Tinnitus - this helped

glenn kangiser · June 13, 2009, 04:11:55 PM

http://health.learninginfo.org/tinnitus.htm

To much heavy machinery and rock and roll, but this seemed to improve mine.

Pox Eclipse · June 13, 2009, 11:48:59 PM

How long did you have to do it? Mine sounds like a smoke detector going off, 24/7.

June 13, 2009, 11:58:26 PM

I did it the initial 50 or so times - It seemed like it made it quieter right away but... still there. It said in bad cases do it several times per day. I'll keep trying.

Possibly the fractured skull from all of the thumping made it seem quieter...

...but -- yes still there

I just did it again -- possibly the banging makes it seem better when it stops but it does sound like there is a slight immediate improvement.

glenn kangiser · June 14, 2009, 12:03:34 AM

Your description sounds much like mine - especially since the back window fell out of my Bobcat. I am wearing 23 or so db ear plugs and about the same muffs on top of that and till it gets to me. The fan on that thing is outrageous. New window is on order.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee- forever -- that's mine.

Redoverfarm · June 14, 2009, 07:27:58 AM

Glenn mine is more like 10,000 crickets chirping all at once. Not toooooo noticable when there is other noise present but once it gets quiet it starts again. Tried what you posted but there didn't seem to be any relief. Now if someone can tell me how to deal with a stiff neck and shoulder I will be fit again.

June 14, 2009, 07:46:38 AM

I just wake up to the whine of a jet engine outside of my window, assuming the stewardess is about to come around with a pack of those yummy peanuts, open my eyes and, darn, back to the salt mines

glenn kangiser · June 14, 2009, 08:22:18 AM

Now I have bruises on the back of my head

Sounds like we all have it with us and ignore it most of the time. Except Don... still looking for that stewardess.

Did it again - I get a slight definite improvement and and clearer hearing for a bit, but then Sassy starts assigning chores and the ringing - where I can hear next to nothing comes back....

ScottA · June 14, 2009, 08:35:16 AM

Glenn my wife calls that selective hearing loss.

glenn kangiser · June 14, 2009, 08:47:39 AM

You must never flinch, Scott.

Look straight ahead and keep walking.

Any movement showing that you may have heard or even thought you heard something, may trigger thoughts that you are uncaring and only concerned with your own interests.....

You must never question the ringing in your ears...

June 14, 2009, 07:47:09 PM

Thanx for the tip Glenn, I worked around aircraft for many years and mine is so bad I can't go to sleep without the tv or radio on. I'll let you know how it works for me.

glenn kangiser · June 15, 2009, 11:00:40 PM

What did you do around Aircraft, Helen? I have been a pilot since 91 - haven't flown in the last 7 years as the plane got corrosion so AI finally scrapped it last year.

Think it's time to thump my head again.

Homegrown Tomatoes · June 18, 2009, 08:19:39 AM

I don't have tinnitus, but I'm a little deaf at some pitches thanks to many years sitting in front of the drum line in band. My middle daughter has this soft, high-pitched voice that I have the hardest time understanding from any distance and if she is not directly facing me so I can read her lips. So, do you think head thumping will help?

Don_P · June 18, 2009, 05:00:26 PM

That should produce an audible response from her, repeat as often as neccessary

glenn kangiser · June 19, 2009, 01:24:35 AM

I would try it if I were you, Homey.

June 19, 2009, 11:24:38 AM

I worked on the ramp, loading/unloading, just a bag humper

I used ear plugs but should have used ear muffs..

glenn kangiser · June 19, 2009, 11:53:06 PM

Cool -

A friend just told me that the muffs are better as hearing loss can also be generated in the area behind the ear - where the muffs also cover.

secordpd · June 20, 2009, 08:38:29 AM

yea they told us that, it's a little bone that gets damaged, wish I had taken better care... to late now

glenn kangiser · June 20, 2009, 09:59:27 PM

Shooting today - that didn't help a lot, but I did wear earplugs. More thumping to be done.

secordpd · June 20, 2009, 11:56:58 PM

plugs are better then nothing

. I am amazed that the thumping helps, just wish it lasted longer.....

glenn kangiser · June 21, 2009, 12:33:47 AM

Yes - I noticed it helped too - maybe enough will make it last longer or remove the rest of the hair from the back of my head.

There is a definite short term improvement for me though. Twice I have been asked what I was doing to my neck - I guess the sound echoes through the ol' melon.