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Friend with Tinnitus [message #78257] Fri, 01 November 2013 07:49 Go to next message
Chicken is currently offline  Chicken
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A friend of mine was complaining of ringing in her ear. I told her it was tinnitus and she'd never heard of it before! I was a little surprised. I told her not to worry unless it didn't go away.
Re: Friend with Tinnitus [message #78267 is a reply to message #78257] Sat, 02 November 2013 17:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Nymeria is currently offline  Nymeria
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People not involved in audio don't always know what tinnitus is, or that it's a sign of infection or damage. Hopefully your friend's case resolves itself quickly.
Re: Friend with Tinnitus [message #78699 is a reply to message #78257] Wed, 18 December 2013 23:42 Go to previous messageGo to next message
LuckyLucy is currently offline  LuckyLucy
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I'm one of those lucky people with permanent tinnitus. It started about a year ago. An ENT doctor put me on antihistamines, and my hearing test improved (I was showing a marked hearing loss, too) but the noise has never gone. Sometimes I think I'm going to go mad. The doctor said there was nothing else to be done and to learn to live with it.
Re: Friend with Tinnitus [message #78716 is a reply to message #78257] Fri, 20 December 2013 06:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
audioaudio90 is currently offline  audioaudio90
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I am sorry, LuckyLucy. I can see how that would be extremely irritating. Was your tinnitus caused by prolonged exposure to loud noises or by an infection or something? I'm glad your hearing has improved since your diagnosis.
Re: Friend with Tinnitus [message #78728 is a reply to message #78716] Fri, 20 December 2013 21:48 Go to previous message
LuckyLucy is currently offline  LuckyLucy
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There's no real way to know exactly what caused it. My doctor seems to think it was probably started when I was younger from loud concerts, and maybe even much younger from frequent ear infections as a child. Maybe the damage started then, got worse over the years, and then now with this ongoing sinus problem I'm having, and the pressure that that applies to my ears, the noise is just finally getting loud enough and constant enough to really bother me.

Thanks for the sympathy, though.
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