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tblue37

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1. Tinnitus is super common--both among those with hearing impairment

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 10:15 PM

Mar 2016

and those with normal hearing.

I actually have FIVE different tinnitus sounds! As a girl I had just one, but over time new ones have added themselves to the old ones.

On my deaf/hard of hearing site (I'm Listening as Hard as I Can!) I have a couple of articles about tinnitus that might help you make peace with it:

"The Sounds of Silence"
http://deafnotdumb.homestead.com/tinnitus.html

"The Sound the Universe Makes Is Really Just Tinnitus"
http://deafnotdumb.homestead.com/om.html

BTW, some time after I posted that "Sounds of Silence" article, in which I suggest "making friends with your tinnitus," discussion threades popped up on tinnitus support groups with names like "Making Friends with Tinnitus." I suspect they borrowed their names from my article, since it is a rather idiosyncratic phrase, don't you think?

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Tinnitus.........this is the only place I saw to post this in..... [View all] mrmpa Mar 2016 OP

Tinnitus is super common--both among those with hearing impairment tblue37 Mar 2016 #1

BTW, I just visited those pages--and one of them actually quotes my article-- tblue37 Mar 2016 #2

Just wanted to say thanks for linking your articles...I've been looking for help for my daughter! nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #4

You are very welcome. nt tblue37 Jun 2016 #5

I might also add that my (even deafer) sister and several other tblue37 Jun 2016 #6

I have an appointment with an ENT tomorrow about this dlwickham Mar 2016 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author otohara Dec 2016 #8

I have tinnitus. Most of the time I don't notice it, PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2016 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author otohara Dec 2016 #9

I have it too Ohiogal Jan 2018 #10

I fell into a rock crusher last year LeonidPlanck Apr 9 #11