Who Has Normal Hearing Tests and Tinnitus?

[martin12]

Curious if anyone has normal hearing tests from 250htz all the way to 8000 and still stuck with TInnitus?

Normal hearing is defined as no more than 20 DB hearing loss under normal threshold levels.

 

[dan]

Curious if anyone has normal hearing tests from 250htz all the way to 8000 and still stuck with TInnitus?

Normal hearing is defined as no more than 20 DB hearing loss under normal threshold levels.

@Rhea

 

[Valentin]

count me in

 

[sandra72]

My ent only saw a slight dip of 20 db 4khz but have differents sound. It goes up and down.

 

[Sjoerd]

I do, on average -7dB in both ears over the entire frequency range. I can hear up to 18 kHz (above about 16 kHz in need to bump up to volume)

 

[Katkin]

I have had two normal hearing tests up to 8 kHz and a normal bone conduction test too. I have multiple toned tinnitus, some tones of which I think are of a higher frequency than 8 kHz, plus I get the hissing, buzzing sounds, especially noticeable at night.

 

[Katkin]

On the other hand, I have a friend who has hearing loss. She is 51 and has been told that the damage she has to her ears is usually only seen in people aged 60 and over. She struggles to hear properly in certain situations, i.e. in a noisy room, or if she is facing away from you. Does she have tinnitus? No - I asked her and she knows what it is, but says she has never experienced it. She doesn't know what caused her hearing loss, but admits to having attended a few loud concerts in the past. She was given hearing aids, but found them uncomfortable and is looking into getting the newer tiny ones. She does appear to have quite a calm, relaxed personality, and takes things in her stride, so whether this has anything to do with the fact she hasn't developed tinnitus, I don't know.

 

[ampumpkin]

My ENT told me I had 105% audition... I hear even the slightest noise!!

 

[amandine]

Normal hearing is defined as no more than 20 DB hearing loss under normal threshold levels.

Doesnt it depend on age? Favourite saying of ent's is ''normal for your age''.
So where does -20db come into it? For which age group generally?
Perhaps @Dr. Charlie can be most informative on this question. Please can you answer this please @Dr. Charlie and also how does stress and anxiousness affect the hearing please/
thanks @Dr. Charlie...

 

[Lilah]

Does loud tinnitus affect hearing test results? I have high pitch tinnitus so wondering if I will hear the higher pitch tones. Thanks.

 

[JohnAdams]

Close enough.

 

[Arseny]

Does loud tinnitus affect hearing test results? I have high pitch tinnitus so wondering if I will hear the higher pitch tones. Thanks.

Yes.

With benzos (that reduce volume of tinnitus) it's much easier to hear them. You should do audiogram when your tinnitus is at lowest point.

I also had a very understanding audiologist and she triple checked every tone.

And to answer original question my audiogram shows 0-5-10 dB loss up to 20000 Hz. Essentially perfect audiogram.

But you have to remember that audiogram doesn't show hidden hearing loss.
So you might have perfect audiogram, But hearing loss anyway that causes tinnitus.

 

[Manex]

I did until last October when I took azithromycin and it lowered my upper range hearing. Prior to that I had noise induced tinnitus but "n