I went to a concert last night and knew it was loud but didn't know it caused this horror known as tinnitus! Overpowering, all-consuming humming noise...I could barely hear, everything was covered up by this noise. I felt like I wanted to rip my skin off! Thankfully however, it seems to be dissipating after 15-16 hours. I think I might be in that group of temporary sufferers. The hum is very low now. I am hopeful it will be gone by tomorrow. But that's a wait and see. I was so afraid that loud hum was permanent. I couldn't figure out how I'd be able to work any longer, I couldn't hear people very well; everything sounded muffled. Everything was covered up by that noise. No longer able to sing or work oh the horror. My heart breaks for those who suffer from the long-term version of this disease. It's terrible and something I never knew about until today. I'm going to an audiologist and I'm going to work at taking care of my hearing. And I'm going to be thankful for the second chance.

I had a mild tinnitus that was only present at night when I went to sleep, and after few years it got worse and had trouble to fall asleep. I went to doctors and they said that my hearing at high frequency is damaged and that is why I got the tinnitus. It happens because of Coclea damage in inner ear but there are lots of remedies and methods that helps relief the symptoms so it vanishes 90% so you can hardly notice it and it's a GREAT relief! You can visit the T-gone remedies website on which you can find explanations and great relief for your problems, if you try to do everything that is explained success is guaranteed, try it and good luck to all T-sufferers to find the relief!!It helped me very much!

My husband was injured on the job Sept 2010. A pressurized metal pipe blew up in his face. He lost hearing in both ears, with the right one being worse. He now wears hearing aids in both ears. Since the accident, he has a ringing in his right ear, which the ENT says would never go away. He uses a sound machine at night and is getting a little better dealing with it but most of the time it drives him nuts and it seems to cause some fatigue as well.

I've had ringing in my ears since I was a child. I thought the silence was very noisy. It has continued through my adult years, and I realize that it was ringing in my ears and not loud silence. Sometimes it gets very loud and makes it difficult to hear things. I use a sound machine at night, and it blends in with the noise in my ears, which can sound like crickets or locusts where it builds and softens. It can be very difficult at times trying to go to sleep.

I started hearing the swooshing noise in my right ear 4 months ago. The noise is worse to deal with while trying to sleep. After the 2nd month of the annoying noise I went to an ENT. He gave me a hearing test that was fine and then a CT of my brain. That was also negative. Then after investigation I realized that Tinnitus is a side effect from an oral medication that I was taking from my dermatologist called Solodyn. I have since stopped the medication and the pharmacy said it would take 2-3 weeks to leave my system. After a month it has gotten better but I still hear it. Hopefully it goes away all together soon!

Back in august my son and I were sighting in our shotguns for deer season in NY, and all was good, after we were done, we took a ride to the local store and I noticed a hissing noise in the car, asked my son what the noise was and realized it was my ears! I am a local musician in a band and have been onstage performing for years. As I sit here now, the hissing is there, some days I don't even notice it. Other days it drives me nuts! I find myself dwelling on it and it gets louder. If you are going on with your day, accept that it is there, and try not to think about it, it gets easier. I sleep with the TV on so I don't have to hear it. I do take gabapentin for neuropathy, but it doesn't seem to help the hissing. There are some days that I don't even have it, then there are days I have it for two or three days in a row with no relief! As a musician, I try to catch the key and hum a harmony with it! God bless and may you find relief!