Cobleskill
Treehouser
Huh? What? Did you say something? My gf has a volume control problem.
Tinnitus, Hearing Loss, Hearing Difficulties, Etc...Discuss.
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MasterBlaster
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I quit drinking yet I'm still ringing...
pantheraba
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Bermy...that is exactly what I have. For years it was a constant high pitch...a few years ago it transitioned to crickets chirping. Now I hear a high pitch and crickets always...and don't hear high frequency well at all.
Merle Nelson
TreeHouser
Yer bell dun bin rung!
I had an infection in both my ears. Doc said it came from those foam ear plugs. Ear muffs for me now. PPE is expensive and the stuff is built cheaply.
Mick!
TreeHouser
MasterBlaster
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Never had an ear infection or wax problem.
FTR, I only clean my ears with a washcloth - NO q-tips.
FTR, I only clean my ears with a washcloth - NO q-tips.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Q-tips as far as I recall. I elaborated a movement to have a good cleaning with that and to avoid any build up.
But still, I have the high pitch continuously in both ears.
Now, even with the computer'fans just near me and the electric heater rattling under my desk (I love the warm air flow coming up), I hear it distinctly.
It's related to nerve damage. Sensitive terminators are damaged and that doesn't heal. Training the brain by feedback is an elegant solution : "just" tell the brain to not be bothered by that. You had to be really convincing !
But still, I have the high pitch continuously in both ears.
Now, even with the computer'fans just near me and the electric heater rattling under my desk (I love the warm air flow coming up), I hear it distinctly.
It's related to nerve damage. Sensitive terminators are damaged and that doesn't heal. Training the brain by feedback is an elegant solution : "just" tell the brain to not be bothered by that. You had to be really convincing !
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I have hearing loss in my left ear Sean. I'm sure from window down driving. 
. Deaf enough in my left to be able to easily notice the difference. Like if I sleep right ear down on the pillow, the alarm will sound real faint and distant and muffled. That's when I think. Wow, that's getting bad.
Won't be to long I imagine before I get hearing aids. Such is life.
. Deaf enough in my left to be able to easily notice the difference. Like if I sleep right ear down on the pillow, the alarm will sound real faint and distant and muffled. That's when I think. Wow, that's getting bad. Won't be to long I imagine before I get hearing aids. Such is life.
MasterBlaster
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Any of ya'll do that ear candling nonsense?
biggun
Monkey for Hire
Not tried the candling.
Qtips did me in one day. My own fault, but if the qtip wasn't there I wouldn't have burst my ear drum on the left. It then got infected quite badly.
When it initially happened, I felt like Tyson had just connected with a right hook. Then for a few weeks I had trouble eating and talking due to the infection.
You should never put qtips into the inner ear. The doctor actually said you shouldn't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear.
I said, I would like to see you try!
Qtips did me in one day. My own fault, but if the qtip wasn't there I wouldn't have burst my ear drum on the left. It then got infected quite badly.
When it initially happened, I felt like Tyson had just connected with a right hook. Then for a few weeks I had trouble eating and talking due to the infection.
You should never put qtips into the inner ear. The doctor actually said you shouldn't put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear.
I said, I would like to see you try!
Mick!
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SeanKroll
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That's like, "Don't rub your eye with anything but your elbow".
I've done the ear candles a time or two. Interesting, but not that productive. I don't have waxy ears.
Wearing muffs definitely keeps outer ears cleaner, so inner ears cleaner if using plugs.
I prefer to keep my plugs in for long periods of time, not in-out. Senas help to not have to remove/ insert, and you wear the muffs for long periods.
I've done the ear candles a time or two. Interesting, but not that productive. I don't have waxy ears.
Wearing muffs definitely keeps outer ears cleaner, so inner ears cleaner if using plugs.
I prefer to keep my plugs in for long periods of time, not in-out. Senas help to not have to remove/ insert, and you wear the muffs for long periods.
MasterBlaster
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When I put my plugs in they stayed in.
Ear candling is a hoax, people.
Ear candling is a hoax, people.
Last logging season we had moulded ear plugs made for all of us.
I'm slowly going deaf from working with saws for 40 years, we wanted to avoid having the rest of the crew going the same way.
Fairly expensive at $200 a pair, but worth every penny.
They make a molding of your outer ear canal and reverse that into a pair of plugs that fit so well, that after 30 seconds, one has forgotten, they are there.
None of the discomfort that comes with prolonged use of normal plugs.
With the ear cups from the helmet on top, the world is silent.
They have a build in filter that allows (loud) talk to go through, but filters the noise out.
That works great for the boys, but not for me. My partial deafness gets in the way, I can't hear any talk when I wear them.
I had an extra pair made for myself, to use when I ride my motorcycle fast on the freeway.
I'm slowly going deaf from working with saws for 40 years, we wanted to avoid having the rest of the crew going the same way.
Fairly expensive at $200 a pair, but worth every penny.
They make a molding of your outer ear canal and reverse that into a pair of plugs that fit so well, that after 30 seconds, one has forgotten, they are there.
None of the discomfort that comes with prolonged use of normal plugs.
With the ear cups from the helmet on top, the world is silent.
They have a build in filter that allows (loud) talk to go through, but filters the noise out.
That works great for the boys, but not for me. My partial deafness gets in the way, I can't hear any talk when I wear them.
I had an extra pair made for myself, to use when I ride my motorcycle fast on the freeway.
pantheraba
More biners!!!
Cool thing to do....taking care of your peeps. 
MasterBlaster
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Never heard it, either.
squisher
THE CALM ONE!!!!
I thought it was common sense? I've always been like a dog nearly myself. Windows down always. My left ear has far greater hearing damage than my right and it's the one that's always hanging in the wind.
Do you shoot a bunch of guns? My old foreman was deaf in his left ear from shooting. Needless to say he shot pretty much all the time lol. I'm sure being a fitter didn't help either. He said back in the day they would just beat asbestos insulation off with a hammer, no tie offs, no glasses, and would ride the crane ball crab style, 2 guys a trip lol.
