Tenitis (Page 1 of 2)

Kenny I have had tinnitus (I think that is the right spelling) for a number of years. I am told mine, and my partial deafness, was caused by shooting a lot from a early age and not wearing ear protection.

Most of the time I can ignore it and I do not realise I have it, that is until I am made to think of it and of course it is ringing away like mad at the moment. Once I pick up my guitar or get involved in doing something it will fade away, well not really fade away as it is always there but it will not be in my conscious mind.

Roger

Thank you DR.ZURF

You guys crack me up. Great word play Zurf.
I'm guessing that my Tinnitis developed from being young and foolish in my days of construction.We used to use Hilti-guns(they fired 22 calibur shots to drive the nails) for fastening steel or wood to steel or block and in my youthful ignorance I felt that that I didn't need hearing protection. Wow was I wrong.Having to deal with constant buzzing for 5 years,night and day should be a wake up call for anybody in a noisy atmosphere.Wear Hearing Protection.....Don't be stupid.
Who knows maybe I have to deal with this for the rest of my life.True there are worse things that could happen to me,but I gotta tell you when it's 3 in the morning and all you want to do is go to sleep and the buzzing won't go away!!!!!You'll have no one to blame but yourself.

Thanks for the input guys,nice to know I'm not alone.

KAP54

yeah Zurf I have it too. Tinnitus is a bad deal. Too many woodworking machines , motors, loud music , earphones, freeway , 2 wives, barking dogs, did I mention two wives?, DID I MENTION TWO WIVES?....Anyway its worse when its real quiet like out in the high desert in nevada...no noise at all except in my head and the flying bug 200yds away..haha..good luck buddy if you're not married you need to be that'll cure you the ringing wont bother you anymore  LOL

would it matter?  Stereo in both ears!!!!...No No dont get me wrong im not that bold or stupid for that matter...HA

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- Zurf

I did have bother with my ears after a sinus infection.

The noise was frightening. Some meds did help.
  Kapa if you have this noise at night time, try this! A small walk or discman with relaxation tapes or discs. you will be in noddy land in no time. i go to sleep this way every night.

It may never go but, a doctor told me  to do this!   Pinch your nostrils closed,
while closed puff out your cheeks as if blowing up a balloon. It pops the ears.
If this is real painful to do, you may have infection. go have it checked again.

It sure aint affecting you writing Sir!

Ps. Its been said if your ears are bothering you! You dont like what your hearing ?

PPS, Dr Zurf! are ya looking for a nurse? go on gis a job

Old Doll.

KAP54

I can speak from personal experience ... I was gonna chime in but saw Dr Zurf beat me to it ... I've had operations on both my ears (eustachian tubes) and suffered tinitus due to wearing my headphones and blasting music in them (damages the tiny hairs in your inner ear, as Dr Zurf eluded to, cylia) ... blasting music in your ear over time will damage the hairs, they dont move and cant trap the sounds, and the ringing bounces around endlessly ... now I have the fortunate opportunity of having NO middle ear bones in my left due to recurring ear infections, etc growing up ... I had an operation to fix it and they did, had perfect hearing ... then a few years later complications came and they had to remove the prostetic piece from my middle and my hearing went again ... suprisingly I'm not deaf, just cant hear great out of that ear ... but I WISH they could have captured that d*mn tinitus in my ear and sucked it out!!!

Your welcome KAP ... one thing is for certain, when we get older we can still "HEAR" the music and that's what counts

I too was young and foolish at my work.
No hearing protection working construction noisey jobsites. One day about 12 years ago my ears started ringing and they never stopped.
Had all kinds of tests tried some medications nothing worked.
Have some hearing loss also and have a hearing aid for one ear.
Sometimes the ringing sounds like a jet taking off if it's quiet.
Wear the hearing protection!!!!!!
Coulda had something to do with sitting in front of the amp stacks night after night too.
Mikesr

"Tenitis"
I watched Wimbleton but i don't play much....What'd you say?