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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...

Tweedly, thanks for the support! Yes, there's many other complications, some deadly, concerning my slow-growing tumor (37mm at most recent MRI) that presses against the other nerves in that same bundle. Tinnitus is just one of the many symptoms. My tumor will eventually have to be cut out as...

My initial tinnitus and some hearing loss starting 50 years ago was from inner ear damage from bleeding ear infections. Then the first symptoms from a brain tumor in 2008 REALLY increased my tinnitus! I'm deaf in one ear now - receiving nothing from external stimuli. But the tinnitus, of course...

Tinnitus every day since 1974. I can't remember a day without my ringing to keep me company. I need to get something as loud as a running lawnmower to drown out mine. But I think because I've lived every day I can remember of my life with it; it's just what life is. I can't remember...

Don't give up, man. I've had tinnitus every day since 1974. And worse tinnitus since a brain tumor diagnosis in 2008. Since then I've done so much enjoyment of life - I had a week vacation in Italy just before COVID-19, and I survived COVID-19 last year. I fly in my Powered Paraglider and ride...

Hi, Amy, I'm Dave. Curious; what size is your Schwannoma? And how often do you MRI?

I developed tinnitus when I lived in Japan as a kid, caused by ear infections. I can't remember a day in my life without it. That was 1974. Like you, it seems like we just live with it. It's our normal - has always been mine, anyway. I've never had "silence" and it's just a word to me.

I was a military brat living in Japan in the 70s. I had a bleeding ear infection in both ears caused by a phenomenon called "Tokyo Smog Syndrome." They put tubes in both ears and I healed after a while. That was the beginning of (so far) 50 years of tinnitus. A 24/7 constant, high-pitched...