Guys I only just got tinnitus and hopefully not saying anything to dumb. But wondered if most of the folks logging on realise the amount of people out there with tinnitus not particularly tormented by it. Despite being a recent sufferer I have been around other people with it most of my life who got it from noise induced hearing loss but don't seem to have the volatile problems talked about here. Maybe everyone is aware of this already and I sound like total newb... It just amazed me recently so many of my friends with tinnitus seem surprised it can affect people like this.
I'm talking pilots, industrial workers, hunters and shooting enthusiasts who get a lot of tinnitus. I know folks who have had 'sirens going off in their head for 30 years' in their own words. Put up a post on accuratereloading.com the world's largest hunting forum on tinnitus and watch all the replies come in from professional guides who spend their career around guns, charter planes and noisy boats. They still shoot big guns, ride motorcycles, fly small planes , use chainsaws and jackhammers 9-5, and their tinnitus whether severe or mild seems to match their hearing loss and not do anything too unexpected. No spikes, no morbid depression, no fear of noise, no permanent increases, even from 500 high powered gunblasts at the local rifle range in a single afternoon, no time off work. They seem to go about their lives in some of the loudest atmospheres and don't care. Lucky buggars!
Not advocating that for anyone. My own version was caused I think by first onset mild tinnitus, then returning to noisy work for just 72 hours but I wonder if it was more the breakdown I was having over losing hearing which threatened my employability that did it. Anyway I am not saying get out there and start up a chainsaw. What I am saying is chances would seem to be that most folk researching it for the first time after some hearing loss probably have nothing to worry about. Breathe a sigh of relief you worked out you had a problem early, protect your ears from now on, and be happy
I'm talking pilots, industrial workers, hunters and shooting enthusiasts who get a lot of tinnitus. I know folks who have had 'sirens going off in their head for 30 years' in their own words. Put up a post on accuratereloading.com the world's largest hunting forum on tinnitus and watch all the replies come in from professional guides who spend their career around guns, charter planes and noisy boats. They still shoot big guns, ride motorcycles, fly small planes , use chainsaws and jackhammers 9-5, and their tinnitus whether severe or mild seems to match their hearing loss and not do anything too unexpected. No spikes, no morbid depression, no fear of noise, no permanent increases, even from 500 high powered gunblasts at the local rifle range in a single afternoon, no time off work. They seem to go about their lives in some of the loudest atmospheres and don't care. Lucky buggars!
Not advocating that for anyone. My own version was caused I think by first onset mild tinnitus, then returning to noisy work for just 72 hours but I wonder if it was more the breakdown I was having over losing hearing which threatened my employability that did it. Anyway I am not saying get out there and start up a chainsaw. What I am saying is chances would seem to be that most folk researching it for the first time after some hearing loss probably have nothing to worry about. Breathe a sigh of relief you worked out you had a problem early, protect your ears from now on, and be happy
