Tinnitus - do you have ringing in the ears?

Chuck, I just seem to have developed a case of tinnitus myself. Been to the ENT. No blockage or fluid; hearing test result was "perfect" in their words. They put me on Flonase, as I also have bad sinus congestion. In your use of H2O2 is it stright out of the bottle, or diluted with anything?

I've done a bit more research and have come across some info indicating that tinnitus could be caused by certain kinds of head trauma. It got me thinking. In mid November my wife and I went to the Philadelphia Kimmel Center to hear some jazz. As I'm pretty sure I recollect, on the way home I did not have any ringing in my ears. Just a short time after than I slipped and hit my head on a closet door. I passed out for only a few seconds, and had no bump on the head (the door fortunately popped open when I hit it, relieving some of the force). At the start of the year and our next visit to the Kimmel, it was the first time I noticed ringing as we were on our way home. Is it possible this could be causing my problem?

Larrman, can you tell us about any faciilties that specialize in this problem? I'm in the Philadelphia area, and I've been to two ENTs so far, with no real insight being given on what to do.

Thanks for all this info, Larry.

To all, I'm relieved to report that my tinnitus is gone. I suspect that the head trauma that I reported back on 2-3-05 really was the cause. I noticed about 1-1/2 months ago that my ears were no longer ringing. And on visits to the Kimmel Center after that, there was no post-show ringing. So I'm very thankful that it seems I'm better, but the experience was frightening, to say the least.