I did't realise I had Tinitus until I was in Secondary school. Always had the ringing in my ears and thought it was normal. Even to this day it bothers me, sometimes just a very slight high pitched tone, but usually quite a high volume high pitched tone, constantly in my head. It drives me nuts at times, it's the first thing I hear in a morning and the last thing I hear before I nod off at night, I can hear it above the volume of the TV, I can hear it above any conversation. If I'm feeling unwell for any reason it just seems to escalate in volume, I'm amazed other people can't hear it coming from my ears. I've never got used to it, I'm in my 60's, I'm pretty sure I never will get used to it. What I know for sure is that it's always there, there's never a second goes by that I can't hear it. If you've never suffered from it then you'll never quite 'get' how irritating and off putting it can be. |
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