Low-Pitch Tinnitus — Noise-Induced?

[Jimmoton]

Hi all

I went to a club to see a favourite act of mine. It was very loud in there, (I actually read later it is 110 dB - I was there for an hour and a half/ 2 hours) and when I left I my left ear which was closest to the speaker felt very full and muffled, and I generally couldn't hear anything until the next day.

What concerned me was there was another sound going on that seemed to match the bass frequencies. I couldn't tell if it was Diesel engines, or general rumbles of London but got home and went to bed.

The next day my hearing was back to normal and it thought no more of it. I went out to see a friend, and in the evening I came home to a horrendous buzzing in my house. I had heard it once or twice before, but this was constant. Randomly changed in pitch and was very loud.

After doing some fiddling around I realised that this noise was actually in my head. If I put my finger in my left ear, the right ear makes slight sounds. If I block the right ear the left sound is much more prominent and will play tones that alternate on different frequencies. If I shake my head side to side it goes away totally. The frequency is about 100 Hz. I'm confused about this low tone as I've never had it.

Why does it go when I put my fingers in my ears? How long will it take to go (if ever)?

It is not present when outside/around ambient noise. But it's annoying. It may have gotten slightly quieter, but has still been with me for two days now, and I can't find anyone else with a similar.

 

[Basshell]

Well, I have very loud rasping, pounding, booming low pitched bass noise in my left ear. Constant. It seems to have its own life form and likes to combine with other noises so you can't clearly define if it's external or internal. Sometimes it is clearly definable as internal in a very quiet place (and extremely bothersome). The same, if I'm outside it's not easy to clearly hear as a separate sound. It is a tormenting, intolerable noise that has floored me every minute of everyday for 6 months. It has truly ripped me apart.You are right, it is not a typical tinnitus sound (I also have ringing and hissing which are more common). I think the fact your noise quietened after 2 days means in time you will be fine. That didn't happen for me.

I am confident you are going to be fine. Genuinely.

 

[Audiophile_bg]

I also had this in the beginning. It's a lot better now for me, but not completely gone. Mine was caused by medication. I will continue to follow discussions on this forum about low pitched tinnitus.

I feel for you. Cure can't come fast enough.

 

[R. David Case]

Hi all

I went to a club to see a favourite act of mine. It was very loud in there, (I actually read later it is 110 dB - I was there for an hour and a half/ 2 hours) and when I left I my left ear which was closest to the speaker felt very full and muffled, and I generally couldn't hear anything until the next day.

What concerned me was there was another sound going on that seemed to match the bass frequencies. I couldn't tell if it was Diesel engines, or general rumbles of London but got home and went to bed.

The next day my hearing was back to normal and it thought no more of it. I went out to see a friend, and in the evening I came home to a horrendous buzzing in my house. I had heard it once or twice before, but this was constant. Randomly changed in pitch and was very loud.

After doing some fiddling around I realised that this noise was actually in my head. If I put my finger in my left ear, the right ear makes slight sounds. If I block the right ear the left sound is much more prominent and will play tones that alternate on different frequencies. If I shake my head side to side it goes away totally. The frequency is about 100 Hz. I'm confused about this low tone as I've never had it.

Why does it go when I put my fingers in my ears? How long will it take to go (if ever)?

It is not present when outside/around ambient noise. But it's annoying. It may have gotten slightly quieter, but has still been with me for two days now, and I can't find anyone else with a similar.

There is a new sound therapy for sound induced tinnitus at TinnitusMix.com - it's free. You play it all night for 3 weeks on headphones. I have been tinnitus free for 18 years because of it.