How Many Suffer With Tinnitus???

[Louby70]

For the past couple of months I have had ringing in my ears, you can especially hear it when I am in a silent room.

The hoover & when I had my MRI made this so much worse, still could hear it really loud even when the TV was on.

I have been to the Doctors, was not my normal doctor as he was fully booked for 2 weeks, he said I am suffering with Tinnitus, said I see you are being investigated for MS, so that made me feel they really are looking to see, if I have MS. He adviced me to inform my Neuro nx time I go. Gave me a leaflet about it with support groups if I needed them.

Is Tinnitus another part of this & what causes this.
How many do suffer with this???

Louby x

[Sarahsmom46]

I have had tinnitus for over 4 years now.  We don't know what caused it, but my primary doc thinks it might have been a med I was taking back then.  I got used to it and even noticed it got quieter within a few months but it never went away.

Then, back in April when I had my most recent relapse, it got much, much worse. The "ringing" is so loud that it competes with regular conversation level sound like in your case with the TV.  

I asked my neuro and ENT about it and both tried to hear it objectively through their stethescopes, but neither could hear it so that is supposed to be a good sign that it isn't a tumor or aneurysm.  

I asked them if this could be cause in any way by MS and both said that it is entirely possible that a "garden variety" of tinnitus could be caused by MS.  

My doctor recommends an MRA if this is the first time you've noticed it or there is any doubt that something more serious could be going on. I didn't opt for yet another MRI/MRA as I"ve had so many scans lately that if there were anything seriously wrong, someone would have seen it.  

There isn't much that can be done for tinnitus, unfortunately.  I've learned to live with it. We've had quite a discussion about it in the past here on our forum. You can put "tinnitus" in the search box at the top and you'll find lots of these discussions.

The good news is that the sounds do get quieter over time - maybe over a few months.  The bad news is that unless you are one of the lucky ones, it doesn't go away entirely.  Hopefully you are one of those lucky people and this goes away on its own.

Take care.

Julie

[jensequitur]

I've had several instances when my hearing in one ear went away - not completely, but things got very quiet.  Then the tinnitus would start.  Sometimes it feels like somebody's stuck a warm, fuzzy finger in my ear!

I've told my neuro about it, but he doesn't seem concerned.  I've pretty much given up on him!

[Csativa]

Hi Louby,


The list as to the etiology of tinnitus is quite expansive.  Here is a site that gives a bit more information as to causes:

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tinnitus

I have had tinnitus since 81 or 82.  It began a few years after I already had several MS-like episodes (I say MS-like because it would be about 26 years until I was finally dx'd with MS.)    

The nature/quality of the tinnitus varies.  I have experienced a ringing (like a school bell), humming of a large transformer, running water, etc.  Some days the volume is louder/quieter.  There are times when I can hear it while listening to music, television, etc.     The tinnitus is constant - not even a reprieve for a day.  I can't say if certain conditions make it better or worse.  

I can never really separate myself from it (tune it out completely), I am pretty much acclimated to it at this point and it has been years since I last became upset because of it.  I can sit in a quiet place while praying or meditating and not be bothered by it.  

Frank

[Mike_Shuswap]

Count me in.

Got it. Hate it. Can't do anything about it.

Lucky for me it's only constant in one ear.

Mike

[Ufrustrated2]

count me in.

"severe hearing loss" as written by VA audiologist. she attributes most of it to a neuro problem.

[Sparkysarah]

And another one to suffer !! Therer have been several previous posts on this so you may like to "search this community" (top right hand box) for previous posts.

My problems started with mild hearing loss and tinnitus which led to further iinvestigations, MRI scan and eventual dx of MS.  I still have mild hearing difficulties and ringing comes and goes and find this veyr frustrating as I love singing and often cannot hear my own pitch.

My neuro said that I had a lesion which was almost certainly the main reason for this as I only dipped a little bit on high frequency sounds in the hearing tests on one side.

So join the gang,,,ther is not much one can do about it as it is too mild..but personally I find it ************ annoying and frustrating and almost worse than all the tingling.

Cheers for now

Sarah

PS What did you say I didn't quite catch it????!!!!!!

[Wobbly]

I have it constantly, it can get worse and I've felt like screaming at times when it gets so loud it affect listening.  Mine is like a Hissing noise at the back of my head.   The Neuro and Dr don't have answers, could be from meds, MS, anything really.. very common??

take care
wobbly

[Louby70]

Thank~you to you all, I will like some of you have suggested look into the health page & the community on here. Am wondering what will come next.

Thank fully I have not suffered with hearing lost like some of you have,  it must be horrible when this does happen to you.

I am now starting to dread it when the vacum is switched on, as this does make it make worse for a few hours.

I will mention this when I next see my Neuro like my doctor has adviced me.

Louby x

[PastorDan]

The only good thing about it is that my hearing aids don't amplify it, since it comes from inside the head somewhere.  The negative there is that it gets no quieter when I take them out.

Mine is always the same pitch, a very high beep/squeal/squeak.  If it were any higher I'd think only Annie & Bandit could hear it -- except no one but me can tell anything is there at all.  It never, ever, goes away.  Sometimes it helps to focus on it late at night so I don't hear all the other nighttime sounds that could keep me from drifting peacefully off to sleep.  Then again, little keeps me from sleeping well, thankfully.