I am also concerned re this, as I have it mildly already, a kind of hissing.
Have also read it can be caused by medicines as well as other things…

Hi Everyone

Interesting conversation re tinnitis. In a previous life I worked as an audiometrist in remote Aboriginal commuities within NSW and I’m sure ASIO will be able to track me down now lol. Anyway I also have suffered from mild tinnitus for many years and therefore had many discussions with specialist and audiologist etc. The experts suggest that it is commonly caused from an undiagnosed hearing loss at or above 8000 frequency which is high with the theory being that given this is where breeze, wind, birds and all of our daily background noise sits in and around this frequecy. So if you have a high pitch loss you don’t hear this background noise and therefore what you hear is headnoise. So this is me and I was unaware of this until I started having difficulty testing my own audiometer and discerning volume from right and left. I got this loss from working in factory tin shops without protection. Vets, factory workers, machinary operators, farmers and others all have some degree of high pitch hearing loss and in fact it is the first frequencies to go with aging as well. And the other common expert theory is that it is psychosematic and when our levels of stress are up tinnitis is magnified. And of course there are ototoxic drugs and this may also be many of us. Shit IFN/riba took my sight out and now maybe my hearing and happy to swap for a HCV cure. Em

Hi I have it. And it has been very mild up until 4 days ago when I started sof/led. I have also had my hearing tested and it is not damaged at all. Since taking the medication it has increased. lets say a score of about 3 out of 10 up to 6 out of 10 at its worse on day 2. Now coming into day 5 I can say it has reduced slightly to about 5 out of 10 I hope it is just a bit of a reaction to the drugs in the system. If you were to take the opinion of Chinese medicine, there is a meridian from the liver to the ears and eyes. When the liver is “out” of balance , eyesight and ears are effected as they sit within the meridian. Just another point of view. I cant say for sure, but i think its about sensitivity. I never take medications and live very cleanly, wont even take an asprin, no antibiotics, no vaccinations etc . So I think this makes my system very sensitive to toxins/medications. The up side is this is my only side effect and Iam very happy to only dealing with the tinnitus. Yes it is annoying but not the end of the world.

Hi I also get it and not even on tx. The hearing is normal. I just try not to notice. When I don’t, its 3 out of 10. Now I’ve read these posts its up to 5 out of 10, as my mind is aware that it is there. ))

@ Ann Bee your symptoms seem like mine in that I’ve had tinnitus for many years and now a week into treatment it appears to have settled down somewhat. I was so used to the tinnitus it stopped bothering me.

cheers

LG, I also heard that sugar is a monster for tinnitus!

Em, how cool, a place where we can be whatever we want. When I was a kid I wanted to be a princess, a doctor and a lawyer. Can I be all three?

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