Tinnitus - do you have ringing in the ears?


I just read that an Audiogon member is selling a pair of speakers because of Tinnitus - ringing in the ears.

I have Tinnitus in both ears, one worse than the other, but I have learned to live with it.

Do you suffer from Tinnitus? Do you know of a treatment that has had successful results?

Thanks
joeldoss

Showing 2 responses by rockethouse

The tinnitus in my right ear came about in Early November 2000 when I forgot my ear plugs (stupid , stupid, stupid)going to a rehearsal and did'nt go back and get them as I was already half way there when I realized and it was too far back and I did'nt really have the time and it did'nt really matter that much as the studio we had booked was quite big and I would often not wear plugs in there anyway. Well the studio was double booked and we were relagated to the tiny drum rehearsal room with what is the loudest kit I have ever heard (not to mention the drummer was 100kg's and also a martial arts instructor). Well my ears (right ear)copped a beating.

The ringing in my right ear is audiable over most things although it does'nt drive me crazy, it really mostly annoys me when I'm listening to my system, anyway while studying music we were discussing tinnitus in class and one of the students said that her farther had suffered this after a lifetime working at the airport and was cured by a doctor who had prescribed some sort of (herbal?) ear drops. This was prior to my tinnitus and I hav'nt been able to contact her and could'nt dig up anything on this...until now.
I'm excited by the possibility of H2o2 and am going to give it a go, I'll keep you posted.
Having known a number of people to suffer this before myself I believed that the only thing that could be done was distraction therapy. I am still skeptical about the herbal drops but this girl was adament that her farthers case was quite severe and added that his tinnitus returned a few months after he stopped using the drops only for it to go again when he resumed treatment. I wonder why if this treatment works why is it not known of world wide.

I have a question regarding this this frequency cancellation treatment. If it works by cancelling the ringing by matching the frequency would'nt it be then removing that frequency from your audiable spectrum?