musicians with T

[drumcraw]

are there any working musicians out there with really loud T?im a drummer of 50 years got it 4 yers ago so id love to hear from you how you cope as ive been told its safe to play with ear plugs but im not convinced, SOO id love to hear from all musicians out there that still play having T

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There are quite a few musicians on Tinnitus Talk drumcraw including drummers. I am not suggesting that you join that forum, just giving you my experience having talked to them, reading their posts and how they managed with their tinnitus and what they've done to improve their quality of life.

As I suggested to you some time ago: when tinnitus becomes loud and intrusive especially when hypercusis is present, one only has a few options. To continue with what they're doing and risk the condition getting worse. Reduce the amount of gigs one does and hopefully the symptoms improve. Or try and change one's lifestyle and not to be around loud sounds. It is unfortunate, but some of them even with wearing custom moulded earplugs have had to choose the latter. Sorry to sound so sobering.

Michael

[les24preludes]

I'm a bass player. 60s. My T was fairly high pitched until a couple of weeks ago, when it came down from a 'sss' to a 'shh'. Gigs wasn't the problem - it was the amplifiers I build and listen to at home. Something I built had an oscillation in the circuit, and this created a high pitch resonance which triggered a resonance in my aluminium cone full-range 5" speaker. I couldn't hear it but I felt a sudden pressure in my ears and damn, the T got worse. The point here is be careful of electronics and loudspeakers. It isn't always what you can hear that can damage your hearing - it may be sounds that you can't hear. And they can really damage your hearing since all you're aware of is pressure.