Tinnitus and the Noise of a Child

[Kritish Gooriah]

Hello everybody,

I live at my mom's house, since I have the tinnitus. My mother is not really comprehensive: for example, my sister is a very bad mother, if she could get rid of this child, she would do it, sometimes, with a good reason (medical exam...), but she take this opportunity, to leave this child, maybe 4 days per week, since easily 3 months.

I provide for a moving, because I have the impression, the child of my sister worsening my situation (I had a new ear surgery in February): in January, I feel a spike in my tinnitus, I don't know if it's the anxiety or a new acoustic trauma, since my ear surgery with the child of my sister (she screamed loud enough).

My audiogram was better since my primary acoustic trauma and if I reduce my anxiety, I feel a decrease in my tinnitus.

Do you think that the situation is dangerous?

 

[PaulBe]

Children's voices are very harsh on delicate ears because they are weighted to the higher frequencies as an inbuilt survival mechanism. I don't think they do damage so much as they are just very irritating.

 

[Kritish Gooriah]

Thank for your response, i see my primary doctor tomorrow and i call my ENT tomorrow.

 

[SugarMagnolia]

Hi Kritish Gooriah. Can you get some ear muffs to wear when the child is noisy? Even if the situation isn't dangerous, wearing ear muffs might reduce your anxiety.

 

[Greg Clarke]

Ear muffs when the child is noisy? Come on guys, absolute overkill. Im a father of two, kids noisy yes. Impact on tinnitus = 0