I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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185 points gregsadetsky | 2 comments | 21 May 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0.05s | source

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VladVladikoff ◴[22 May 25 01:52 UTC] No.44058020[source]▶

I have been to a lot of very loud electronic music shows in my life. For most of it I was young and foolish and did not wear hearing protection. Later in life I started to wear earplugs. I occasionally get waves of tinnitus in one ear. It comes on randomly and only lasts about one minute. I’m always afraid it will not go away. One day the wave will decide to just stay? I haven’t been to any loud shows in over a decade. I have no idea what triggers the waves, I can just be sitting in a quiet room and suddenly it will hit. And then nothing for a few weeks. Ears are strange.

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1. dexwiz ◴[22 May 25 01:56 UTC] No.44058046[source]▶

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I've been told that sometimes this is one of the nerve endings in your ear dying. Your brain doesn't know what to do with the signal and you interpret this as a steady tone for 10 seconds to a minute. I have taken pretty good care of my hearing and I still get them occasionally.

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2. camtarn ◴[22 May 25 13:41 UTC] No.44061973[source]▶

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As another commenter posted above, this seems to be known as 'sudden brief unilateral tapering tinnitus'. It seems fairly normal.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21970850/

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