It Upsets Me to Read Stories Like This: Hear Loss in Seattle Due to Siren Costs City $495K

[OnceUponaTime]

So terrible! It upsets me to read stories like this.
https://www.firehouse.com/safety-he...-loss-in-seattle-due-to-siren-costs-city-495k

I know many firefighters suffer from tinnitus. My husband is a firefighter and has mild tinnitus. What I don't understand is: How come he gets to work as usual, with the noise in NYC, the sirens, the noise of the diesel truck, an hour commute, goes to all department activities, hockey games and his tinnitus never gets worst!? He also has mild hearing loss. No hyperacusis ever. Meanwhile, I am home...avoid noise as much as possible, no hearing loss and boom!! It has gotten worst for shorter and lesser noise exposure. I shake my head.

I mean, I am glad his doesn't get worst, I just don't understand. And it doesn't help that his never changes because its a little harder for him to understand me. He says he doesn't pay attention to it! Venting.

 

[hurtingdream]

Sounds just like my husband! He says he just ignores his tinnitus. Ugh! He uses power drills and listens to music in his car so loud. But his never gets worse. I always avoided loud places and loud things even before I got tinnitus. But guess what? I'm the one that's suffering.

 

[OnceUponaTime]

@Bill Bauer no hug for me!? lol

 

[OnceUponaTime]

Sounds just like my husband! He says he just ignores his tinnitus. Ugh! He uses power drills and listens to music in his car so loud. But his never gets worse. I always avoided loud places and loud things even before I got tinnitus. But guess what? I'm the one that's suffering.

I know!
How can that be? How can theirs not get worst!?
I wish mine was like that!

 

[Tex]

I hate reading about a FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT!!!!

Our soldiers endure worse than that every single day!!!!!!!!!

 

[hurtingdream]

I know!
How can that be? How can theirs not get worst!?
I wish mine was like that!

My husband even takes ototoxic meds for his chronic back pain. I guess some ears are weaker than others

 

[Contrast]

He better donate that lawsuit money to research... who the fuck would sit on a pile of cash that can't help you?

I wonder how much of $495,000 went to research, and why are tax payers paying all of it and not the individual law enforcement agent who did the crime?

I'd still be awesome though of taxes went to noise-pain/tinnitus and hearing loss research instead of wars and TRT coping sessions.

 

[Elfin]

"Bingham's attorney, Randolph Gordon, said it was in the city's interest to settle the lawsuit because a jury might have awarded greater damages to Bingham if it were to be convinced that the injury was caused by an intentional rather than a negligent act."​

When I think of mindless, intentional acts, I think of how poor @Jazzer got his tinnitus.

 

[OnceUponaTime]

I wonder how much of $495,000 went to research, and why are tax payers paying all of it and not the individual law enforcement agent who did the crime?

I know!

he better donate that lawsuit money to research.. who the fuck would sit on a pile of cash that can't help you?

I know!! BTW, how can you live in the Bronx? I mean I used to live in Upper Manhattan and it was loud. I don't want to go back there at all. Well, until I get my MuteButton and then I wanna go again...

When I think of mindless, intentional acts, I think of how poor @Jazzer got his tinnitus.

H0w did @Jazzer get tinnitus?

My husband even takes ototoxic meds for his chronic back pain. I guess some ears are weaker than others

Yep, mine too. Takes Advil like it's lemon drops!

 

[Jazzer]

H0w did @Jazzer get tinnitus?

I was playing at a high society outdoor gig.
The banjo player, a friend of over 30 years, who had stayed in my spare bedroom and eaten at my table countless times, was playing too loud, so I attempted to move out of 'the line of fire.'
He walked up to me and said "you keep fucking moving away!"
For probably five seconds he thrashed the wretched thing straight at me.
I would guess at 120/130 dbs.
That was it.
The damage was done.
My silence, my artistry, my skill, my career, my entire way of life - destroyed.

I don't hate him.
I despise what he did.
He is dead to me.

Control freaks (Asperger types) are highly volatile and toxic.

I still have a beautiful wife and family, and three wonderful pussycats.
I will live for them.
xx

 

[Emperor-Drax]

Aspies are dangerous people.

 

[Jazzer]

Percival - my therapist.....

 

[gorzakus]

My father has loud tinnitus since the early nineties , he compares it with a jet engine taking off next to him .
But he is not bothered by it and does the loudest things and never in his life used hearing protection.
He rides a motorcycle , goes to concerts and bars .
He never had his ears checked but I'm sure he has hearing loss.
He takes aspirin every day to thin his blood and when I tell him it's ototoxic he just laughs

 

[Jazzer]

My father has loud tinnitus since the early nineties , he compares it with a jet engine taking off next to him .
But he is not bothered by it and does the loudest things and never in his life used hearing protection.
He rides a motorcycle , goes to concerts and bars .
He never had his ears checked but I'm sure he has hearing loss.
He takes aspirin every day to thin his blood and when I tell him it's ototoxic he just gives a laugh.

We only have his perception of the jet engine analogy - we can not scientifically confirm the volume.

 

[gorzakus]

We only have his perception of the jet engine analogy - we can not scientifically confirm the volume.

I agree but when he tells me that he can hear it everywhere he goes if he wants to listen to it then I guess it's pretty loud

 

[Emperor-Drax]

My father has loud tinnitus since the early nineties , he compares it with a jet engine taking off next to him .
But he is not bothered by it and does the loudest things and never in his life used hearing protection.
He rides a motorcycle , goes to concerts and bars .
He never had his ears checked but I'm sure he has hearing loss.
He takes aspirin every day to thin his blood and when I tell him it's ototoxic he just laughs

Maybe previous generations really are tough as nails!

 

[frischky]

I think how it embeds in our brains depends how we react to it... in all my youth, I used to go to clubs, concerts and come home with T and muffled hearing. I knew it would go away in a few days... no worry, and it did.

Then one time I had some very faint T (from a week of driving my loud car with broken AC, windows open) that could only be heard in a quiet room, went out to a club anyhow and it ramped up. But instead of having my "meh... it will go away" attitude, I went into the anxiety, self-blame and fear mode... and it never left.

 

[Eric N]

yup it's amazing how different we can be, my aunt suffered from sudden hearing loss in her younger days which never recovered, has diabetes, took a lot of loud MRIs, and is also on a lot of pain killers and hardly has any tinnitus. She actually uses her bad ear to help with traffic noise by putting her good ear on the pillow while sleeping .

 

[Jazzer]

When I think of mindless, intentional acts, I think of how poor @Jazzer got his tinnitus.

Elfin - you are a true friend.

The memory of that totally unnecessary incident never really leaves me.
Yet I must not live in bitterness - I know that.
I despise him for his ignorance, his arrogance, his careless aggression, and I cannot forgive him for destroying what was a beautiful life.
But in order to preserve my own precious sanity, I must not hate him.
What a dilemma Elf.

Love to you
my friend
Dave x

 

[dan]

I agree but when he tells me that he can hear it everywhere he goes if he wants to listen to it then I guess it's pretty loud

I think in people with intrusive tinnitus, the brain gating mechanism has broken down, so we cannot simply choose not to listen to it.

When I told my girlfriend I have a loud jet in my ears, she said she also has a noise in her head. So she made an effort to listen for it and an expression of horror came on to her face and she immediately said Oh No!!!! I better stop listening for it because it's a horrific noise! So I told her to remain calm and not try that again.

She has 30% hearing loss in 1 ear... yet she has never heard of the term tinnitus.

 

[OnceUponaTime]

When I told my girlfriend I have a loud jet in my ears,

Hey Dan, can you mask this sound?

So she made an effort to listen for it and an expression of horror came on to her face and she immediately said Oh No!!!! I better stop listening for it because it's a horrific noise! So I told her to remain calm and not try that again.

Oh, that was not a good idea. Hope she doesn't start listening for it!

 

[Rogi Cetpla]

So terrible! It upsets me to read stories like this.
https://www.firehouse.com/safety-he...-loss-in-seattle-due-to-siren-costs-city-495k

I know many firefighters suffer from tinnitus. My husband is a firefighter and has mild tinnitus. What I don't understand is: How come he gets to work as usual, with the noise in NYC, the sirens, the noise of the diesel truck, an hour commute, goes to all department activities, hockey games and his tinnitus never gets worst!? He also has mild hearing loss. No hyperacusis ever. Meanwhile, I am home...avoid noise as much as possible, no hearing loss and boom!! It has gotten worst for shorter and lesser noise exposure. I shake my head.

I mean, I am glad his doesn't get worst, I just don't understand. And it doesn't help that his never changes because its a little harder for him to understand me. He says he doesn't pay attention to it! Venting.

We are not all created equal... physically and mentally.

 

[Elmer B Fuddled]

My father had tinnitus from underground mining, hard rock mining for silver at 7200 feet below the surface. Using air drills, no ear protection and pressure from that depth. He said the tinnitus was like having his head inside a huge wind tunnel but after so many years he learned to live with it and ignore it. Played his jazz music full volume.

I guess I must have inherited that part, just ignore it which I do. If not I would be stuck inside watching captain kangaroo, or drinking.

 

[dan]

Hey Dan, can you mask this sound?

No it won't mask.

A shower used to give some residual relief, but since my noise insult in October, I have lost the ability to inhibit it residually with a running tap or shower and I can hear it now cutting right through.

I now once again feel suicidal after a few years of a good run.

A good friend of mine who used to post here with severe tinnitus told me lately-after a noise insult.

Ohhhhh, so this is why I didn't off myself before!

Funny how I don't even wish quiet, I wish for it to be the level it was before - heard over anything but not thick and aggressive like metal on metal... was kinda more mellow if you know what I mean. - Mellowish heard over anything type of sound. Although when I first got my old tinnitus I never in my mind would consider and say that it was mellow... Just hell pure hell this condition.

 

[MRItechssuck]

He better donate that lawsuit money to research... who the fuck would sit on a pile of cash that can't help you?

I wonder how much of $495,000 went to research, and why are tax payers paying all of it and not the individual law enforcement agent who did the crime?

I'd still be awesome though of taxes went to noise-pain/tinnitus and hearing loss research instead of wars and TRT coping sessions.

Maybe I should look up his lawyer? ;-)

The difference is the fireman had witnesses... the MRI technician will lie her @ss off.

 

[OnceUponaTime]

No it won't mask.

Oh, sorry Dan. I was thinking that the low jet engine sound was like a low hum/drone?? I have this, but I can mask with the sound of the refrigerator, humidifier, AC and the likes. The hiss and "eeee" are not maskable, sadly.

Hang in there, give yourself more time to adjust to this new level of tinnitus.

Funny how I don't even wish quiet, I wish for it to be the level it was before - heard over anything

I have wished the same. Sigh.

 

[Jack Straw]

Oh, sorry Dan. I was thinking that the low jet engine sound was like a low hum/drone?? I have this, but I can mask with the sound of the refrigerator, humidifier, AC and the likes. The hiss and "eeee" are not maskable, sadly.

Hang in there, give yourself more time to adjust to this new level of tinnitus.

I have wished the same. Sigh.

I know people with mild / moderate tinnitus who take ZERO precautions and their tinnitus never is affected. Sucks to be us

 

[dan]

Oh, sorry Dan. I was thinking that the low jet engine sound was like a low hum/drone?? I have this, but I can mask with the sound of the refrigerator, humidifier, AC and the likes. The hiss and "eeee" are not maskable, sadly.

Yeah I have those low hum/drone sounds too now (became pronounced) but those don't really bother me since I'm hardened to this bullshit to a certain extent, I can be in dead silence with these head filling hums and be Ok, but the high hissing and EEEE's to me sound like a dental drill I guess more than a jet, because it's so high frequency noise. I hope your high pitch isn't reminiscent of a dental drill.

I don't get why the high bullshit is much more difficult - it's like an sound aversion...
Thanks for your support.