Do You Hear Tinnitus Clearly Over the TV?

[Carlos1]

Carlos, same for me.
My family, my kids, my wife, my mom.
The question is how long you can take it. No one can suffer endlessly, in particular when we become older and other illness joins the game. So either we habituate, T lowers or we must re-think about options.

Martin I just keep telling myself that within the next 10 years they'll have to be some type of cure or at least something to bring down the volume and when that happens I'll be the happiest dude on the earth till then my friend stay strong for your family and keep that faith ....I know its easier said then done especially during the dark days.
God bless

Carlos

 

[MichaelM]

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Question is what you lose on the road when driving your defect Ferrari. If this condition makes you sad, frustrated, lonely, unhappy, depressive, anxious... how should your wife (in this example my wife) continue with this for months, years, until the end of life?

I give you an example: I do not talk about T with my wife anymore (for four weeks now), but of course she sees in my face how I suffer. She asked me this morning how I could hear T above the loud fan in my PC. I was laughing a little bit, frustrated. And she became directly angry. So I did not say anything anymore. My T is 14-15 kHz, maybe 2-3 tones, loud and oscillating. Much higher and louder than my PC fan. Whole head is buzzing.

And people tell me, change your attitude, do CBT, do TRT, do this, do that. And if you have done it and you still suffer, it is my own failure. Yes, I am a failure.

But on the positive side I can say that yesterday was a better day. My T was a little bit lower. Still loud, but I could function much better. Today is the standard back. I do my things, make it through another day. But I have dark thoughts. Who wants to have such a suffering husband, father and son? And again, I change my thoughts into a positive direction, but it is so difficult. Every day. No relief.

And I tell everyone, also the ones who do not want to hear it and tell always the opposite: Loudness matters.

Friend, you just wrote my thoughts, word for word. Even the T sounds somewhat similar. High frequendy multitone loudness making life pretty interesting.

About that wife question: i dont know. Like yourself i dont talk about this anymore at home. There´s no use for that. I tried it a few times. For some people this is, unfortunately, impossible to understand. I understand that completely, though. In some cases it seems there is no future together anymore.

 

[quietatnight]

All of my TV's have "Smart sound" on them it's keeps them at the same volume even during the commericals and that really helps. I can still hear my tinnitus over the TV's at times but at least I don't have to worry about loud parts. I have to say it works for me. Some times I will put on the CC if I can't make out what's being said. And with my DVR I can just back up the parts I can't make out and play them over and over till I get it.

Louie

 

[JasonP]

Here is the weird thing...part of my T is unmaskable but I have had a good few times this year where it was easy to tune out while watching the TV because it was low. This past week not so good but, I am hoping tomorrow morning my T will drop.

 

[Alue]

Old thread. But if the TV masked my T, I think I would probably have habituated by now. Few things actually mask this ultra high pitched head hissing.

 

[Sam Bridge]

Old thread. But if the TV masked my T, I think I would probably have habituated by now. Few things actually mask this ultra high pitched head hissing.

Do you still watch?

 

[Owen]

At its worst, mine could be heard over almost everything - I would sleep with a radio, a fan and the TV on. The combination of all those jumbled noise sources wouldn't mask it, but it was such a cacophony of noises that it would offer a lot of alternatives to feed my brain.

It has quietened down significantly since initial onset though, but it still seems to increase in perceived amplitude to match and it is a daily roller-coaster as to how loud it is. Some days I can clearly hear it over the TV, others not at all - I do listen to the TV pretty quietly though, but then I always have.

 

[Foncky]

If the show is good, I don't pay attention to it. But no, TV does not cover it at all... I'd just say that having good speakers is important. When you hear an external quality sound, maybe your brain is less interested in the T junk

 

[Jkph75]

I need background sound before I can even concentrate on the tv

 

[Ford]

I have reactive T that distorts the sound of the TV and amplifies it. Sometimes I just give up or use subtitles. What did we all do to deserve this living Hell?!

 

[Michael Leigh]

@Ford
Your reactive tinnitus as you call it is actually: Hyperacusis and it is treatable. Have a word with your GP and try and get a referral to ENT for tests. Click on the link below as you might find the information helpful. I advise you use a sound machine at night by your bedside.
Michael
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/what-is-reactive-tinnitus.17731/

 

[Ford]

Many thanks, Micheal. Iwill certainly look into that. I'm finding the sound that causes less reaction (or hyperacusis) at night to sleep by is birdsong funnily enough.

 

[undecided]

@Ford
Your reactive tinnitus as you call it is actually: Hyperacusis ....

Hyperacusis and reactive tinnitus are NOT the same thing.

 

[Michael Leigh]

@Ford Using sound enrichment is one of the best ways to cure hyperacusis. I had very severe hyperacusis to the point I had to ask people to lower their voice when in conversation as my ears hurt so much. It was treated by wearing white noise generators WNG as part of TRT (Tinnitus retraining therapy) That was many years ago and the hyperacusis, sensitivity to sound is completely cured.
Michael

 

[Michael Leigh]

@Ford. Get a referral to ENT and take things from there..okay
Michael

 

[Ford]

Thank you, I will

 

[Telis]

@Ford
Your reactive tinnitus as you call it is actually: Hyperacusis and it is treatable. Have a word with your GP and try and get a referral to ENT for tests. Click on the link below as you might find the information helpful. I advise you use a sound machine at night by your bedside.
Michael
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/what-is-reactive-tinnitus.17731/

I understand that you consider yourself a expert, but do you have any other sources linking reactive T to hyperacusis besides your own opinion? If so, could you please post ?

 

[Philip83]

@Ford
Your reactive tinnitus as you call it is actually: Hyperacusis and it is treatable. Have a word with your GP and try and get a referral to ENT for tests. Click on the link below as you might find the information helpful. I advise you use a sound machine at night by your bedside.
Michael
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/what-is-reactive-tinnitus.17731/

I would consider myself to have very reactive tinnitus, but at the same time I don't really have bad hyperacusis at all. It was bad after my never-ending-spike, for a few weeks, but then it settled. But the reactiveness is still there. My T is roaring and loud, standing next to a busy highway, in a bar, or at the cinema.

 

[squeek]

Some of the scenes where it's really loud...explosions etc I don't hear it as much but hurts my ears. Then a quiet scene happens and my t is even louder...frustrating.

Ladies and gentlemen. There is something you can do with the quiet bits. I'm not sure about TVs as I don't own one, but with many video players on the computer, you can adjust the sound compression.

'What!?' you say?

Well, you know how TV adverts sound very loud compared to the show that you are watching? Well that's the audio compressor at work. The compressor works by making the quieter sounds to be as loud as the loud sounds. Do a search on youtube on 'audio compression tutorial' and you'll find lots of tutorials on the subject.

I'm using VLC Player, which is free and available on PC and Mac, which has an audio compression feature. Star Wars Force Awakens reaallly needed it.

 

[fedup]

I can hear my T at the loudest possible tv volume. Jet aircraft pass over my house very low , Phantoms etc , and I can EASILY hear my T over them ! Today my head is just screaming. Many days I cannot watch TV or hear the radio.
Is no masking this and it changes all the time. I often end up cluching my bead crying.
I cannot even make my wife understand how loud it is.

 

[Telis]

I can hear my at the loudest possible tv volume. Jet aircraft pass over my house very low , Phantoms etc , and I can EASILY hear my T over them ! Today my head is just screaming. Many days I cannot watch TV or hear the radio.
Is no masking this and the change all the time. I often end cluching my bead crying.

How bad is your hearing loss? I assume if you can hear your T with the TV full blast you are not getting any input from exterior sound. Do you wear hearing aids?

 

[fedup]

I had a recent hearing test and they said my left ear had particularly bad losses but I am to see ENT Dr this week for the exact figures.I am Hoping to get a hearing aid.This last week my better ear had some sharp pains and the hearing dulled a lot but came back up a bit.However, that ear now hums loudly too.I really am afraid se the high pitched screaming just fills the world. Many imes I just give in trying to watch TV etc.
Thing is I can hear other sounds ,TV,traffic ,etc etc it is just that my T is louder than any other sound no matter how loud that other sound.
Cheers

 

[volsung37]

If I watch TV I can clearly hear T in the quiet periods. When I watch on the tablet however the T seems to be less bothersome or non-existent. That said my T changes. I am developing an annoyingly increased humming sound in my right ear over the past couple of months.

 

[Sam Bridge]

If I watch TV I can clearly hear T in the quiet periods. When I watch on the tablet however the T seems to be less bothersome or non-existent. That said my T changes. I am developing an annoyingly increased humming sound in my right ear over the past couple of months.

I think its becauae the speaker on your tablet will be closer to you so the sound waves have more power when reaching your ear, where as with a tv you are generall further away from it so the sound waves lose power. The same thing happens to me, sometimes i will have some purple noise playing from my phone on low while watching tv, i find that helps.

 

[valeri]

I would consider myself to have very reactive tinnitus, but at the same time I don't really have bad hyperacusis at all. It was bad after my never-ending-spike, for a few weeks, but then it settled. But the reactiveness is still there. My T is roaring and loud, standing next to a busy highway, in a bar, or at the cinema.

Off the topic, sorry, but how bad is your reactive t?
Is it constant?
I have reactive hissing that's causing me burning pain and it's driving me up the wall.
How do you cope?
Thanks!

 

[Natalie Roberts]

Just curious about this....I watch TV med volume and my T blasts over it making it hard to concentrate.

Anyone else have this issue?

Exactly the same

 

[Mentos]

I consider my T mild still I can hear it over TV. On TV there are so many silent moments that in opinion even with very mild T you would hear it. TV is not a good indicator for T severity.

 

[Sam Bridge]

I consider my T mild still I can hear it over TV. On TV there are so many silent moments that in opinion even with very mild T you would hear it. TV is not a good indicator for T severity.

Thats something i always wondered to. If its just a couple people speaking of course i will hear t. If it is bothering me ill have some low purple noise on to erase the t.

 

[Mentos]

Thats something i always wondered to. If its just a couple people speaking of course i will hear t. If it is bothering me ill have some low purple noise on to erase the t.

I do pretty much the same, for watching TV I usually play pink noise through headphones to cancel the T

 

[Philip83]

Off the topic, sorry, but how bad is your reactive t?
Is it constant?
I have reactive hissing that's causing me burning pain and it's driving me up the wall.
How do you cope?
Thanks!

I don't really know how to rate "how bad" my "reactiveness" is. But hissing/white-noisy sounds are the worst. Like, when the fans of my computer kicks in, the tinnitus goes right along up with them. I wouldn't say its constant though.. or rather.. sometimes I think less about it / my ears feels stronger, and sometimes I'm weaker. There are more factors controlling this than I've been able to figure out, so I don't really care to anymore.

I know it's a shitty answer, but as time goes on, your brain will adapt and your fight or flight system will lower it's guard, pushing the T to the background of your awareness. I think I have reached the current "limit" of this though, since my emotional response/physical state has been the same now for a few months. It's still a huge bummer and annoying as hell, but hours can go by without me thinking about it, so I guess I'll have to be happy about that for now.. Sorry about not being of more help.