ringing in ears

I have tinnitus and have had it for years. I went to a ear specialist years ago who said it's something you most likely have to live with. I do, and at times it's worse than others rarely does it stop entirely. I use a hearing aid in one ear and it does seem better when the aid is in (days). I have learned to 'ignore' it (as best one can). I do not take aspirin other than one low dose (81mg) in the morning due to my heart maintenance program but my tinnitus started before my bypass surgeries. Old age sucks.
 

I'll be back folks, have to go grocery shopping, but would like to talk more on this;) see ya'll soon, denise
 

Pappy said:
Mine started in my left ear about 12 years ago. Very loud high pitch which seems a little better with my hearing aids. I have to block it out of my mind or it drives me crazy, like right now.
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Same here. My Otolarngologist (hearing doctor) said it actually does drive some people mad and they have to be hospitalized, sedated and then taught how to live with it. I haven't progressed that far and hope that I don't. It is a nuisance and a great distraction, but it isn't like I have a choice. I have other pilot friends that also have it and some take Niacin and B6 and say that it helps, but it probably doesn't for everyone. Some pilots also claimed that their headset caused it and it was one special brand, which I won't mention to avoid being sued, but anyway, they tried to sue the company and was initially awarded a large sum of money that was later over-turned by a Federal court. The company's defense was that if their headset was causing Tinnitus, then everyone that wore the headset would get it, which wasn't the case.

It was also proven that pilots in the military were more frequent to get it than commercial pilots and those on a carrier absolutely have to wear hearing protection or be faced with a charge of "Insubordination." I think I got mine from the jet engines. When I would do my outside checks of my plane, sometimes the plane at the next gate would be running up or accelerating his engines. The decibel acceptance level, I believe is around 85 dB and a jet engine at full throttle is in excess of 130 dB. I used to run my engines up to almost full throttle just before takeoff, but I did it on the way out to the runway and not at the gate, like some of these young idiot pilots do, just to get attention. Jerks! Our company and now some airports have a rule that pilots may not accelerate their engines while at the gate. I remember one such case at LAX, where a pilot on a Boeing 747 ran his engines up to full throttle at the gate and cracked the glass to the terminal. So, just think what it can do to your ear!
 
My ear ringing gets much worse on days after I eat a lot of salt. Also I read that clenching or grinding your teeth at night can cause it.
I do that too. Haven't yet figured out a way to stop that.
 
oldman said:
Same here. My Otolarngologist (hearing doctor) said it actually does drive some people mad and they have to be hospitalized, sedated and then taught how to live with it. I haven't progressed that far and hope that I don't. It is a nuisance and a great distraction, but it isn't like I have a choice. I have other pilot friends that also have it and some take Niacin and B6 and say that it helps, but it probably doesn't for everyone. Some pilots also claimed that their headset caused it and it was one special brand, which I won't mention to avoid being sued, but anyway, they tried to sue the company and was initially awarded a large sum of money that was later over-turned by a Federal court. The company's defense was that if their headset was causing Tinnitus, then everyone that wore the headset would get it, which wasn't the case.

It was also proven that pilots in the military were more frequent to get it than commercial pilots and those on a carrier absolutely have to wear hearing protection or be faced with a charge of "Insubordination." I think I got mine from the jet engines. When I would do my outside checks of my plane, sometimes the plane at the next gate would be running up or accelerating his engines. The decibel acceptance level, I believe is around 85 dB and a jet engine at full throttle is in excess of 130 dB. I used to run my engines up to almost full throttle just before takeoff, but I did it on the way out to the runway and not at the gate, like some of these young idiot pilots do, just to get attention. Jerks! Our company and now some airports have a rule that pilots may not accelerate their engines while at the gate. I remember one such case at LAX, where a pilot on a Boeing 747 ran his engines up to full throttle at the gate and cracked the glass to the terminal. So, just think what it can do to your ear!
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I have no clue why, but mine is worse this a.m. I didn't do anything, even watch tv lastnight, just read. But I do think I have the time it started right around the time I started using a headset to listen to tv. I lived where a tv could disturb neighbors even though I never cranked it up. I never cranked up the headset either, not imo (estimation) but who knows. So now, I am calling my gp and he can refer me to someone to see if they can tell me anything that might help. I'm getting nervous about it, it's so bad at this moment, I just don't know, need to find out all I can about any relief that might be available.

Thank you for the history on yours. I'd like to be able to warn young folks, or anyone that has no ringing at this time, to take care of their ears now, this is awful:(
 
NancyNGA said:
My ear ringing gets much worse on days after I eat a lot of salt. Also I read that clenching or grinding your teeth at night can cause it.
I do that too. Haven't yet figured out a way to stop that.
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thanks Nancy,

It's worse this a.m. as I told Oldman, so I just got off the phone with the docs office, and they will call me back on what we need to do. Probably a referral. I appreciate your info on the salt, and I don't know if I do that to my teeth, I do during the day at times, not often though. I thought maybe headphones for tv that I haven't used in over a month now, aspirin, sinuses, or maybe this Lexapro they have me on is making it worse. I could handle it much better before but it is getting worse. Thanks again, every little bit of info helps, plus to know folks understand, denise
 
d0ug said:
There can be many causes hypertension, lead, mercury toxicity, nutriment deficiencies tinnitus, vertigo, eye problems but one thing the orthodox doctors miss is it can all be related to osteoarthritis of the skull. There is small holes in the skull where the nerves go through and when these passages get filled with fibers to strengthen the bones. Everything that these nerves control can be effected even thing like Bell's Palsy [the 7 cranial nerve]
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Oh lord, I do appreciate you Doug, but it scares me to try and figure out, out of all those things, but I will have to try. I can see why people could go nuts with this thing:(
 
pattydi said:
Yes, I had it and didn't realize it was from the aspirin until I was in the hospital for something else. Of course, they didn't give me aspirin and after a few days I noticed the ringing was gone. Now I watch how much aspirin or ibuprofen I take and combine it with Tylenol. It seems to be working pretty well this way.
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This could be it too Patty, I take a lot of aspirin, everyday, and usually only 2 a day, but sometimes 4. But I have headaches all the time it seems and the aspirin helps. Do you thing that much aspirin could cause it? I did start having my ears ring in 2012 I think, it just wasn't that bad then, and I had started aspirin pretty regular, and ibuprofen.
 
It can also be caused by a brain tumor. Sorry, don't mean to scare you. That was the first thing they checked me for. I had an MRI of my brain and the doctor said no tumor. I asked him for a note stating that I did have a brain, so I could give it to my wife who sometimes thinks I don't have one.

There is some new stuff on the market called "Ring Relief" at Walgreens for about $12.00. I was going to try the Niacin and B6 that other pilots tell me they use and some it has helped and some it hasn't. I think that it's all a crap shoot. Like I said, I used to run my jet engines up on the way out to the runway just before takeoff to make sure they were good under stress, but other pilots, especially the younger ones, like to show-off and run theirs up at the gates. There I am, walking around my plane checking out the aircraft's structural parts and landing gears and the clown next to me is running up his 10,000 horsepower equivalent engines. Do you have any idea what that sounds like?

Don't turn your speakers up too high:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNi5FzB4N9c
 
I so sorry you guys have to suffer with tinnitus:( Just the limited case I have is awful. I so admire all of you for pushing ahead and learning to cope with it, I imagine, from all I've read, I may have to learn as well, denise
 
Thanks for that, really interesting to be able to tell someone what it sounds like. Mine is between the 1 & 2 now, but it was like crickets or the cicada sound before, and I could actually imagine it being crickets which I love to hear at night. It's not working for this high pitch now though.
 
nwlady said:
I so sorry you guys have to suffer with tinnitus:( Just the limited case I have is awful. I so admire all of you for pushing ahead and learning to cope with it, I imagine, from all I've read, I may have to learn as well, denise
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nwlady said:
Thanks for that, really interesting to be able to tell someone what it sounds like. Mine is between the 1 & 2 now, but it was like crickets or the cicada sound before, and I could actually imagine it being crickets which I love to hear at night. It's not working for this high pitch now though.
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Mine is the same as yours..I have read this entire Thread, and it seems there is no solution or cure..confused.gif

I have OD'd on all mentioned coffee,noise and aspirin for years...Now I guess I have to pay the price!!!
 
No, I haven't seen any cure, nor have I heard anyone say theirs went away except for I think it was Nancy that had too much aspirin. I switched to tylenol only yesterday, and from now on, just in case that helps. They are ringing away this a.m. but it's only bad when it's real quiet, then I notice it way more. Duh, guess that only makes sense;)

Out of all the weird ailments in the world, you had to get into my ears, LOL!! (take off Casablanca)
 

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