Anyone successful in dealing with Tinnitus?

solution. I got mine from 10th row center seats at a Bruce Springstein concert about 1982. What I thought was going to be the time of my life turned into me not being able to hear for 3 or 4 days. The speakers were SO loud that my ears felt plugged and the sounds were muffled. It was just plain painful.

When my hearing finally returned, I had tinnitus and I've had it 24/7 every since. I went to a specialist in the 90's and he prescribed some things, none of which worked. Maybe there have been some advances since then. It occasionally changes pitch or tone and I think maybe its going away, but it always returns the original ringing after a short time.

There are a lot of things that can damage your hearing. For example, I ride motorcycles, and even with a full-face helmet, the high speed wind noise can cause damage to the auditory nerve. I always wear ear plugs on the bike, and have started wearing them for other jobs around the house, even things like using the vacuum cleaner. I just can't afford to take the chance that it will get worse.

Every time I see guys with their huge car amps and subwoofers shaking the windows, I want to tell them what it's like to have a constant ringing in your ears for 28 years. But they wouldn't change so I just walk away from their noise pollution and hope they don't damage too many people with their stupidity.

A few weeks ago, I touched the vol+ on my remote and it jammed, pushing the volume to the very limit. It took about 5 seconds to turn the sound off. Since then I have had a regular high pitched ring for most of every day. I have had it on and off over the years, but never for long - just a few minutes at a time. I have noticed in the past that if I spend too long at the laptop, the whir of the disk drive triggers the ringing.

The irony is that I just bought a brand new DAC which I installed a few days after the extra loud noise. Of course, this has resulted in longer than usual listening sessions, and the ringing has become more noticeable, including when I wake up at night. Today I was going to Burning Amp, but canceled because I don't want to expose myself to a lot of potentially high volume sound.

I guess it's wait and see, while limiting my exposure to loud sounds. Too bad, the Lampizator DAC is great.

Cmjones, I think my tinnitus was also brought on by a similar accident with a my old Mac laptop and Etymotic earphones. Or perhaps it was just getting to middle age? Over the last 3 years it has faded. I only hear it when I wake up (because of inner ear orientation or low blood sugar?) or sometimes if I drink a lot of strong coffee.

First off, my heart goes out to those who have struggled with severe tinnitus, even those of us who ( dumbly ) stood in front of the speaker columns at a rock event years ago, deserve some sympathy. My symptoms are intermittent, aggravated by long drives in my noisy truck (probably because I turned up the radio to hear it over the road noise? I no longer do that.) I always wear ear protection when using the chain saw or log splitter and any other loud equipment. I notice the ringing when sitting up in bed while listening to music, but only when the music has very quiet passages. Loud music causes increased symptoms for several days. Modest listening levels are best ( for me ) and and I find it helpful to go to sleep while listening to quiet music which masks the ringing. As Jdoris mentioned, I think there may be some merit in having non-fatiguing speakers that are designed for extended critical listening at modest sound levels. I think that my Harbeth m30 monitors do this. I have had other speakers with metallic tweeters that were difficult to listen to for more than a half hour. I also think that listening to music with lots of energy at high frequencies may aggravate one's symptoms. Cymbals, triangle, high electric guitar solos, and other electronically synthesized high energy music. From what I've read here and elsewhere, there are multiple kinds and causes of tinnitus, so seeking a specialist seems to make sense if one has the resources. As for the kids and their car subwoofers, I am afraid that no amount of warning will dissuade them, BUT if you are a parent of preteens, you are obligated to have that conversation, and hear what they think about preserving their own hearing. If the culture continues as it has, hearing loss in younger people will continue, and I'm thinking that a long term investment in impaired hearing services and hearing aid companies will pay off handsomely.

I haven't been successful but have noticed that too much coffee will certainly exacerbate the problem. If I wasn't addicted, I would eleminate my coffee consumption completely. The other day, after only a couple of cups in the a.m., I thought the ringing had disappeared, only to hear it while in a quiet environment. No beans for me past lunch.