What Does the Difference in Tinnitus Frequency Mean?

[dayma]

Hello all. I just started doing AudioNotch which forced me to find my tinnotus frequency. I never did that before so it was interesting. It's currently at 14300 Hz which seems high for the results (testing) they did.

My question is what does the difference in frequency mean??? Is my higher frequency not the norm?

I never looked into this so hopefully it's not a silly question.

Thanks All!!!

 

[InfiniteLoop]

@dayma

The common T literature says that your T frequency should be related to the hearing loss. In my case, I have hearing loss above 8KHz in the left ear, and my T sounds like some varying combination of many very high frequencies. When the T is at its most tonal, the dominant frequencies are around 10KHz roughly. I recall a few years ago, someone at TT working at an audiology center showed that the average T frequency for his customers was about 8KHz within a wide distribution.
You will need a very high frequency audiogram covering to 16KHz to check that loss. The extended audiograms are not easy to interpret because most people have some age related hearing loss in the very high frequencies. In my case, it is more obvious because I have a clear asymmetry between the left and the right ear.

 

[dayma]

@dayma

The common T literature says that your T frequency should be related to the hearing loss. In my case, I have hearing loss above 8KHz in the left ear, and my T sounds like some varying combination of many very high frequencies. When the T is at its most tonal, the dominant frequencies are around 10KHz roughly. I recall a few years ago, someone at TT working at an audiology center showed that the average T frequency for his customers was about 8KHz within a wide distribution.
You will need a very high frequency audiogram covering to 16KHz to check that loss. The extended audiograms are not easy to interpret because most people have some age related hearing loss in the very high frequencies. In my case, it is more obvious because I have a clear asymmetry between the left and the right ear.

Yeah, my OAE tests went up to 8k. Interesting

 

[Michael B]

Hello all. I just started doing AudioNotch which forced me to find my tinnitus frequency. I never did that before so it was interesting. It's currently at 14300 Hz which seems high for the results (testing) they did.

My question is what does the difference in frequency mean??? Is my higher frequency not the norm?

I never looked into this so hopefully it's not a silly question.

Thanks All!!!

14kHz is considered high. Please keep us updated on your use of AudioNotch.

 

[threefirefour]

14kHz is considered high. Please keep us updated on your use of AudioNotch.

Is 5573, 4800, or 2400 hz high?

 

[Gman]

Ok, well apart from a particular high frequency tone at about 9khz that is constant, mine is not always the same. It can vary a lot from ultra low, low, mid, high and ultra high. Sometimes layered sometimes monotonal. None of the tones that fall within a normal hearing test range are below normal. So really have to wonder if it really is just related to hearing loss.

 

[dayma]

14kHz is considered high. Please keep us updated on your use of AudioNotch.

Will do!!!!!

 

[Rajin]

Good question here, but as you age naturally should have very high frequency hearing loss. then everyone should have T.Why some ppl get it and others don't. Anyone please explain this.

 

[jay777]

my left ear goes up to 8000 Hz, my right to 12000 Hz. How can I match up? if say my tinnitus frequency is 13000 Hz, when I can not hear 13000 Hz?

 

[Rajin]

my left ear goes up to 8000 Hz, my right to 12000 Hz. How can I match up? if say my tinnitus frequency is 13000 Hz, when I can not hear 13000 Hz?

You can't match if you not hearing 12000hz in both ears.

 

[Eren101]

@dayma

The common T literature says that your T frequency should be related to the hearing loss. In my case, I have hearing loss above 8KHz in the left ear, and my T sounds like some varying combination of many very high frequencies. When the T is at its most tonal, the dominant frequencies are around 10KHz roughly. I recall a few years ago, someone at TT working at an audiology center showed that the average T frequency for his customers was about 8KHz within a wide distribution.
You will need a very high frequency audiogram covering to 16KHz to check that loss. The extended audiograms are not easy to interpret because most people have some age related hearing loss in the very high frequencies. In my case, it is more obvious because I have a clear asymmetry between the left and the right ear.

What were the dB HL values of your left and right ear at the 10kHz frequency, if I may ask?

 

[InfiniteLoop]

@Eren101

The absolute values are not that important because age induced hearing loss. The difference between the left and right is about 25dB. The T ear is around 50dB.

 

[bur547]

My T is multi-tonal, it dips down to about 13500 Hz, but I've discovered that it actually averages much higher, higher than I can actually hear. If I crank the volume on the speakers I can hear up to about 16000 Hz, and my T ranges there and if you imagine the pitch getting higher, it sounds like an even higher pitch inside my head although my ears cannot hear that. I'm not sure what the relationship between hearing loss and T frequency is, it might just be a theory that they are related. I also have a very low frequency T so I guess I got both ends of the scale. My low frequency T sounds like a train engine rumbling through the ground like in a basement or something.