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AirPods causing tinnitus?
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#162Airpods 100% affect / cause tinnitus. I tracked it on myself over several months once I noticed the relationship. In short, the airpods caused it and using them substantially intensifies the tinnitus I experience. I’m 24. Saddens me to know I’ll be living with this for the rest of my life.
Stumbling upon the post linked by OP after realizing the connection between my tinnitus levels and airpods is hard to put into words. The tinnitus developed during my first year using airpods. I would use them for at least an hour a day and always towards the lower 1/4 of the volume bar.
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#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have had tinnitus for years, and have never felt comfortable with noise cancelling headphones. Purely anecdotal, of course, and even regular headphones are uncomfortable after awhile, but active noise cancellation is unbearable for me
I wonder how much of this is causing tinnitus, vs the total silence revealing (or intensifying) tinnitus
I'm a bit odd in that I prefer total silence, though my wife needs background or white noise.
I'd rather just have the ringing in my ears than ringing PLUS something else. There's something distinctly different between ANC and true silence, and despite several attempts I've never found an ANC that proved otherwise.
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#164Hearing loss is very serious. You know your body better than anyone else so don't be afraid to be its biggest advocate and protector. Nobody else will. I once had tinnitus for a week after a concert and it was one of the worst weeks of my life, it felt like it would last forever (and for some people, it does). I had pristine, "golden ears" for audio engineering and was afraid about how much I'd be able to recover. I…
> I once had tinnitus for a week after a concert This is impossible for me. As a self proclaimed hypersensitive person with hyperacusis and misophonia, I would rather fight and claw my way out of any kind of concert or disco rather than suffering from the loud noises. Any kind of concert or disco noise means intense pain to me. Like getting stabbed in the ears. I found a solution and peace in ear plugs, with them I c…
Musical noise rarely gives me any issues, though some of the weirder electronic/noise/artsy punk shows have been problematic. Usually it is in short bursts though, I can't think of a show I actually left due to the noise. I enjoy music I can feel but I am very diligent about earplug usage to the point that I bring extras to share just in case. I typically pull each earplug out for a few seconds on each side to see if I'm missing much. There is something very different about listening to Earth for example at show volume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiCIW04PF3I
Unfortunately my tinnitus stemmed from lightning. I'm fortunate that it doesn't seem noticeable all the time.
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#165There are so many variables to this it's obnoxious. What do you define as loud? Are you using them in ANC? Is it regular Airpods or Airpods Pro? Do you notice tinnitus after using ear plugs for a while? When listening to music other ways? I have tinnitus due to ear infections when I was younger. In my subjective experience, my AirPod Pro's have not changed it in any meaningful way. I use them enough that I have two p…
>Headphones can increase the temperature of the ear-canal when worn for extended periods of time, and can lock in humidity.
This creates the ideal environment for both introducing bacteria to the ear canal as well as promoting their growth.
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Woah, I've never heard of this. Had COVID vaccine late April '21, developed tinnitus a few weeks later, hasn't gone away since.
As a healthy person, I'd have rather taken my chances with COVID than spending the rest of my life with tinnitus (I'm pretty sure I was exposed to COVID just before the lockdowns as I lost my sense of smell for a short while, but otherwise no other symptoms and I've never had it since).
EDIT: Not a AirPods user, I occasionally use the Apple iPhone headphones, but rarely, maybe just for a flight or occasional call.
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No one is suppressing anything. It is rare, it is listed as a known side effect, and its old news. Most people couldn't care less at this point..
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#168I have tinnitus and I do not see any issues with my WH1000XM4s making it any worse. It does feel like I can hear the tinnitus a bit worse with the headphones on, but I think that's just the ANC cutting out low frequency noise as expected. I've been using XM4s and XM3s for years, and my tinnitus has been steady, so I assume not all ANC makes tinnitus worse inherently. It is possible AirPods Max would also not increase…
This is my experience too, regularly used XM4’s the past year, and tinnitus is no better/worse, as far as i can tell.
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#169Re: AirPods causing tinnitus?
#170Maybe worth keeping in mind that during the last few years we also had an epidemic with a disease that is a known cause of tinnitus.