Is it impossible to diagnose the cause of your Tinnitus.

[purenostalgia]

My T is almost unbearable this morning, Here are a number of suspects as to what could have brought in on in February.

70% hearing in Low Freq 20% in High Freq.

Air chisel noise cutting up cars 25 years ago.

Stress, locked in home for 14 months on my own due to Covid, hardly spoke to anyone.

Lost a brother and cousin and 2 lifelong friends in a 6 month period.

It came on 3 weeks after the Jab.

Mike

[doglover1973]

Hi Mike. It sounds like the perfect storm for the onset of T - to be honest. I'm really sorry it's so bad at the moment. Mine was similar at the onset a year ago. I hardly knew what to do with myself. The only thing I can say is things will get better. I still hear my T loudly - especially in my deaf ear - but I can cope with it better. The brain adapts & adjusts. Hang in there. I'm sorry for you multiple losses too.

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

Hi Mike. As DogLover1973 says, most people would have difficulties resulting from that combination of events happening over a brief period of time. I think it's as likely that the cumulative impact of stresses and normal hearing loss are as likely to blame as anything for tinnitus developing.

I guess that the way to view things now is not to think about what brought the situation about, but about what we can do to move things forward. If you think about stress and about hearing loss in tandem, those are both things which can be supported and which can make a difference in how active or problematic your tinnitus is for you right now.

If you are considering hearing aids, they can certainly make a major difference to that issue and tinnitus frequently becomes less of a problem when at least one of the situations you're coping with has a treatment in place. It's also a quality of life change - being able to hear conversations with more clarity or focus on sounds with greater ease takes a lot of stress away from us.

I'm sure the community has more to contribute on this issue, so I'll turn things over to them.

[Happyrosie]

Hello purenostalgia. The first thing I thought about when I read your post was “that’s horrible, and I’m glad I haven’t gone through that terrible time that you have, but does it help to dwell on the past?”

I’m not sure from your post whether you’ve seen a doctor and had an assessment? Some doctors aren’t aware that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence issued guidance for gp’s just as Covid started, so the new guidance might have been missed.

And, if your hearing is impaired, I certainly find that wearing hearing aids helps as they make the real world clearer so the T seems to diminish.

If you haven’t already, the British tinnitus Association website is extremely helpful to read.

[RONf]

Well done for posting and sharing so clearly - you have certainly experienced 'the perfect storm' for intensifying your T - so my thoughts are with you. Hearing aids (mine courtesy of audiology at the NHS so consequently free of charge) made a massive difference to my perception of Tinnitus as they brought in a wealth of higher frequency sounds which I was mssing. As my perception of T was lessened, this helped my journey to habituaion. Get your hearing aids - walk out in the fresh air and listen to the sounds of nature. Listen to music/tv and notice the higher frequencies. Conversations will come alive as you won't struggle to hear. Hopefully, slowly but surely, your perceptions of T will start to lessen. Good luck purenostalgia.