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NicNoletree t1_ishulqc wrote

Reply to comment by theWora in OHSU scientists discover mechanism of hearing by TequillaShotz

What, you don't enjoy your personal choir of cicadas?

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Anoobis_117 t1_ishwz4k wrote

cicadas? my tinnitus just goes ^eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee forever

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Celestron5 t1_ishyjte wrote

Mine sounds like high pitched dial up tones

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Anoobis_117 t1_ishypo7 wrote

Ah I get those too and I hates them

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cvnh t1_isiui2y wrote

Me too and it's annoying

There's hope

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Bisontracks t1_isin6ym wrote

When I worked for a call centre, my tinnitus changed pitch to match the fuckin dial tone from the headset.

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h_phantom t1_ishzz11 wrote

Mine isn't so much the constant ringing as I can't hear high pitched noises. On my yearly hearing exams I can hear deep notes well, but the high pitched ones are impossible. My girlfriend gets frustrated but I really can't hear her well because of it.

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ellieD t1_isi1oyc wrote

Imagine how thrilled I was when they told me my hearing issues were in the frequency of voices.

Great!

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yagonnawanna t1_isi7ela wrote

I have hyperacusis along with it. My life is mostly a living hell. Hopefully this research goes somewhere.

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Fishydeals t1_isizdkx wrote

That's a classic. But do you also get those 'my ear just got disconnected from my brain and is now slowly getting reconnected through a constantly louder getting eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee' for about 30 seconds until you're back to your usual tinnitus?

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Anoobis_117 t1_isizg6p wrote

I get that when I'm either zoned out and come too or when I stand up too fast

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Fishydeals t1_isizozt wrote

For me it's completely random somehow. Like I could be super focused playing a competitive videogame, or lying in bed trying to get some sleep.

Glad to know I'm not the only one though.

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MisterBaked t1_iskyfr9 wrote

Same here. I can go a week or more without experiencing it, and then sometimes it'll happen more than once in one day. There doesn't seem to be any trigger for it as far as I've noticed.

I think of it as our ears recalibrating

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vivalavida1357 t1_isl4ea8 wrote

I think it happens when I am stressed or have been, but not exposed to loud noises.

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SergeConcierge t1_it6qirw wrote

Yup! I once had one of which the new tone never went away, so now they raise my heartbeat instantly.

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Fskn t1_isif1xt wrote

Mines like the resonance sound you hear when you turn off an old tube television but a lot more intense.

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klipseracer t1_isiyjov wrote

You know everyone I read about tinnitus, I can begin hearing this. It's like when an old CRT TV is on in the background playing nothing, but can hear the high pitched squealing.

I wonder if it's in my mind or if my mind has just been zoning it out not sure.

My right ear was injured by an ear doctor, who did a job on my ear with the alligator things when I was a kid. I was crying in the chair and had to finish one ear before we left. That ear has been jacked up ever since.

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3z3ki3l t1_ishzxk4 wrote

I hear it, but it’s never bothered me. Sometimes I can use it to meditate and help me sleep.

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free-advice t1_isi177i wrote

You know, tinnitus is weird. I handle it way better than I would have thought I would. I do miss true quietness at times. Morning coffee on the back porch for example. But it doesn't drive me crazy either. I am sure there is a volume where I would not be able to say that so I am trying to preserve what I have.

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3z3ki3l t1_isi1oee wrote

I was basically born with it. Pretty sure I got it from some botched ear tubes when I was about two years old.

Never knew I had it until I was 22, when someone mentioned they heard ringing in their ears all the time, and it was called tinnitus. I thought it was normal to hear ringing in more quiet environments.

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CatFaerie t1_isi3x99 wrote

I don't know when I got mine, either. I used to sneak outside at night in the summer when I couldn't sleep and I thought that was the sound the stars make.

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FalloutHUN t1_isioyy3 wrote

Sound of the stars.... I've never heard or thought about this, but it's so deep and wholesome... I'm speechless.

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free-advice t1_isi273w wrote

Yeah I feel like I had mine since adolescence. It has just gotten progressively louder as I have aged. I would swear, btw, that after my bout with covid19 it got way worse.

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Fishydeals t1_isizilp wrote

Mine stayed about the same through covid.

Mvp contributors were my time in the orchestra, drumming and festivals.

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hnnngaWOOga t1_isi4pdn wrote

same. thought my ringing was from blood flowing through my head

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Ixneigh t1_isiyatf wrote

I’ve always had it too, as does my dad. It’s gotten a bit more noticeable as I get older though

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theWora t1_isi3n45 wrote

I remenber when I would go back to my parents' house, in a more rural area, and at night I could only hear the night and crickets in the distance. Last 2 or so years I haven't been able to hear the night, just the ringing in my ears. :(

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free-advice t1_isi500g wrote

Yeah I live in that rural environment you visit. I could have peace without that sound. But I've basically found peace with it. The rest of life is good enough that I can't complain haha. I won the lottery.

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borednord t1_isip36z wrote

Sometimes mine goes EEEEEEEEEE for a while before going back to eeeeeeee.

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ournextarc t1_isizkkj wrote

Like the sound they play in movies/games when a flash grenade goes off and all sound stop except that high pitched ring. That. All day. My entire life. It's so damn loud and distracting some times. And the "pops" when it'll suddenly get way louder and more intense in one ear for a few seconds to minutes. So. Much. Fun.

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Anoobis_117 t1_isizsot wrote

one day I flashbanged myself in CoD and the sound never stopped

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Ixneigh t1_isiy5fv wrote

All my nights are warm summer nights

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