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Tinutus Strut

schobbejakschobbejak 36 Posts
edited August 2006 in Strut Central
Anyone on here has got it? I got this annoying constant noise in my left ear, like the humming of a computer (of course at this moment, it really is my computer I hear ) and on top of this a highpitched whistle. Also, my left ear is extremely sensitive. Certain high sounds, like when I let the the tapwater run, go take a piss or even roll a cigarette, make that ear feel like a speaker that starts to 'rumble' when the volume's too loud. I decided to go to a specialist a while ago and got my ears tested. Fortunately, I can still perfectly hear all frequencies, but the tinutus is here to stay.. She prescribed me some pills which I have to take for a month (strangely enough the leaflet that came with the medecine stated nothing about eardamage, but about the prevention of alcohol withdrawal symptoms and other stuff that didn't have anything to do with ears..)and said that I immediately should get me some of those earprotectors that filter out the harming frequencies (especially since I dj a bit). The earprotectors indeed reduce the volume to tolerable standards, but after awhile I get this somewhat 'claustrophobic' feeling, like I'm too cut off from my surroundings and the pressure in my head starts to rise. Not comfortable. Anyway, I plan on keeping using them and hope I'll just get used to it.I wondered if any of you have this and how it affects your music listening/club-or concertgoing/ dj'ing experience?

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  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    hi
  • brodambrodam 46 Posts
    I've had it since I was a kid. I wear earplugs at concerts and keep the volume down on the headphones - these are the killers! I'm pretty sure the ringing is permanent, but resting your ears should lessen the ringing. Heard that cutting down on smoking and caffeine (and stressing out) helps too.
  • piedpiperpiedpiper 1,279 Posts
  • RustyBRustyB 223 Posts
    Yeah, I've had it for about 4 years now.. There is a place in Maryland, that specializes in helping with Tinutus. What is happening is your brain is causing a signal to produce for the frequency in which your not hearing anymore. This can apparently be corrected, the cost of the program was a bit expensive for me to try and I finally got used to the ringing after a year or two of dealing with it.

    Good luck mang, it sucks.. but you can take steps to keep it from getting worse.. Go to your doctor and get musicians ear plugs.
  • hertzhoghertzhog 865 Posts
    I have the exact same thing as you do (with 'rumbling' in the left ear to boot). I haven't had it diagnosed, but I had that 'press the button when you hear a sound' test done a couple of years ago and I heard all the frequencies I'm supposed to. As for how it affects me, I've (unconsciously) cut down on going to places with loud music, but if I do go, I try to wear ear plugs.
  • sticky_dojahsticky_dojah New York City. 2,136 Posts
    Yeah, i have it too from time to time, but I have more of a basenoise in my right ear (more like a roaring than high frequencies). but it comes and goes and I think it is more of a eardefect that i have since i am a kid than actually being caused by loud music. I also stopped listening via headphones to walkman/discman/mp3player ages ago and when I'm in the studio, I always make sure I don't listen to stuff too loud (my productionpartner alex is nuts about this, he has a decibelmeasurement device in the studio, always checking he is not going over 85. works!) Well, and when I am somewhere where the music is too loud, I always try to protect my ears with tissues or anything that I can get. I'd rather have that "mumpy" sound than having to buy new ears in 5 years...when djing it is a bit more difficult, so if you dj alot, one trick (Jeff mills told me this once) is to use earplugs after the set and even when sleeping in the hotel or at home afterwards to let the ears relax again...
  • asstroasstro 1,754 Posts
    I have it too, mostly as a high pitched whistle that is always present. It's especially bad in quiet rooms and late at night when there is less background noise to mask it, so I have a hell of a time falling asleep some nights. I'm also pretty useless at following conversations in crowded places or when a bunch of people talk at once, it all gets blended together in my head and unless I really concentrate on the person speaking I'm useless. Loud, high pitched sounds also get pretty painful depending on how close they are to me. I think my right ear is worse than my left, probably because in the 10 years I played in my band I always stood stage left with my drummers cymbals at ear level on my right side.

    It sucks, and it's irreversable. All I can do now is protect what i have left. I never go to a live gig without earplugs and I dont use regular over the ear style headphones. I noticed that I had to have the volume too loud and they made my ears tired really quickly, so I switched to Shure E3 buds and it's made a big difference. If I was still spinning in clubs I would definitely use them instead of the big Sony V-700's I used to use
  • residentgiantresidentgiant 619 Posts
    She prescribed me some pills which I have to take for a month (strangely enough the leaflet that came with the medecine stated nothing about eardamage, but about the prevention of alcohol withdrawal symptoms and other stuff that didn't have anything to do with ears..)

    Campral, right? Keep me posted on if it helps at all.

    My left ear has been messed up since last year, after some asshole threw a firecracker at my head. Mid range frequencies sound like they're coming through a blown speaker... almost sounds like ring modulation or static. I try not to think about it too much, but this shit really sucks. I went to an ENT who said my hearing is more or less fine and was basically like "you'll get used to it". Apparently most ENT's don't really know shit about tinnitus. So all I can do is hope it'll eventually get better or that there's some miracle cure out there on the horizon. Protect your ears, fools!
  • LamontLamont 1,089 Posts
    and when I am somewhere where the music is too loud, I always try to protect my ears with tissues or anything that I can get.

    My dad's a sound engineer & during a Rory Gallagher concert in the 80s he was forced to chew on his ticket & stick it in his ears.

    Wowy was
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