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wiseheart ([personal profile] wiseheart) wrote2009-01-02 10:01 pm

New year, new joy...

It seems that my tinnitus has spread. Aside from hearing hissing and piping and ringing tones in my right ear in irregular intervalls, now I have a constant, low-key humming noise in my left ear, as from this evening. And it shows no signs of going away any time, soon.

Fortunately, it's not too loud. But it's most disturbing nonetheless. I know there isn't a cure for this kind of thing; my Grandma had it, my Mum has it, so I've probably inherited the affinity, and the stress and the noise level at school did the rest.

It was not completely unexpected. I just wish I hadn't started twenty years earlier than the others of the family.

[identity profile] lissas-elves.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Tinnitus is so annoying. :-(

What do you do - keep the radio playing at low volume or something like that?

[identity profile] wiseheart.livejournal.com 2009-01-02 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I try to get used to it. I got used to the right ear thing, too, and I've had it for two to three years. At least it'S low key.