Quote from: MorbidToaster on April 28, 2013, 05:10:43 AM

Quote from: DaveBSC on April 27, 2013, 04:47:47 PM

Quote from: MorbidToaster on April 26, 2013, 06:48:33 PM

I'm hoping to strange circumstances that the tinnitus developed that it's curable via a good, proper cleaning.

Unfortunately "temporary" tinnitus usually lasts no more than a few days, and it's usually directly related to some extreme noise exposure. If it's been 3 months and it's still there.. you may have a partner for life. ENTs usually test hearing in the speech region and not much above that. If you're curious, a simple software tone generator can tell you what's left of your UHF range.

My advice would be to start taking about 480mg of Gingko per day, along with some high quality fish, mussel, krill, and/or flaxseed oil. Lowering the amount of salt in your diet and avoiding MSG completely can also help.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I expect.

I just don't understand why the hell it started...I've literally NEVER been to a live music event without plugs and while I do listen louder than most, it's not by any means enough to expect ringing ears.

Haven't thought about diet and I'll give it a shot, but I'm just...extremely upset by the whole thing. I've tried to be so careful ever since I was a kid, and yet it's still a problem. I can hear the ringing over my TV right now @ ~73db (according to my iPhone).

I'm still very young, by the way. Nothing about this makes sense to me.

The tones and beeps of old screens and televisions are still very audible for me. Too many of those in one room and I feel like being stung in my ears. There is this gaming shop near Amsterdam Central Station filled with old consoles and I just do not like walking in without taking in a deep breath or headphones on... (I am 24.)

See, my room mate still has old TV and I yell at him to turn it off every time he tries to walk out the door and leave it on. I can't stand that sound, and I constantly point it out to other people that don't hear it.

His TV even annoys me when his door is open while he's making food or something. I feel like my hearing is still there, it's just...side by side with a damn ringing.

I feel like my hearing is still there, it's just...side by side with a damn ringing.

It's very likely that your hearing is still quite good, although I would definitely be willing to bet that you no longer have the range above the tinnitus frequency. If the ringing sounds like its at 16Khz for example, you may be able to perceive 15.8Khz just fine, but you would be deaf at 16.2Khz. We all lose our UHF hearing first, most people never even notice because the speech region isn't much above 6Khz or so. For a less fortunate few, when certain of those UHF receptors go, they never shut up about it.

Yet another way certain lizards have us beat on the evolutionary scale is that they can actually repair their hearing just like they can regrow new limbs.