Hey everyone,
My name is Heidi and I'm 20 years old. I'm joining this forum after 4 months of suffering with tinnitus, because it keeps getting worse and worse. It started in July with a really small noice in my right ear, kind of like when you play the flute. It varied in frequencies, and I could hear it only when I had my earphones on or put fingers into my ears.
I went to see doctors and we did a hearing test. Apparently my hearing was just fine, so they couldn't tell me why I had tinnitus. For the past year I had been clubbing a lot because it had been my first year in university, but I had never noticed any damage. Only in July this sound suddenly came one night.
I've always had some kind of tinnitus in my life ever since I was small, but not like this. What I mean is that I've always heard this kind of chirping or hissing sound and it has never bothered me, but this weird whistle sound that occured was nothing like that normal white noice tinnitus I'd had.
Anyway, the tinnitus started getting worse. Nothing helped me, I even had fysical therapy multiple times for my neck and back and it did no difference. When I started university again in September after my summer break, the noice just kept getting worse.
I did continue going to festivals and night clubs with my university friends because I was a tutor and I had "responsibilities," which I know was very bad. I just didn't want to give up on my life as I knew it because of tinnitus. I always made sure to wear ear protection if I went to a place that had music.
My tinnitus stayed the same for a while, but then I got a cold and my ears were clugged. After that the tinnitus in my right ear became really loud, and week after week it just keeps getting louder. Now I can hear it even when I have music on, and it sounds like multiple whistle so are being blown at the same time. Also, the sound is kind of like a beeping sound and it varies in frequencies, kind of like someone was trying to play a flute and failed miserably. Of course in the background I have this hissing sound, but even that is comforting when compared to this terrible beeping whistle noice.
My problem is that the noise seems to be getting worse. I don't go to clubs anymore, but the sound keeps getting louder anyway. What's weird is that sometimes when I wake up in the morning the sound is so bad I can't hear anything else, and sometimes if I've slept well the sound is really small, kind of like in the beginning when it first occured. At night it's the worse, and for the past few weeks I've hardly been sleeping.
I just don't understand what could cause this. In July my hearing was fine, and there was no damage. Also, I hadn't been to any clubs or concerts in over a month when I suddenly noticed the sound one night. I remember it being a Tuesday. On the Monday before that I had had no sound in my ear. Also, it's weird that the sound is only in my right ear. I also notice that my right ear is always making these crunchy noices when I open my jaw, kind of like it's clugged but I can never get rid of it.
I'm going to see a therapist in a couple weeks, because I' ve lost control of my life because of this sound in my ear. But maybe I should go to an ear doctor once again, but it is always so depressing to hear that there's nothing wrong and doctors can't do anything about it.
Anyway, are there anyone else that can relate? Do you have a sound in your ear that has multiple sounds? Or does your tinnitus keep getting worse? I would like to understand my tinnitus better.
My name is Heidi and I'm 20 years old. I'm joining this forum after 4 months of suffering with tinnitus, because it keeps getting worse and worse. It started in July with a really small noice in my right ear, kind of like when you play the flute. It varied in frequencies, and I could hear it only when I had my earphones on or put fingers into my ears.
I went to see doctors and we did a hearing test. Apparently my hearing was just fine, so they couldn't tell me why I had tinnitus. For the past year I had been clubbing a lot because it had been my first year in university, but I had never noticed any damage. Only in July this sound suddenly came one night.
I've always had some kind of tinnitus in my life ever since I was small, but not like this. What I mean is that I've always heard this kind of chirping or hissing sound and it has never bothered me, but this weird whistle sound that occured was nothing like that normal white noice tinnitus I'd had.
Anyway, the tinnitus started getting worse. Nothing helped me, I even had fysical therapy multiple times for my neck and back and it did no difference. When I started university again in September after my summer break, the noice just kept getting worse.
I did continue going to festivals and night clubs with my university friends because I was a tutor and I had "responsibilities," which I know was very bad. I just didn't want to give up on my life as I knew it because of tinnitus. I always made sure to wear ear protection if I went to a place that had music.
My tinnitus stayed the same for a while, but then I got a cold and my ears were clugged. After that the tinnitus in my right ear became really loud, and week after week it just keeps getting louder. Now I can hear it even when I have music on, and it sounds like multiple whistle so are being blown at the same time. Also, the sound is kind of like a beeping sound and it varies in frequencies, kind of like someone was trying to play a flute and failed miserably. Of course in the background I have this hissing sound, but even that is comforting when compared to this terrible beeping whistle noice.
My problem is that the noise seems to be getting worse. I don't go to clubs anymore, but the sound keeps getting louder anyway. What's weird is that sometimes when I wake up in the morning the sound is so bad I can't hear anything else, and sometimes if I've slept well the sound is really small, kind of like in the beginning when it first occured. At night it's the worse, and for the past few weeks I've hardly been sleeping.
I just don't understand what could cause this. In July my hearing was fine, and there was no damage. Also, I hadn't been to any clubs or concerts in over a month when I suddenly noticed the sound one night. I remember it being a Tuesday. On the Monday before that I had had no sound in my ear. Also, it's weird that the sound is only in my right ear. I also notice that my right ear is always making these crunchy noices when I open my jaw, kind of like it's clugged but I can never get rid of it.
I'm going to see a therapist in a couple weeks, because I' ve lost control of my life because of this sound in my ear. But maybe I should go to an ear doctor once again, but it is always so depressing to hear that there's nothing wrong and doctors can't do anything about it.
Anyway, are there anyone else that can relate? Do you have a sound in your ear that has multiple sounds? Or does your tinnitus keep getting worse? I would like to understand my tinnitus better.
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