my Tinnitus sounds like a chorus of crickets some nights.

[Techslave]

I had sudden deafness happen to me about 4 years ago, age 47. No one knows why. It was bilateral so I require hearing aids now. My left ear is profoundly deaf and my right ear lost abo it 35% hearing. The bicros hearing aids I wear do the trick and help me with most daily situations. The tinnitus is wildly loud in my profoundly deaf ear. I grew up learning how to tune out loud noises so most times I don’t even notice. But it’s there and I live with it. The cool thing is at night recently if I concentrate on it in a quiet space, it starts to sound like a chorus of crickets in a summer night. Not too bad…. I’d love to hear how others are coping and any ways anyone has learned to mellow the roaring besides with brain power. finding other things to concentrate on.

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

Hello Techslave - thank you for posting on the forum. Sudden onset hearing loss can be very mysterious and have a number of possible causes - ear infections, changes in blood supply to the ear or a perforated eardrum.

I'm glad that you've found some approaches which are working for you and that your Bicros aids are helping during the day.

I hope that our community can chip in with their lived experience of what helps them to manage their tinnitus.

[Suz_2]

hi Techslave - my T is quite loud on the left side , all day and all night - so distraction is essential. I live in a village and countryside is close and I like going for daily walks , although when its windy like today, I give it a miss.

I also like to watch travel programmes on catch-up TV and I like the house and property programmes as well. I find that watching these programmes that i am really interested in , can really distract my brain and also calm my anxiety. I have the TV sound fairly low or sometimes just the subtitles. Watching and reading about stuff that you are really interested in is a great way to distract

[Yoga62]

Hi Techslave, I live near a seaside and love watching the waves come in and out, it’s quite mesmerising and this is what I think about when my tinnitus is loud as it has been for some time now.

[Dorsetwandering]

Hi, really interesting that you've said this about crickets. I've tried all kinds of sounds, white noise etc to match/mask my T but nothing helped until I recently heard cicadas and it was like my internal noise was switched off! Also completely agree with the sound of the sea and walking to ease the overload. Good luck x