::How many people here get ringing in their ears/head?::

so i have this incredibly annoying noise in my left ear only. it is tinnitus and i saw a specialist and he says it may be the onset of otosclorisis... (arthritis in the ear)
i do occasionally hear this high pitched tone that you describe but i think pretty much everyone does at one time or another..

so yer the noise in my ear drives me insane and i'm waiting to see a specialist to get a second opinion.. some nights i don't think i'll ever get to sleep with it constantly in my ear and nothing seems to settle it.
butttt i don't really have any experiences with these "other" "variously pitched" tones you're describing..

[edit on 2/12/08 by pretty_vacant]

go into nature and see if you experience the same noises,away from other people.

In my case, I've been with different rock bands since 1995 and yeah, you can say I have that too. It's not 24/7 though. Am planning to have it checked up.

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[edit on 30-1-2009 by 12m8keall2c]

I have it too, and it can be annoying.
I checked my blood pressure last week, and was normal.
Why is it so common? I see alot of threads about it and alot of theories as to what the cause is.

Tinnitus cure is a step closer (woo hoo! )

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Well it's basically that they have narrowed down the cause to....



So fellow suffers, make of that what you will. I know my self treatment regime of banging my head against a wall does come with certain side effects... And does nothing at all to relieve the tinnitus (similar results obtained in my study of consuming excessive amounts of alcohol)



[edit on 29/3/2009 by Now_Then]