G’day Jason, Joe, Lonewolf, Dry, Barb, Bjorn and all Meggsie’s mates.
Yes, you have forgotten something Sarah - me. You have me bright green with envy.
Don’t worry Ginger, you are in for a good time.
Re tinutis: Seems to vary from one person to another. All a doctor can do is believe you when you say you have it - neither he, nor anyone else can hear what the sufferer does. It is the one unmeasurable medical complaint.
Mine varies from a whispered whistle (sorry, but there is no other way to descrbe it) most of the time but at others there is a high pitched whistle that sort of beats in and out every second or so.
Not sure how I’ve kept my sanity, maybe I haven’t. I can get relief in two main ways. Concentrate on a puzzle (I go on my knees and give thanks for sudoku) and forget it or if it is really bad, then I wind the radio up.
Other suggestions for relief will be most thankfully received.
Commiserations Joe, and to anyone else out there that has it.
Now, being a Satdy night I must get dinner and be ready for the 50s Rock programs on the radio - complete blockout for tinutis!. Back later when the din has died down
I can sympathize. I’ve always thought the part between leaving home and the airplane taking off was no fun.
All my dictionaries and my memory are happy with tinnitus. Is there a different British (Australian) spelling? I have it too. It used to bother me, but there are always so many things around that whistle, hum, whir, etc., that I hardly notice anymore. Oddly enough, I can hear the sonic critter repeller in the garage.
We keep wondering why Oz is refered to as Down Under when we see ourselves as being the right way up. We can’t resist wanting to see lands where people’s heads point to the sky.
Well that explains it, usfellers. Personally, I’ve always wanted to visit Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, but if I’m gonna have to stand on my head, I may have to rethink that.
I’m betting Ginger will find something to amuse himself in Paris, and probably on the plane. Somehow, I think the flight crew will remember him when he deplanes.
If you have hearing loss, hearing aids can sometimes help with tinnitus. Some people get relief with lipoflavonoids. I have also seen folks get a lot of help from hypnotherapy.
Yes, it appears Lonewolf and Joe are right. Doc gave me a pamphlet years ago when I went to him about it and I am sure the word was spelt with one ‘N’. Not the sort or word one sees in print every day and every distressing visit since to see if there was some new treatment, we only spoke about it, never anything in print. Yes, it is pronounced contrary to every other ‘itis’ or ‘utis’ in the medical book.
Joe Mine has the opposite effect to yours. My hearing has not only always been perfect but I can hear quite high pitch sounds as well. There was a valve in the really early TV sets that emitted a sound almost as highly pitched as a ‘silent’ dog whistle so it worried very few people. It drove me bonkers.
It’s a great help on flights. I can tune into every slight change in noise pitch of the engines and be reassured all is well. My actions if I heard something untoward have not yet been tested.
Booking in for flights always gave me a real buzz until they installed self-serve check-in. Unfortunately I am of an age where one is expected to be computer illiterate but have, in fact, been involved with them for (true) 46 years. Sure enough, the attendant of tender years came straight over and insisted on SLOWLY telling me what to do, including pointing out where my ticket would come out. I resisted telling her where it could go.
Have the same trouble at the supermarket and have taken to telling the acne-faced one behind the counter that I have been swiping cards for longer than they have been on the face of the planet. Don’t dare use the self-serve checkout, where the youthful commandant appointed to run a strict camp seems poised to descend on an older, but more knowledgeable, soul.
No fun anymore at either of those two venues. I should act my age and walk down the street waving the Union Jack and singing ‘Rule Brittania’.
We travel from the Land of Oz to see what it is like at the North Pole. We claim part of the South Pole and it seems to be fairly intact. However, we notice that the ice at the North Pole is disappearing and want to go there to watch it fall off into space.
All very tongue-in-cheek, as if you hadn’t noticed. The notion that if the Earth was round then people on the other side would be standing on their heads was used as a serious argument against the Earth being a globe way back before Columbus took to the sea.
Saucy1121: From what I have been told and experienced, tinnutis (let’s get it right) does not affect hearing, nor does it impinge on any other noise. It seems to be a separate issue from loss of hearing.
Right now I have the worst form I get, the background whine and intermittent high-pitched whistle. However, it has not stopped me hearing the breaking of dawn and the attendant announcement of its arrival by the birds.
Can’t resist this final entry before bed - at 9.00 am!!!!
Went to the local Council a couple of days ago to pay registration for my pets. No registration for me - not sure whether those in power consider me to be above value or beneath it.
However, the lass at the Payments counter took the slips for the pets and my cheque and tried to scan the bar codes. No go, so she hit the scanner, and it read them.
So help me, she had a new LCD screen in front of her, access to a computer for which my rates have paid handsomely and in which Big Brother resides, and a keyboard that allowed her to communicate with him, BUT, it all depended on a swipe of her hand for it all to work.
When I laughed she asked me what was so funny. I told her that it was wonderful that she had found out what made it all happen. Left her laughing as well.
Tinnitus is often a symptom of hearing loss, usfellers, but not always. The structures of the inner ear, called hair cells, may have some damage before hearing loss can be measured.
Certain medications, such as high doses of aspirin and related products can also cause tinnitus. Certain chemotherapy drugs can do the same. If you are taking large doses of pain relievers for arthritis, etc, that may contribute. So can other medications. If you are on several, you may want to discuss with your primary care doctor to see if any have that side effect.
I’m an audiologist in real life, so do have some experience.
Joe and usfellers in all seriousness, how do motorcycles “gunning it” and making the most gawd awfull loud muffler (for lack of a better description) noise affect your ear problems? I can always tell when it’s summer, we have a couple of fools who live out the road and they “gun” thier engines ALL THE TIME, day or night! That is the one and only thing I hate about summertime! I’d love to turn them in, but at this point in time, we have no noise ordinances in this county related to motorcycles or motor transport.
Dry; In Oz we do have noise laws. Haven’t a clue what they are because I don’t hoon around so they don’t affect me. A few years ago a workmate was fined for allowing his car tyres to squeal as he went around a corner. I rather fancy that was all the cop could get him on though; knowing him, he would have been hooning at the time.
Saucy1121: Thanks for your authoritative advice. My most recent medical advice was from a close relative who was also an audiologist but who passed away a few years ago. (no dates, no pack drill). Yes, high doses of aspirin do cause my tinnutis to become unbearable. Fortunately that has happened only a couple of times until I could get to a dentist but I was almost at the stage of hoping the aspirin would act as a anaethetic if I banged my head on the nearest lamppost. No, I take no medication whatsoever.
Joe: Easy on mate, I’m not trying to give Methuslah a run for his money LOL. However, I do strongly resent being told by an 18 year-old when to insert or swipe my card, what buttons to press and/or when to take the card out. They seem to have a few seconds warning on the screen before the words come up on the card unit. The last straw is when they push my hand out of the way and take my card out of the unit before I have time. One even snatched the card from my hand before I had a chance to swipe it.
For several weeks I played a game at the local KFC establishment. No matter what I asked for the person taking the money would ask if I would want some other thing. The next time I went in I would ask for what they suggested the previous time but all to no avail, their menu seems to have no limit. Seems their cash register has no keys for amounts of money, only products or packages and no matter what you order, the computer flashes up something you haven’t.
The game ended when I refused the soft drink I hadn’t ordered, only to be told I MUST take it. When I said nobody could tell me what or when to drink I demanded a refund. Couldn’t get it, no facilty on the cash register to split up a package. I don’t bother going there anymore!
Outside of all that, life’s great. Nowhere near Ginger’s age but, like him, I feel I’m going on 12 years old.
usfellers over 14 years ago
G’day Jason, Joe, Lonewolf, Dry, Barb, Bjorn and all Meggsie’s mates.
Yes, you have forgotten something Sarah - me. You have me bright green with envy.
Don’t worry Ginger, you are in for a good time.
Re tinutis: Seems to vary from one person to another. All a doctor can do is believe you when you say you have it - neither he, nor anyone else can hear what the sufferer does. It is the one unmeasurable medical complaint.
Mine varies from a whispered whistle (sorry, but there is no other way to descrbe it) most of the time but at others there is a high pitched whistle that sort of beats in and out every second or so.
Not sure how I’ve kept my sanity, maybe I haven’t. I can get relief in two main ways. Concentrate on a puzzle (I go on my knees and give thanks for sudoku) and forget it or if it is really bad, then I wind the radio up.
Other suggestions for relief will be most thankfully received.
Commiserations Joe, and to anyone else out there that has it.
Now, being a Satdy night I must get dinner and be ready for the 50s Rock programs on the radio - complete blockout for tinutis!. Back later when the din has died down
.
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Oh, I’m sure you’ll have lots of fun, Ginger!
G’Day, Jason, Usfellers, Joe and ALL the Meggsie fans!
And those are all special shouts! :^)
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Did they forget Ginger? Looks like they did. “Home Alone” Aussie style?
G’day Joe, Jason, usfellers, and all Meggsie fans far and wide!
ottod Premium Member over 14 years ago
I can sympathize. I’ve always thought the part between leaving home and the airplane taking off was no fun.
All my dictionaries and my memory are happy with tinnitus. Is there a different British (Australian) spelling? I have it too. It used to bother me, but there are always so many things around that whistle, hum, whir, etc., that I hardly notice anymore. Oddly enough, I can hear the sonic critter repeller in the garage.
COWBOY7 over 14 years ago
Usfellers, I’m sure they’ll figure it out soon enough! lol
ottod Premium Member over 14 years ago
Just saw the news reports on Jessica Watson. What is it with Australians and travel?
usfellers over 14 years ago
We keep wondering why Oz is refered to as Down Under when we see ourselves as being the right way up. We can’t resist wanting to see lands where people’s heads point to the sky.
ottod Premium Member over 14 years ago
Well that explains it, usfellers. Personally, I’ve always wanted to visit Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, but if I’m gonna have to stand on my head, I may have to rethink that.
I’m betting Ginger will find something to amuse himself in Paris, and probably on the plane. Somehow, I think the flight crew will remember him when he deplanes.
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 14 years ago
If you have hearing loss, hearing aids can sometimes help with tinnitus. Some people get relief with lipoflavonoids. I have also seen folks get a lot of help from hypnotherapy.
usfellers over 14 years ago
Yes, it appears Lonewolf and Joe are right. Doc gave me a pamphlet years ago when I went to him about it and I am sure the word was spelt with one ‘N’. Not the sort or word one sees in print every day and every distressing visit since to see if there was some new treatment, we only spoke about it, never anything in print. Yes, it is pronounced contrary to every other ‘itis’ or ‘utis’ in the medical book.
Joe Mine has the opposite effect to yours. My hearing has not only always been perfect but I can hear quite high pitch sounds as well. There was a valve in the really early TV sets that emitted a sound almost as highly pitched as a ‘silent’ dog whistle so it worried very few people. It drove me bonkers.
It’s a great help on flights. I can tune into every slight change in noise pitch of the engines and be reassured all is well. My actions if I heard something untoward have not yet been tested.
Booking in for flights always gave me a real buzz until they installed self-serve check-in. Unfortunately I am of an age where one is expected to be computer illiterate but have, in fact, been involved with them for (true) 46 years. Sure enough, the attendant of tender years came straight over and insisted on SLOWLY telling me what to do, including pointing out where my ticket would come out. I resisted telling her where it could go.
Have the same trouble at the supermarket and have taken to telling the acne-faced one behind the counter that I have been swiping cards for longer than they have been on the face of the planet. Don’t dare use the self-serve checkout, where the youthful commandant appointed to run a strict camp seems poised to descend on an older, but more knowledgeable, soul.
No fun anymore at either of those two venues. I should act my age and walk down the street waving the Union Jack and singing ‘Rule Brittania’.
usfellers over 14 years ago
We travel from the Land of Oz to see what it is like at the North Pole. We claim part of the South Pole and it seems to be fairly intact. However, we notice that the ice at the North Pole is disappearing and want to go there to watch it fall off into space.
All very tongue-in-cheek, as if you hadn’t noticed. The notion that if the Earth was round then people on the other side would be standing on their heads was used as a serious argument against the Earth being a globe way back before Columbus took to the sea.
usfellers over 14 years ago
Saucy1121: From what I have been told and experienced, tinnutis (let’s get it right) does not affect hearing, nor does it impinge on any other noise. It seems to be a separate issue from loss of hearing.
Right now I have the worst form I get, the background whine and intermittent high-pitched whistle. However, it has not stopped me hearing the breaking of dawn and the attendant announcement of its arrival by the birds.
Life is great.
usfellers over 14 years ago
Can’t resist this final entry before bed - at 9.00 am!!!!
Went to the local Council a couple of days ago to pay registration for my pets. No registration for me - not sure whether those in power consider me to be above value or beneath it.
However, the lass at the Payments counter took the slips for the pets and my cheque and tried to scan the bar codes. No go, so she hit the scanner, and it read them.
So help me, she had a new LCD screen in front of her, access to a computer for which my rates have paid handsomely and in which Big Brother resides, and a keyboard that allowed her to communicate with him, BUT, it all depended on a swipe of her hand for it all to work.
When I laughed she asked me what was so funny. I told her that it was wonderful that she had found out what made it all happen. Left her laughing as well.
Night (morning) all.
Saucy1121 Premium Member over 14 years ago
Tinnitus is often a symptom of hearing loss, usfellers, but not always. The structures of the inner ear, called hair cells, may have some damage before hearing loss can be measured.
Certain medications, such as high doses of aspirin and related products can also cause tinnitus. Certain chemotherapy drugs can do the same. If you are taking large doses of pain relievers for arthritis, etc, that may contribute. So can other medications. If you are on several, you may want to discuss with your primary care doctor to see if any have that side effect.
I’m an audiologist in real life, so do have some experience.
Dry and Dusty Premium Member over 14 years ago
Joe and usfellers in all seriousness, how do motorcycles “gunning it” and making the most gawd awfull loud muffler (for lack of a better description) noise affect your ear problems? I can always tell when it’s summer, we have a couple of fools who live out the road and they “gun” thier engines ALL THE TIME, day or night! That is the one and only thing I hate about summertime! I’d love to turn them in, but at this point in time, we have no noise ordinances in this county related to motorcycles or motor transport.
usfellers over 14 years ago
Dry; In Oz we do have noise laws. Haven’t a clue what they are because I don’t hoon around so they don’t affect me. A few years ago a workmate was fined for allowing his car tyres to squeal as he went around a corner. I rather fancy that was all the cop could get him on though; knowing him, he would have been hooning at the time.
Saucy1121: Thanks for your authoritative advice. My most recent medical advice was from a close relative who was also an audiologist but who passed away a few years ago. (no dates, no pack drill). Yes, high doses of aspirin do cause my tinnutis to become unbearable. Fortunately that has happened only a couple of times until I could get to a dentist but I was almost at the stage of hoping the aspirin would act as a anaethetic if I banged my head on the nearest lamppost. No, I take no medication whatsoever.
Joe: Easy on mate, I’m not trying to give Methuslah a run for his money LOL. However, I do strongly resent being told by an 18 year-old when to insert or swipe my card, what buttons to press and/or when to take the card out. They seem to have a few seconds warning on the screen before the words come up on the card unit. The last straw is when they push my hand out of the way and take my card out of the unit before I have time. One even snatched the card from my hand before I had a chance to swipe it.
For several weeks I played a game at the local KFC establishment. No matter what I asked for the person taking the money would ask if I would want some other thing. The next time I went in I would ask for what they suggested the previous time but all to no avail, their menu seems to have no limit. Seems their cash register has no keys for amounts of money, only products or packages and no matter what you order, the computer flashes up something you haven’t.
The game ended when I refused the soft drink I hadn’t ordered, only to be told I MUST take it. When I said nobody could tell me what or when to drink I demanded a refund. Couldn’t get it, no facilty on the cash register to split up a package. I don’t bother going there anymore!
Outside of all that, life’s great. Nowhere near Ginger’s age but, like him, I feel I’m going on 12 years old.