Recent content by Brain Tumor Dave

Correct. The tinnitus itself is not a disability according to the SSA, whereas it is with the VA. The SSA considers it to contribute to a number of possible disabling applications like depression, insomnia, sociopathy, but only if you have a number of doctors on-board with reports that you have...

I have 5 different sounds of tinnitus. A constant high pitch screech and a constant medium humming (for 50 years now). My brain tumor added random wind whistling through a window crack, multiple overlapping cicadas, BBs rolling around in a can, and a sharp, stabbing pain associated with what...

My avatar is from my first MRI in 2008. My latest MRIs can be done without contrast because it's pretty easy to see mine, obviously. At last scan mine was 37 mm. What did your results discover?

Here's my intro. Initial Symptoms I've had tinnitus my whole life (50 years) from bleeding ear infections, both ears, since I was a young kid. In 2008 I was just sitting at my desk at work and suddenly went (90%+) deaf in my left ear. Like when you get water in your ear canal, or closed off...

I'm in Panama City, Florida. The Americans With Disabilities Act 1990 (Federal overrides State) takes care of that as long as your employer knew ahead of time that you had doctor-reported tinnitus. Or if you can prove you told your HR that you have a condition that can be considered a...

Does anything mask your tinnitus?

Thanks for that. I guess it's not as difficult for me because it's always been there. But I think I can relate as I can't imagine something like constantly seeing eyeball flares all the time ( I forget what that's called - diabetics with retinopathy sometimes get it). I think that would drive me...

I've had tinnitus for 50 years, since I was a kid. I can't remember a day without ringing. Then in 2008 I suddenly went deaf in my left ear. Brain tumor. Piled on 3 more noises to accompany the two tones I already had my whole life. These new ones are really "loud." And my deaf, left ear ONLY...

Uh, oh. Don't try to tell that to any Field Artillery Branch commanders.

I had bleeding ear infections caused by air pollution in Japan, 50 years ago. It was a specific kind of pollution, a chemical biohazard of sorts that's since been called "Tokyo Smog Syndrome." I had tubes in my ears for a LONG time as I couldn't leave the area (I was a military kid living...

Tinnitus has been my co-pilot since 1974. Every day, 24/7. I can't remember a day without the screech. So I've always been curious; what IS silence like? I know tinnitus is new to many of the posters here. For those of you who know silence, can you describe it? When you're alone and have no...

I've had tinnitus my whole life initially from bleeding ear infections 50 years ago. I don't remember a day without tinnitus. And my 2008 brain tumor discovery added much stronger tinnitus, and my one deaf ear that ONLY hears tinnitus. Audiologists say it should be "debilitating" tinnitus, yet I...

Hi Guitar Man, Similar situation here. As a kid I contracted "Tokyo Smog Syndrome" while living on Yakota AFB, Tachikawa, Japan. Those bleeding ear infections more than 50 years ago set me up for a whole life of tinnitus. Like you; I can't remember a time without it. I can't remember ever...

Konnichiwa, Goku, sorry to hear about your increasing tinnitus. I don't have any qualifications to offer medical advice, and I don't mean to frighten you, but have any of the medical professionals you've seen suggested you get an MRI?

Hey JHR, sorry to hear about your condition. I developed tinnitus 50 years ago and I don't remember a time without it. Suddenly going deaf in one ear led to my brain tumor diagnosis, with extreme tinnitus as just one of the symptoms on top of the tinnitus I already had. I used to shoot a lot...