Permanent Tinnitus

I never had tinnitus until 3 yrs ago, when I had SSHL. Fortunately mine is very soft I can just hear it. But my SSHL was permanent even with treatment it didn’t improve any. My end result was a CI in that ear, when wearing my CI I don’t hear my tinnitus at all.

Same here since 1965; so I would call it permanent in my case.

No it doesn’t go away ever, and there are times it is worse than other times. I just have gotten to the point I do not allow it to get me down. Life goes on.

Is your tinnitus due to noise exposure or hearing loss? Do you have a hearing aid that could mask it?

Yes all the way around. My hearing loss is noise related and military service related which is due to jet engines, and high powered weapon fire.

Yes.
I am aware of the tinnitus all the time. Years ago it was terrible at bedtime without outside noise. A cheap noisy ceiling fan helps take your mind off the tinnitus enough to go to sleep.

Many years ago I thought I would go crazy because of the tinnitus. It made me want to be around some kind of noise all the time. Like you, if I thought about it I could become uncomfortable. Now and then I become more aware of it and have to think about other things to keep it in it’s place.

I have had Tinnitus for 30 years and it has been a pain in the butt almost ever since then… I say almost because Tinnitus (if it got way too loud) was for me an early warning sign for Meniers Disease and an attack was imminent and I would just lie down and ride it out till the dizziness, nausea, balance and vertigo passed, sometimes the MD would last an hour or so, but often it would be several hours, I would get cluster attacks lasting perhaps a week or maybe 2 and it was very handy to know when to lie down, if I was driving (though I didn’t drive much at that time) it was particularly helpful, I would just pull at a convenient spot and roll back the seat and wait for the MD to start… MD eventually burned itself out and took most of my residual hearing with it or what I had left, but the Tinnitus remained and it does indeed go occasionally off the scale and when it does I am acutely aware that I am unwell with some ailment or I am particularly stressed out with something or other… In my early days I was suicidal with the white noise, I could not sleep properly and it severely stressed me out, nowadays I am more laid back and more appreciative that Tinnitus actually helped me in a dark time in my life and I have totally excepted it as part of who I am… Yes it is a pain, but a bearable one. Cheers Kev:-)

Hey. I have sensorineural hearing loss. For 20 years of life with hearing loss, tinnitus did not appear. Although, I suppose, he may appear later…