Tinnitus

dos29

I heard a short news clip on the radio this morning about tinnitus research and thought it would be of interest to people on here. I remember a thread a while back where numerous people said they suffer from it, and I've even started to notice it myself over the last year or so. I only get it rarely and randomly and its only more of a mild buzzing with loss of hearing for 10-15 seconds(I think its tinnitus?) in one ear and not painful, but I think it can be agony for some.
Anyway, the research sounded good, basically by stimulating certain nerves they reckon they can get rid of it. If anyone's interested, I found the research online here
http://www.sify.com/mobile/news/nerve-stimulation-may-thwart-tinnitus-study-news-international-lbnnOcjgiff.html
I was worried about mine getting worse, but there's hope yet!

homerhop

I have it constant for almost a month in both ears. My sister has had it for the last 2 years constant, tried all the meds and other methods such as acupuncture etc.I just hope I am not going down the same road, bad enough being half deaf without anything else interfearing with my what is left of my hearing

landkeeper

i have it and have for years , chainsaws tractors and shooting with no ear protection before we new better is the cause , once it's there it never goes away as you have broken the tips off the tiny hairs in you ear canals they then float around brushing off the stumps and other hairs causing you to hear shhhhhhhhhhh or whatever way it manifests it'self in your ear what i have is like the telly being left on on no station just a load of white noise , i can no longer hear ducks wings as they come in to a flight pond or all those subtle noises that give you a clue that they are on the way , a wigeon whistling maybe
boo hoo boo hoo in a pub where there is background noise i have no chance at hearing a conversation (sometimes it's a blessing ):)
look after your ears ffs once they are shagged there is nothing you can do about it bad hearing is one thing tinitus is a terrible thing to have its worse than just being deaf

Tackleberrywho

They say that ipods are just as bad with dance music as the rhythmic booming damages the hairs.

2 of my friends have it.

I use moderators and active peltors when on range.

I have serious hearing. H1 category tested by work every 2 years. But I am always careful of it.

I don't have good eyesight in my right eye so I'd be fcuked if I was deaf as well :eek:

Vegeta

My mam suffers from it badly and I have it too.

If I went shooting clays or ducks where there are going to be a lot of shots my ears would be at me bad for 3-4 days.

I am lucky as I started wearing decent hearing protection at the first signs of it but if I was smarter I would have always worn hearing protection. It's not so bad that it keeps me up at night thank god but some people suffer terribly with it.

landkeeper

pardon

clivej

I have that "White Noise" sound all the time, day in day out, and I just have to get on with life.
I spent far too many years without the ear muffs on but allways use hearing protection now, either full headset or at the least squidgy foam ear plugs.

One shot on kill

i wear hearing protection al the time the one day i didnt shot sound bounced of combine and i had it for 2-3 weeks dreadful so annoying never use shoty with out them now and dont wear them for rimfire hunting but on the rAnge ill wear them
love to get active ones but there expensive enough

murph226

I'm starting to get a bit of ringing now and then when it gets quiet.

I had H1 when I joined the navy, I have H2 now, the joys of working in an engine room:(

Kasycas

I don't suffer myself but I've heard that http://restoredhearing.com/ is amazing. I went to a talk on how it works and it's explained on the website but basically you can pay per session to listen to a soundwave that will cure the tinnitus or you can pay per month for chronic users.

If anyone does try it I'd be interested to hear how you get on.

landkeeper

you can't cure tinitus caused by loud noise damage it is irreversable that's what the specialists have told me
the way your hearing works is this the canals in your inner ear are filled with fluid and lined with tiny minute hairs that vibrate when the fluid moves pressure 'noise' causes the fluid to move your brain picks up thses vibrations and turns them into sound
what happens when you subject your ears to very loud noise is it breaks off the tips of some of those hairs when they move too quickly, then i the broken off pieces float around in the fluid and touch of the unbroken hairs and stumps that's what causes the white noise you lose hearing range because of damage (broken hairs ) and the white noise is the sound of the bits hitting the remainder

homerhop

I am 38 this year and have almost no hearing in my right ear and starting to strain to hear with my left. It is no fun as landkeeper said being out with friends and only picking up bits of conversations, you will feel yourself being left out of things. Even with just one on one conversations you tend to have to ask people to speak up. I am finding myself more and more apologising in shops to staff because I dont hear what they are saying and I really should be heading off and seeing about a hearing aid at this stage.
All I can do in this thread is urge anyone who is starting out to shoot, or even shooting a long time to get ear protection, there are plenty of companies out there who provide moulded ear protection designed for shooters that will allow you to hear conversations but drown out the noise of a shot.
Lads might say they are too expensive, but we dont seem to have a problem paying big money for boots, coats etc. Lads once your hearing is damaged thats it there is no returning and you cannot put a price on that.Take it from me who left it too late, it is no fun turning deaf.

johngalway

homerhop wrote: »

get ear protection... Lads might say they are too expensive, but we dont seem to have a problem paying big money for boots, coats etc.

I had to :pac: at this. I went for a hearing test, not important where. Anyway, they recommended I get hearing aidS. So we chatted away fro a bit and then out came the paperwork & hard sell. I like a bit of time to think over things I'm not sure of. Then I heard the price, it was over four thousand euro for both ears for anything that didn't resemble something made in Soviet Russia.

I passed for two reasons, they were too expensive and I don't feel I'm yet that bad, but I am now very careful about my hearing. The second reason is I can genuinely use the "Never heard ya" reason to get out of so many things

One other thing is if none of what's been posted bothers ye who haven't damaged yerselves yet.

People won't remember to speak to you any differently than to anyone else. Personally I've given up asking people to speak up, or look at me when they are speaking to me. They all know, none of them do it, so when they whinge I haven't done x, y or z.......












NEVER HEARD YA!

It's not that irritating, if you don't need or want to hear the other side of the conversation. But if you do, you'll find out the definition of irritating.

homerhop

johngalway wrote: »

I had to :pac: at this. I went for a hearing test, not important where. Anyway, they recommended I get hearing aidS. So we chatted away fro a bit and then out came the paperwork & hard sell. I like a bit of time to think over things I'm not sure of. Then I heard the price, it was over four thousand euro for both ears for anything that didn't resemble something made in Soviet Russia.

You must deal with designer shops John, had a crowd in with work who do moulded plugs for shooting, 5 year lifespan for around 300

4gun

johngalway wrote: »

I had to :pac: at this. I went for a hearing test, not important where. Anyway, they recommended I get hearing aidS. So we chatted away fro a bit and then out came the paperwork & hard sell. I like a bit of time to think over things I'm not sure of. Then I heard the price, it was over four thousand euro for both ears for anything that didn't resemble something made in Soviet Russia.

I passed for two reasons, they were too expensive and I don't feel I'm yet that bad, but I am now very careful about my hearing. The second reason is I can genuinely use the "Never heard ya" reason to get out of so many things

One other thing is if none of what's been posted bothers ye who haven't damaged yerselves yet.

People won't remember to speak to you any differently than to anyone else. Personally I've given up asking people to speak up, or look at me when they are speaking to me. They all know, none of them do it, so when they whinge I haven't done x, y or z.......













NEVER HEARD YA!

It's not that irritating, if you don't need or want to hear the other side of the conversation. But if you do, you'll find out the definition of irritating.

not to side track this tread but I had a optrician tell me i had a problem with my left eye last year after reading the bottom line of the view card with both eyes...:eek:

I dont suffer from any hearing ailments btw....Although my wife begs to differ

johngalway

homerhop wrote: »

You must deal with designer shops John, had a crowd in with work who do moulded plugs for shooting, 5 year lifespan for around 300

Hearing aids Homer, not ear defenders/plugs

homerhop

Ah sorry John, misread ya there.:o

Jonty

homerhop wrote: »

Ah sorry John, misread ya there.:o

You must need glasses

homerhop

Jonty wrote: »

You must need glasses

Have em, no sight in left eye either

NoseyMike2010

They say that tinnitus is to do with neurons in the brain.

landkeeper

pardon