My Earliest Memory Is Hearing a Constant Tone

[Bill Bauer]

My earliest memory is hearing a constant tone while looking at shapes that I couldn't make any sense of. I am not sure what to make of it. Could it be that I had tinnitus as a newborn?! If this is the case, I am glad that eventually it had faded.

How common is it?

 

[Tinker Bell]

Or it's a memory of a hearing test. Did you ever have a hearing test as a young child? That sounds similar to how toddler hearing is tested.

 

[kelpiemsp]

My earliest memory is hearing a constant tone while looking at shapes that I couldn't make any sense of. I am not sure what to make of it. Could it be that I had tinnitus as a newborn?! If this is the case, I am glad that eventually it had faded.

How common is it?

I was the same way bill!

 

[dpdx]

My earliest memory is hearing a constant tone while looking at shapes that I couldn't make any sense of. I am not sure what to make of it. Could it be that I had tinnitus as a newborn?! If this is the case, I am glad that eventually it had faded.

How common is it?

Now that I think of it before I had T, six years ago that is! I would cover my ears and would hear a beeeeep tone (like of a phone), was this T?

 

[Bill Bauer]

I would cover my ears and would hear a beeeeep tone (like of a phone), was this T?

This is the "can hear it only in quiet rooms" stage of T...

 

[dpdx]

This is the "can hear it only in quiet rooms" stage of T...

holy crap so I always had it. I would hear it when I would cover my ears, why didnt It worsen in six years. I listened to ipod loudly and went to concerts and cinema?

Bill Bauer do you believe my T will fade or get better? It has been since January and I am not seeing much improvement. 2 days per week my T is moderate ( I can manage it) and 5 days it is severe and nerve wrecking. Next month is time for hearing test

 

[Bill Bauer]

Or it's a memory of a hearing test. Did you ever have a hearing test as a young child? That sounds similar to how toddler hearing is tested.

I double checked with my mom and my 96 year old grandma (who is a doctor). My grandma Had performed a hearing test of sorts, but it consisted of her snapping her fingers and watching me move my eyes towards the source of the sound.

 

[Bill Bauer]

2 days per week my T is moderate ( I can manage it) and 5 days it is severe and nerve wrecking

When did this pattern first appear? Hopefully as time goes on, the number of moderate days will increase...

 

[dpdx]

When did this pattern first appear? Hopefully as time goes on, the number of moderate days will increase...

March

 

[dpdx]

When did this pattern first appear? Hopefully as time goes on, the number of moderate days will increase...

I miss my mild t so much, life sucked with it also, but not as now. I am 100X worse now than I was back then. Why the hell did the vestibular audiologist do a 110db test on me...the hell.

 

[Starthrower]

@Bill Bauer were you born prematurely and put in an incubator for some time?

 

[Bill Bauer]

@Bill Bauer were you born prematurely and put in an incubator for some time?

No...

 

[Elfin]

How common is it?

I can remember hearing a constant hum when it came time to sleep. Never took any notice of it and assumed that it was normal/external.

When 17, following a constant, everything changed...

 

[Ed209]

I can remember hearing a constant hum when it came time to sleep. Never took any notice of it and assumed that it was normal/external.

I was talking about this with my wife the other day. I can always remember hearing a tone at night for as long as I can remember. When I was a kid I remember being soothed by the sound our ears make at night because I presumed everybody's did it. In fact, on this very quiet level, I think most people's ears do have a quiet tone at night. My wife said she always heard a sound at night too (ever since she was a kid).

I would consider this to be very common. I think it truly becomes tinnitus when we can hear it in most environments and not just when going to sleep. My memory as a child was that it was very subtle and in no way alarming. The first time I would consider having tinnitus is when I was around 19 and my ears started ringing 24/7.

 

[john paul]

The very first experience i had with T was after a Lee Perry gig in Amsterdam 7 years ago. It wasnt all that loud but for at least 5 days i had Tinnitus. It died down to the point of only hearing it when i plugged my ears. I wondered at that point if that noise was supposed to be there and/or had been there all along. I forgot about it and a week later remembered i was completely un bothered at night time by anything, I checked my ears again and there was nothing but the sound from my fingers being in my ears.

I escaped it.

I had plenty of warning about my tinnitus but since nobody taught me a thing about it, i didn't spot the warning signs in time

The intrusive stuff has gone for me this time but im left with that same noise when i plug my ears. Its easy to have Tinnitus without knowing what it is and not be bothered by it. The key is it being mild and having no clue what it is, you naturally block it out when sleeping like you would any other minor sound. This is why plenty of people have Tinnitus statistically, but basically there is Tinnitus and then there is Tinnitus.

 

[Error404]

I'm 37 and have had T, plus musical hallucinations, for at least 32 years that I can recall. Recently, low pitched sounds have joined the 24/7 orchestra. But mine is clearly a manifestation of sensorineural deafness: it has (recent changes excepted) always been my normal.

 

[TuneOut]

In fact, on this very quiet level, I think most people's ears do have a quiet tone at night. My wife said she always heard a sound at night too (ever since she was a kid).

I suspect this is from minor ear trauma. Kids are exposed to a lot of excessive sound levels in this society, not to mention their own screaming all the time.

 

[Nonna]

Why the hell did the vestibular audiologist do a 110db test on me...the hell.

that was mean of him

 

[dpdx]

that was mean of him

@Nonna how are you doing?

 

[Nonna]

@Nonna how are you doing?

Im Good!
How are you?