Anyone else have Tinnitus?

[Zap]

Just curious. Mine has been especially bad today. I have a high pitched ringing in both of my ears. I was playing my Les Paul this afternoon at bedroom volume and it was uncomfortable with tone knobs on 5. I plugged the Strat in afterwards. It was worse and even gave me a bad headache. Rolling off the tone on the Strat hurt less, but I hate muddying it up. Just felt like bitching a little since only fellow guitarists would understand how much it sucks.

 

[bonedarrell]

Huh?

 

[Bob Savage]

Yes, it's a drag.

 

[Quickdraw]

Yeah, I'm with you on that one... between my military service, and the loud amps, that incessent ringing is a fucking drag.

 

[russellconner]

Yep. Between loud car stereos when i was a kid, concerts, and addictive tone from gibson, mesa, and bogner...i got the 24 hour whistling.

 

[Zap]

It's a real fucking pain in the ass. I was on chemotherapy when I was 17 and that's what caused it. I'm 27 now and I only expect it to get worse. Keeping my fingers crossed for some stem cell breakthrough or something.

 

[benduncan]

i got scared straight when i was sitting outside with my dad and he couldnt hear the crickets at all. he could hear other things that werent as loud as the crickets but they were in a frequency that he could hear and the crickets werent. my dad isnt a musician though, he shot guns a lot without hearing protection

im young and dont have any type of hearing problems yet but im scared to death about it. specifically that i wont be able to dial in tones right, as in, i will dial in to much high, or low because i cant hear that frequency. or something like you mentioned also.

i wear earplugs at all concerts and never have my music loud but im just starting a zero tolerance policy now. 16-20, i was playing shows/having band practice/going to concerts sometimes with, sometimes without ear plugs. 20-now, i wore ear plugs to almost every show/practice but i would occasionally take them out at concerts and still listened to loud music. now i follow a strict 100% low volume life style, lol, but i know it takes a couple of years for the damage to really take effect.

i hope its a better day tomorrow..

 

[benduncan]

It's a real fucking pain in the ass. I was on chemotherapy when I was 17 and that's what caused it. I'm 27 now and I only expect it to get worse. Keeping my fingers crossed for some stem cell breakthrough or something.

man, my heart goes out to you

 

[H Golf Sport]

Had it as long as I can remember. From when I was little. Doesn't really bother me a little background noise and I don't really notice it but its always there.
Have to wear earplugs at concerts clubs etc... Gets real bad after loud noise. And I chose to work around jet engines the last 20 years. Go figure.

 

[Shark Diver]

Yeah, but I've had high end loss since I was young. In 2nd grade they asked my mom if I was around guns. It's hard for me to hear everything in noisy places or foreign accents sometimes on cell phones. I sleep with a noise maker that sounds like the ocean. Hard for me to sleep without some kind of white noise. Mostly I don't notice it, but it's always there.

 

[glpg80]

Yes i have it. Mine was caused by a medication reaction during surgery. I never had it before then, and afterwards i get it in spells. It is a bit disheartening.

 

[steve_k]

Mine has a Mark IIC+ tone....

 

[Shark Diver]

Mine has a Mark IIC+ tone....

So the one amp I want you decide not to sell in the great sell off

Serves you right

 

[steve_k]

Mine has a Mark IIC+ tone....

So the one amp I want you decide not to sell in the great sell off

Serves you right

That one stays, no matter how much I am liking the Axe, David....

 

[2tallmusic]

Yes, I always had a low freq tone in the right ear and since ~20 years a high whistle in the left.

The left one is for me a very good indicator for stress or a upcoming flu etc. So if its getting worse I always think about what my body wants to tell me.

 

[spirit7]

Yup; left ear, for almost 10 months. It's annoying but I only really notice first thing in the morning and just before I sleep.

-C

 

[johnnyjellybean]

Had it for about 30 years now. It's become so loud that if I am walking down a city street, I can still hear it along with all the traffic noise etc

 

[Heritage Softail]

Hearo's have helped keep flare ups with the headache down. Mine cane from gunfire and probably jet noise. Concerts didn't help. I use hearo's to jam.

Ant degree of sinus blockage makes it worse though.

 

[Mailman1971]

Yup....add me to the list.
Ruptured my ear drum back in the Navy....2 surgeries on it. Patched up...
but the ringing never goes away.
Sucks for sure.

 

[David_kessler]

It's a real fucking pain in the ass. I was on chemotherapy when I was 17 and that's what caused it. I'm 27 now and I only expect it to get worse. Keeping my fingers crossed for some stem cell breakthrough or something.

They're already regrowing cochlea in lab mice, with returned hearing from complete deafness.