kaffandoApr 9

I'm keen to learn about people living with #tinnitus

I have 4 types (in both ears):
- low hum
- high pitched squeal
- pulsatile
all the time, and also musical when I'm tired.

(People ask me why I'm angry all the time....sigh)

If you have tinnitus, what is it like?

Boosts appreciated!

Multiple choice options:

One type, constant
50.8%
Two or more types, constant
27.7%
Pulsatile
16.9%
Musical
4.6%
Poll ended at .
Show threadPaul - Antifa. LGBTQ+ safe.Apr 10
@kaffando And yes, #tinnitus sucks.
Show threadkaffandoApr 10

@paulk

Oh, indeed it does. Big time.

Show threadPaul - Antifa. LGBTQ+ safe.Apr 10
@kaffando Since when are you 'beeping'?
I got mine after a car accident in 1996 😬
Show threadJerry 🇸🇪Apr 12

@paulk @kaffando

It was a Wishbone Ash concert. The band insisted on using their own sound engineer in a venue that usually has good sound but now it was terrible. An old guy not knowing what to do with the acoustics of the venue kept turning the volume up. It hurt my ears. I should have left. I've felt that before and healed but now it left me with tinnitus

Show threadPaul - Antifa. LGBTQ+ safe.

@jerry1970 Ouch, that stinks big. I wonder how many people get tinnitus through concerts where the volume it too loud. I hope it's not too bad for you.

@kaffando

Apr 12 at 9:19amWeb
Show threadJerry 🇸🇪Apr 13
@paulk @kaffando
Thanks, yes it does. Music is very important to me so it's taken a long time to get used to it. I mean it's still there but often it does not bother me as much as it used to. Right now there is hardly any sound so the tinnitus is very present.
Show threadPaul - Antifa. LGBTQ+ safe.Apr 14

@jerry1970 Yes, drowning it out is what I do too. Music all day.

@kaffando