About a year ago, I developed a sever case of tinnitus. A high pitched ringing in my ears that prevented me from sleeping. It came on suddenly, no build up.
Doc gave me sleeping pills. “This dose will keep a horse down for 12 hours”. I was awake in four.
Spent a day up at OHSU in Portland. Found that the tinnitus
frequency was at the same point where my hearing loss began.
I didn’t know I had any loss!!!
Went to a hearing specialist in Medford and got fitted with
the mid range Widex hearing aids which produces background
white noise in the frequency range where I had lost hearing.
Cost for everything was $4,500 and I would have paid ten
times that for what they have done for me. Gave me back my
life.
Adding to my post. The Widex are programmable, they can be
aimed front, sides, or to the rear which makes it great when
you’re driving and want to talk to the wife. It also comes
with a small computer pack which you can wear on a strap around your neck which does all the above and bluetooths your
cell to your hearing aids.
For what it’s worth, the audiologist in Medford had me try
four other manufactures and nothing even came close to the
Widex.
One more thing, go to an Audiologist. Huge difference in
knowledge and technology than some guy selling hearing aids.
Can you think of anything that might possibly have led to this or be connected with it, such as more noise exposure, something you were consuming, or a change in overall health?
(BTW I am noticing the same thing.)