Tinnitus getting worse

[curly1955]

The horrid tinnitus is getting worse it used to be a hum now i have a louder hum and a whistle i have been using a white noise machine and sound apps on my phone to a bluetooth speaker to mask it but as i am deaf in one ear due to two mastoid opps a long time ago it has to be loud .struggling now

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I can,t give you any advice but you are not alone,mine has increased in noise for a while now it’s like a kettle on steady boil in my head and tinkling high pitched noises. I sleep badly and that makes it worse with the feeling of exhaustion.

[curly1955 in reply to Hidden]

Hi Delnoleen i know what you mean feel so drained can't seam to function today which is not like me .And having chronic pain does not help matters

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

Hi Curly. What advice have you previously had from your audiologist regarding sound therapy and using it with your specific hearing loss? Has anything changed recently which might explain why your tinnitus is louder at the moment?

[curly1955 in reply to TinnitusUKPat]

Hi i am using a white noise machine and apps on the phone to mask the tinnitus it helps a bit .It does not help that i had 2 opps on my right side for a mastiod cavity and i can't were a hearing aid in it so i have to use a aid in my good ear .I could be stress related having a bit of a rought patch at the mo

[TinnitusUKPat Partner in reply to curly1955]

Absolutely - stress doesn't help with tinnitus. We can't always avoid it, but minimising the stress you have around tinnitus can help. I think the way that you think about it can sometimes be worth looking at - there's a difference between seeing tinnitus as an irritation or a pain in the neck and when some people see it as the worst thing in the world and the bane of their existance.

It's easier to cope with one of those viewpoints, whereas one will cause stress which is difficult to cope with.