Tinnitus with HA on

**Lissa** · 09-01-2009, 06:51 PM

Anybody experience this or know what the reason could be?

omegaman · 09-01-2009, 07:00 PM

Maybe tinnitus is triggered by certain sound/noises in your environment?

**Lissa** · 09-01-2009, 07:02 PM

I'm in my room, the only thing making a noise is the fan. It's on every night when I am on my laptop

omegaman · 09-01-2009, 07:15 PM

Maybe your room is too quiet? Does the tinnitus improve when your in a noisy (ambient level) environment?

During the last month or so, I have been having bad tinnitus whenever I am in a quiet environment. I also think lack of sleep (I couldn't sleep properly due to the tinnitus), worries, stress can also trigger tinnitus. I don't know if there is a connection, but since I started taking multi-vitamin tablets, my tinnitus seems to disappear.

souggy · 09-01-2009, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by omegaman

Maybe your room is too quiet? Does the tinnitus improve when your in a noisy (ambient level) environment?

During the last month or so, I have been having bad tinnitus whenever I am in a quiet environment. I also think lack of sleep (I couldn't sleep properly due to the tinnitus), worries, stress can also trigger tinnitus.

Yep. I get the same tinnitus with hearing aids. I just drown the damn thing out by resting my feet on my subwoofer while playing Velvet Underground (or Lou Reed) with the bass maxed out (still can't really hear VU or Lou Reed anyway... but it works.) Playing with the tuning forks close to my head (which I can't hear anyway) also seems to get rid of them as well.

I hope you find your solution, Lissa! The only long-term solution for me so far is just stay away from abnormal vibrations and decreasing my dependency on the hearing aids.

cdmeggers · 09-02-2009, 01:20 AM

if it's quiet enough, I experience tinnitus in my HA ear too. This is why I listen to my iPod at work.

Grummer · 09-02-2009, 05:27 AM

how does the subwoofer helps? viberation?? having some effects on your tinnitus? is it some form of relaxation that trigger the calming effect hence bringing down the ringiing?
im very curious, maybe i should get underway to build that coffee table sub...

souggy · 09-02-2009, 05:52 AM

I don't know. But I started using tuning forks when I went a bit weird after audiology tests with their stupid bone tests and tonal "beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep" which set off the tinnitus. Been like that since I was little.

I only discovered the subwoofer thing like four or five years ago. It was a complete fluke. Doesn't work with all music though... only a few samples from "Velvet Underground & Nico" album, and a few Lou Reed songs... and one or two industrial samples. I was just sitting at my desk doing my homework, resting my foot on a $30 subwoofer, then noticed that my tinnitus subdued after one of the songs... think it was "All Tomorrow's Parties." It just disappeared and I experimented with that from then on.

The last person I was with thought I was nuts for repeating the same album all day long.

omegaman · 09-02-2009, 06:03 AM

Ah, I remember someone finding a way to reduce tinnitus using a modded electric toothbrush.

article about easing tinnitus [Archive] - HealthBoards Message Boards

Grummer · 09-02-2009, 06:27 AM

if you seek a thread here titled "a few questions and thoughts about Deaf people and music! " go there then scroll down to post number 24 im seriously thinking of building one next year (and sell of my current gear as i want to go back to solid state amps to make a 5.1 theatre system to do with the new LED tv and dvd recorder nothing too flash, just a Rotel, and maybe a yamaha receiver...but speakers and wires will be all my own creation, as I d rather know exactly what wires and solders im using and keeping it project budget right down....
im just thinking thats all i find that SS amps have more audible distortion (on contrary tube amps have more distortion by our 'ear' picks it up as so they are liquid sound so smooth, my amps is toooo smooth for that i suspect it nice if you dont have tinnitus problems but for me, it tends to be tooo smooth which somehow brings the ringning up... urgh...so i m gonna experiment somehow..
not rushing it to sell it up, might just add the sub and do minor rewireing of the computer's 5.1 to dvd player, then freq split to plate amps..... heaps of options..

**Lissa** · 09-10-2009, 10:05 AM

Well, the noise contined. On Monday it was a constant whistling noise, I could hear everything normally but on top there was whistling, on tues it was more of a buzzing noise on and off. I couldnt hear it if I had my CI on with my HA. My mum rang audiology and I got a new replacement HA today, I can still hear whistling, whens there's noise. Maybe it's in my head?

deafdude1 · 09-10-2009, 10:37 AM

Maybe if you stop wearing your HA for a few days, this will take care of the tinnitus? You don't get the tinnitus with the HA off, right?

**Lissa** · 09-10-2009, 04:57 PM

It is NOT tinnitus

cdmeggers · 09-10-2009, 05:01 PM

maybe your mind is playing tricks on you, or maybe there's something in the environment that might be causing the noise for some reason. I have no idea. Maybe hearing aid's programming is warped somehow? I honestly have no idea, am trying to make sense of this. Hm.

sr171soars · 09-10-2009, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeafLissa90

It is NOT tinnitus

Perhaps you are experiencing recruitment.

Check out the link...

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CJB · 09-11-2009, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by souggy

The last person I was with thought I was nuts for repeating the same album all day long.

:rofl2:

Hey, if it works, it works.

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souggy Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 9,541	I don't know. But I started using tuning forks when I went a bit weird after audiology tests with their stupid bone tests and tonal "beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep" which set off the tinnitus. Been like that since I was little. I only discovered the subwoofer thing like four or five years ago. It was a complete fluke. Doesn't work with all music though... only a few samples from "Velvet Underground & Nico" album, and a few Lou Reed songs... and one or two industrial samples. I was just sitting at my desk doing my homework, resting my foot on a $30 subwoofer, then noticed that my tinnitus subdued after one of the songs... think it was "All Tomorrow's Parties." It just disappeared and I experimented with that from then on. The last person I was with thought I was nuts for repeating the same album all day long. __________________ "It is my task to convince you not to turn away because you don’t understand it." - Richard Freynman

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omegaman Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Remember what the doorknob said... Posts: 1,376	Ah, I remember someone finding a way to reduce tinnitus using a modded electric toothbrush. article about easing tinnitus [Archive] - HealthBoards Message Boards __________________

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Grummer Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: In the Batcave Posts: 9,508	if you seek a thread here titled "a few questions and thoughts about Deaf people and music! " go there then scroll down to post number 24 im seriously thinking of building one next year (and sell of my current gear as i want to go back to solid state amps to make a 5.1 theatre system to do with the new LED tv and dvd recorder nothing too flash, just a Rotel, and maybe a yamaha receiver...but speakers and wires will be all my own creation, as I d rather know exactly what wires and solders im using and keeping it project budget right down.... im just thinking thats all i find that SS amps have more audible distortion (on contrary tube amps have more distortion by our 'ear' picks it up as so they are liquid sound so smooth, my amps is toooo smooth for that i suspect it nice if you dont have tinnitus problems but for me, it tends to be tooo smooth which somehow brings the ringning up... urgh...so i m gonna experiment somehow.. not rushing it to sell it up, might just add the sub and do minor rewireing of the computer's 5.1 to dvd player, then freq split to plate amps..... heaps of options.. __________________ "Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." Albert Einstein

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Lissa Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 4,296 Blog Entries: 1	Well, the noise contined. On Monday it was a constant whistling noise, I could hear everything normally but on top there was whistling, on tues it was more of a buzzing noise on and off. I couldnt hear it if I had my CI on with my HA. My mum rang audiology and I got a new replacement HA today, I can still hear whistling, whens there's noise. Maybe it's in my head? __________________ lissa, 23, profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. http://bioniclissa.blogspot.co.uk/

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