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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / November 2006Another newbie
Hi. Nice to be part of a group I can actually hear! I've a question about possible cause of my tinnitus. I went into a BestBuy store a couple of years ago to buy a surround sound system. My hearing was perfect when I went in. The salesman turned on a system that blared so loudly the shelf vibrated. Unfortunately, I did not realize I was standing about a foot away from one of the speakers nor that he actually was going to hit the on button. I left the store feeling like I was underwater. It took three days before the hearing returned in my right ear (which was turned away from the speaker); however, I have no hearing in the left ear except the extremely annoying and deafening tinnitus. Needless to say, I'm pursuing a law suit as the tinnitus is driving me nuts and interfering with my job performance, but I was curious if others' tinnitus resulted from only one exposure to an extremely loud and vibrating noise? Thanks. Shar Tinnitus is not from loud noises. It may be triggered by loud noises. Some people will never get it. > Hi. Nice to be part of a group I can actually hear! I've a > question about possible cause of my tinnitus. I went into a BestBuy [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks. > Shar > Tinnitus is not from loud noises. It may be triggered by loud noises. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> Thanks. >> Shar Thanks, Janice. Actually, I now have 100% hearing loss in the ear that was next to the speaker, except for the tinnitus. Does tinnitus follow loss of hearing? Shar > Tinnitus is not from loud noises. It may be triggered by loud noises. > [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] >> Thanks. >> Shar Shar, Tinnitus definitely follows loss of hearing. In somewhere around 2/3 of the cases, there is hearing loss. What happens is the ear is not sending sounds, so the brain puts a sound there. You should see an ENT. I have a friend who also has tinnitus, and he got hearing aids and it made his much better. > Thanks, Janice. Actually, I now have 100% hearing loss in the ear that > was next to the speaker, except for the tinnitus. Does tinnitus follow [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >>> Thanks. >>> Shar Not necessarily. Many deaf people have never had tinnitus. You are special. > Thanks, Janice. Actually, I now have 100% hearing loss in the ear > that was next to the speaker, except for the tinnitus. Does [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> Thanks. >>> Shar Janice@hotmail..com (Janice) >Tinnitus is not from loud noises. >It may be triggered by loud noises. >Some people will never get it. You're right: I don't get it. Do you mean, "Some people will never get [tinnitus]" OR "Some people will never [understand the origin of tinnitus]?" I'm dying to hear an explanation of what you mean. If tinnitus is not from loud noises, what exactly IS it from? And what do you mean by the word, "triggered?" I think you're nuts, but I've got an open mind: explain what you mean please. Tinnitus Sufferer > Janice@hotmail..com (Janice) > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Tinnitus Sufferer tinnitus can be caused by exposure to loud noise,janice. i know this from bitter experience. This proves nothing. My skin darkened the day I drank some lemonaid also. It was very hot. You need to understand the difference between "cause" and "trigger". I hear loud noises all the time and it doesn't make my tinnitus start or worse. Sometimes it appears to when I suffered from tinnitus. > tinnitus can be caused by exposure to loud noise,janice. > i know this from bitter experience. The origin of a person's tinnitus can be multiple and includes Presbycusis. Some get it and some don't. Cochlear Hydrops Excessive noise. Many police and firemen get it as do motorcycle riders. Its a major problem in the military Circulation problems Metabolic disorders including diabetes and hypertension Certain medications Head stands Cerumen - this clears when that's removed Otosclerosis There are others but there is enough here to look to prevention. Yes, you can go to a single rock concert or wedding and come back with tinnitus. Why it is temporary in A and permanent in B is not fully known, though treatment seems to help in some persons. It isn't too difficult to understand if you just read the words. Some people will never get tinnitus. Some people will get tinnitus form looking at coloring books. "triggered" means initiated or Roy Roger horsed. Why are you playing the ignoramus? Is this just a lead up to some troll? > Janice@hotmail..com (Janice) > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Tinnitus Sufferer > Janice@hotmail..com (Janice) > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Tinnitus Sufferer My T was DEFINITELY triggered by loud noises. I used to play the tuba, if you play a low brass instrument you are in the loud-noises business and that's all there is to it. I had a mild case of T for many years (high hissing). I had been a professional musician for a long time. Then came the day... I had evolved a practice routine for learning orchestral parts that consisted of playing a recording of the piece that I was learning on my stereo loud enough to simulate the orchestral environment or close to it and playing my part along with it. Then one day in 1997 I did this under different circumstances (smaller room, different stereo) and as a result my ears rang for weeks. I consider myself lucky that the ringing went away after a while, but a few years later I had to stop playing unfortunately. But there was such an obvious connection between the incident and the results that I can confidently state that my worsened T was cause by loud-noise exposure. YMMV as they say, but it was obvious in my case, and I knew immediately what had happened. There are many other causes too, of course. Actually, that is really the case. Most people never get tinnitus at all. However, people with tinnitus are more likely to have a hearing loss than ones without a hearing loss. > Not necessarily. Many deaf people have never had tinnitus. You are > special. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >>>> Thanks. >>>> Shar > Tinnitus is not from loud noises. It may be triggered by loud noises. > > Some people will never get it. According to the only large T study I've been able to find (at the "Oregon Health & Science University"). http://tinyurl.com/yy7qgl Around 20% of the 1625 respondents attribute their T onset to sounds and noise problems. I think 'onset' means 'cause'. Maybe I'm misreading your word 'from'??
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