years now. My most trusted companion, 24/7, a continual cricket serenade. Yours must be a different type. I was told the best a hearing-aid could do is to amplify the ringing. I no longer enjoy dinning out or indoor party-get-togethers. I pretty much don't go anymore. All I do is smile and nod my head when someone talks to me, I have no idea what they're talking about. Just not fun.
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Post by drlj on Apr 24, 2012 17:01:41 GMT -5
I have high frequency deafness in one ear and it ain't too hot in the other. I can not hear the beeper on the coffee pot unless I am standing right by it. Barb can hear it when she is upstairs! I also have tinnitus. Pain in the butt but I do my best to read lips.
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Post by Doug on Apr 24, 2012 17:10:27 GMT -5
Many years of high power firearms. Ear plugs are for wimps. I didn't become a wimp till I was about 50.  |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 24, 2012 18:48:01 GMT -5
Bob, thanks for the advice, but I'm in JB's category. I got my first set of hearing aids at 36. They didn't make it through Iraq.  I got another pair - blue tooth and all the bells, back in 2007. All they did, as JB found, is amplify everything, so I don't wear them. Just couldn't get used to it. My problem is that my hearing loss is mid-frequency, which is where human speech resides. I'm pretty f'ed in group situations. Not good for an Army officer. As for looks, I give a rat's ass, and as I am due for a new pair, when I get back from Afghanistan I'm going to ask for a cheap pair of over-the-ear honkers that make shit loud but won't cost the government a lot of money. I can't justify a gucci pair like the last set that didn't really help. I've had ringing in my ears since I was a kid. At one time, I thought everybody did. When I get really tired, my ears just friggin' roar. That's probably what wakes me up. Not fun, and there isn't a cure (yet.) I've tried white noise, and believe it or not the best results come from a box fan. Sheesh. |
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Post by Kramster on Apr 24, 2012 19:07:23 GMT -5
Mine ring all the time and I get the crickets too sometimes and every once in a great while a deeper flutter thing,,I am with jawbone in his social experiences... darn right embarrissin' to keep sayin' "what" and thinking some one says somethin' and I heard something different. I've had to get rid of some nice girls friends cause just could not hear them half the time and especially soft voices on the phone... any background sounds... forgetaboutit...sigh..
Faked my hearing test as a kid in school too... was easy
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Post by t-bob on Apr 24, 2012 21:02:40 GMT -5
Paul, the pair I use has four different amplification modes, and one that I had designed specifically for playing acoustic guitar, which coincidentially masks the tinnitus. I took my guitar into the hearing room. (My brand of tinnitus may be way different than yours.) Another mode filters background noise, good for restaurants, etc. and also decreases the ringing. I would wait until you're out of the war zone, or don't take 'em with you. They are Bernafon brand, can't read the model number, print way too small. I think Costco has a 30 day free "look". Anything that just amplifies is worthless. Of course Costco sells box fans as well. Happy hunting.
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Post by Don Clark on Apr 24, 2012 21:50:44 GMT -5
when I get back from Afghanistan I'm going to ask for a cheap pair of over-the-ear honkers that make shit loud but won't cost the government a lot of money. I'm with you there, Paul.....I really don't care what the shit smells like, I just want to be able to hear it above the tinnitus. ;D My hearing has been declining for some time. Large, crowded rooms drive me nuts. Soft spoken people. I too get tired of saying "what?". I recall bringing up the topic of amplification with Dub at the last IJam, but either we never finished the conversation or I didn't hear what he said. I'm planning on getting in to an audiologist for a hearing exam and get something before I go to Swannanoa and IJam this year. Doug Smith is rather soft spoken and I have two classes with him again. |
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Post by t-bob on Apr 25, 2012 0:57:10 GMT -5
My hearing loss is mid-frequency as well, soft spoken folks are a challenge, and I have consonant confusion. Just a reminder from this broken record, technology is changing, and looking at the best audio devices is a good call, IMHO. And you are a full colonel, Paul. Don't get PFC hearing aids. |
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Post by iamjohnne on Apr 25, 2012 5:58:30 GMT -5
I hear the crickets too. I think it has to do with wearing a headset on my head for the last 8 years. "Thank you for calling AT&T"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2012 6:27:39 GMT -5
3 years working on and near turbine engines. Lifelong listener of loud music. Guess what!?! TIN-stinkin'-NITIS!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2012 7:29:55 GMT -5
I don't suffer the tinnitus, but have pretty substantial hearing loss. Playing drums, working in steel fabrication shops, working for the phone factory, and a few firearm shots nearby I can hardly hear anything against a background noise.
I'll sit directly in front of the TV and can't hear it, but can walk across the room and marvel at how loud it is. Conversations in restraunts is almost impossible.
I started checking into aids recently. The most promising are something like 14 channel digital aids that can br programmed for your specific problem. But they're out of my price range right now.
What I'd really like to have are the ones designed for sport shooters that block out the gun report or any sudden blast of noise.
For those that DO wear them, what do you do about moisture such as sweat? I'm on the tennis court or baseball field a lot and sweat profusely. I'm concerned that I'd kill a very expensive aid in a hurry.
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Post by AlanC on Apr 25, 2012 8:07:45 GMT -5
I guess we are all deaf. I, like Doug, did most of my damage shooting pistols without hearing protection. The rest of it was sitting in front of the speakers every Friday night for several years with the likes of ZZ Top and Humble Pie blasting at me. Then there were decades playing right next to the drums in a Charismaniac Praise Band. I had mine tested. The high frequency is gone or covered up by the extremely loud ringing. The range of voices is mostly there unless there is background noise, then it dives off a cliff. I have a humorous (to me, anyway) story about the background noise deafness. The wife and I are at a restaurant and there is lots of background noise. The little waitress about my daughters age comes and starts giving us the specials. I am not getting a word so as she is speaking, I involuntarily start to lean in and frown. She stops mid spiel and cries out "You're freaking me out!" Little Red almost fell over laughing and assured the little girl that I was harmless.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2012 8:12:12 GMT -5
Of course all tinnitus suffererers know what makes the ringing worse ... talking about it The best sound for masking my T is running water. I took every antibiotic known to science during a 6 month period in 1996 ... came out the other side with the constant companion. |
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Post by dradtke on Apr 25, 2012 8:25:33 GMT -5
As deaf as we all seem to be, how do we know if we're any good at music? I watch Bill wave his fingers around on his strings, listen to the noise in my ears, and then tell him, "That sounded great!"
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Post by david on Apr 25, 2012 9:37:18 GMT -5
Able Planet Personal Sound Amplifier www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-04/hear-budsI too am in the tinnitus/hearing loss camp. I read the attached article in Popular Science and thought someone had an answer, but my internet search indicates that the company has delayed the release of the ear buds - no explanation. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2012 10:27:33 GMT -5
Herr Radtke,
Your point is noted, and is why I am only able to use optical tuners to tune my guitars.
Sux.
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