Hello, just found this group.  Here's my history:

Back in, oh, 1987 or so, I made the bad mistake of dancing in front of a
6' or so tall, blaringly loud speaker, because it was the only space on
the dancefloor and my boyfriend insisted..

For two days after that, both ears rang so bad I could hardly hear
anything.  I've had constant T in my left ear since then.  It's usually
not noticible unless 1) I'm in a quiet area and/or 2) I'm thinking about
it, as now.  It's a two-tone noise, very high register.  Occassionally
it'll get loud, or an extra tone will be added, but it's been otherwise
fairly stable.  Oddly, it doesn't really affect my hearing, unless it's
causing the problem I have of *understanding* what people are saying, if
there's additional background noise (nerve deafness?)

I've always considered it just something I'm stuck with, but thought I'd
check out this group and hopefully be proved wrong.

If someone could point me to a faq, I'd appreciate it.  I can do my
required reading, and not bore you all with questions that have been
asked a thousand times.

I'm suprised this ng is so busy.  Didn't think so many people would have
the same problem...

jmc