Posted on 05/22/2009 3:48:56 PM PDT by TaraP
Yeah, folks can joke about it here, but it is real. I've had it for years. Sounds sort of like a generator running about a block away. No way to block it, you just have to get used to it. Sometimes I can actually feel vibrations at the same frequency.
Ditto, except the trains came almost all night. It is amazing how you just don't hear it anymore.
Now I live out in the country and only hear birds and occasional motor cycles off in the distance going 100 MPH. I wait to hear the crash that never happens.
I also have had ringing in my ears forever. I just got used to it. I only hear it if I think about it.
I have got it too, I have had it for years, tinnitus. Not a big deal, I think it is allergy related.
You said — I also have had ringing in my ears forever. I just got used to it. I only hear it if I think about it.
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Yeah, and sometimes I wonder, “Why isn’t this driving me crazy?” and then I forget about it when I get on to something else... LOL...
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells
From the bells, bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells -
From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
- Edgar Allen Poe
Mine sounds like the old florescent light ballasts when it was nearly kaput. It seems to be getting louder as I get older.
...but when it rattles by my window, the Chicago "L" annoys.
The resultant silence could be painful. I’d rethink that.
Interesting.
Thanks.
About the alpacas . . .
humming when contented or when?
And, are some of them . . . ATYPICALLY as I consider the opposite to be generally true of the species . . .
are some of them affectionate?
Agreed . . . it’s not a figment of folks’ imaginations.
Certainly habituation to stimuli is a common and consistent phenomenon . . .
Tinnitus is troublesome for many people . . . some varieties are difficult to ignore and can be quite debilitating—at least to communication.
It is also exacerbated in many people by stress as well as by being subjected to more loud sounds.
However . . .
Why the article?
1. It’s mysterious.
2. It really is troublesome to many people. It’s stress inducing. It’s somewhat frightful because folks feel a bit out of control since they can’t even identify the source.
3. Folks don’t know what the origin is; don’t know what the effects are; don’t know who’s responsible—have no recourse.
4. It’s extremely frustrating for many personality types.
5. People are grasping about for answers. Sharing their struggle with the hummm is a helpful thing compared to taking no action and continuing as silent victims.
Yeah, I could hear that TV sound, too.
Still can sometimes.
Thankfully, my tinnitus has never been very troublesome and is nowadays fairly rare. I usually pray and it seems to usually go away after a bit.
There are some recent modern treatments that are effective for many people. I don’t recall what they are.
Hmmm..., interesting that you have it, too...
It used to bother me a bit more, and at times it seems more intense (usually when tired), but it never goes away, at all. It’s been about 30 years, I would say. So, if I’m not used to it by now, I never will be... :-)
Thankfully, I only have it a few times a year, now.
I used to have it much more often.
I used to feel stressed much more often, too.
I don’t know what Pastor Henry Wright has found out about tinnitus. I suspect something . . . as well as successful healings once he’s tracked down the root cause.
I have some ringing in both ears, but my left ear is slightly worse than my right. The Dr said it was from years of driving a tractor on the farm with the engine and exhaust being to the front and every plow was a right had turning plow. We always looked at the right wheel, so our left ear was getting all the damage.
I wear hearing protection when I go to the range or bird hunting. I know my left ear was damaged when we were cleaning doves on a tank dam one day and my cousin saw two coming right at us. He shot upwards right over my head and left ear. I've had ringing in that ear ever since.
Humming when contented, humming when curious, humming when concerned. You learn to recognize the different pitches of humming. And yes, we have several that you could consider affectionate, or at least very sociable. They don’t necessarily want to curl up in your lap and be petted, but that’s a good thing. We have a lot of personal interaction with ours, so almost all of them will eat out of our hand.
Just a suggestion, could be blood pressure related...
Have you been screened?
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