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Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by idonotknowwhy »

LoganDark wrote: post #80
mnemotronic wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mine reminds me of the high-pitched sound made by old, tube TVs. I think it was called the flyback transformer. 16Khz.

15.625KHz to be exact. I can hear this sound quite well, to the point where I prefer not to be in the same building as any CRT that emits it. There are those that don't, mainly newer models I assume. I think it has to do with the exact shape of the waveform that drives the (horizontal part of the) deflection yoke. Some of them are noisier than others.

It's the PAL and NTSC (480i / 240p) sets we can hear. VGA (480p and higher) screens scan at > 30khz so we can't hear them.

I like the sound and can hear when a shop has a CRT security camera when I walk past lol

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by smegger001 »

mnemotronic wrote: post #47
doodlebugging wrote: post #30

I recently bought a couple of audiomoths for monitoring or tracking birds passing through my area. It records up to 192kHz I think so it can pick up ultrasonic chirps from bats. Anyway while passing the recorded data into Audacity to search for bird calls I was able to finally nail down the bandwidth where my tinnitus overwhelms all other signal and to begin to understand the depth of my work-related hearing loss. I…

Mine reminds me of the high-pitched sound made by old, tube TVs. I think it was called the flyback transformer. 16Khz.

That reminds me of the old crt tv my parents had for ages in their room that i could hear from the other side of the house but they couldn't that made the most awful high pitch whine. and as the screen would go black in some sort of sleep mode but it kept making that horrible noise with the only indicator that is was on still other than the noise, that apparently only i and dogs could hear, was the color of a small dim recessed led. they got rid of it a about three years ago but whenever i would visit I'd hear it as soon as the door opened and it would drive me nuts till i got the chance to turn it off.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by nehal3m »

LoganDark wrote: post #83
localghost3000 wrote: post #22

I've got multiple tones in both ears. Most of the time I don't notice it but sometimes... well it's hard not to panic when you realize you can't escape it. I would very much like to experience life without the ringing again before I kick the bucket. I'd honestly probably cry.

I don't think I have tinnitus, but I made a bad choice of power supply for some of my audio equipment, and it emits an annoying whine from one of its fans. Which is bad because this is supposed to be audio equipment. I may simply remove that fan in the future.

I’ll assume you know what you’re doing, but I still had a gut reaction. Careful not to burn your house down.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by jeffparsons »

LoganDark wrote: post #80
mnemotronic wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mine reminds me of the high-pitched sound made by old, tube TVs. I think it was called the flyback transformer. 16Khz.

15.625KHz to be exact. I can hear this sound quite well, to the point where I prefer not to be in the same building as any CRT that emits it. There are those that don't, mainly newer models I assume. I think it has to do with the exact shape of the waveform that drives the (horizontal part of the) deflection yoke. Some of them are noisier than others.

Same. As a child, I could be reading a book at one end of the house and I would experience discomfort (experienced as a slightly painful "pressure" in my ears) when the television, which was 4 rooms away, was powered on. My family didn't believe that I could tell, because to them it was silent. So they challenged me to a double blind test, and were surprised to find that yes, it really was the TV that was bothering me.

Related, we did a hearing range test in a high school science class. I could detect the tone generator at a frequency well beyond what anyone else in my class could pick up. I couldn't hear it as a sound anymore after a certain point, but could still feel it as an uncomfortable "pressure" inside my ears.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by nomy99 »

defrost wrote: post #105
nomy99 wrote: post #99

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It's a community with individuals. One user in particular made a pretty racially insensitive comment, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38496195 and they got downvoted for it. Hard. So, re: your proposition that HN is the most racist community - No. * 1. Some members are, for sure, and can be vocal about it, most aren't. * 2. You should see some of the other communities out there, some are explicitly dedicated to…

I will respond, but ill let the community first handle your comment.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by idonotknowwhy »

smegger001 wrote: post #106
nsxwolf wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting. I can “play my eardrums”, which I describe as the ability to consciously control something in my ears that causes a loud fluttering, ringing sound that is something like wind entering my ear canals combined with a bell. After some research I’ve found some people can control something called the “tensor tympani” and generate sounds described as a “roar” but being a subjective experience I am not certain t…

yeah i think i do the same thing as you with my ears. a flutter is probably the best description of it i had thought of it as clapping or clicking my ears but that is to sharp a sound to really describe it

I can do this too. It also does the same thing as yawning when your ears get blocked on a plane or driving up a steep hill. It unblocks them.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by chrsmth »

jader201 wrote: post #96

I don’t know if this is a clue, but I can do muscle movements in my head/face/jaw to make the tinnitus worse (only as I make the movements, immediately reverting back to “normal” tinnitus as soon as I relax). Some examples: - jutting my jaw forwards - moving my ears back with my face muscles - pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands Another possible clue: this has been true since I can remember — even as…

I've seen this called Somatosensory Tinnitus [0], and it's what I have as well. Stretching my neck & clearing my ears of wax pretty much resolves it every time, or at least helps a lot.

I only have it on the left side, and my TMJ lines up marginally worse on that side, so it's probably related.

[0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S180759322...

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by Lorin »

jader201 wrote: post #96

I don’t know if this is a clue, but I can do muscle movements in my head/face/jaw to make the tinnitus worse (only as I make the movements, immediately reverting back to “normal” tinnitus as soon as I relax). Some examples: - jutting my jaw forwards - moving my ears back with my face muscles - pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands Another possible clue: this has been true since I can remember — even as…

Tinnitus was one of the reasons I stopped cracking my neck - would trigger it shortly after.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Post by nomy99 »

defrost wrote: post #105
nomy99 wrote: post #99

[flagged]

It's a community with individuals. One user in particular made a pretty racially insensitive comment, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38496195 and they got downvoted for it. Hard. So, re: your proposition that HN is the most racist community - No. * 1. Some members are, for sure, and can be vocal about it, most aren't. * 2. You should see some of the other communities out there, some are explicitly dedicated to…

Ok.. that comment wasn't racially insensitve. So your point is mute.. can we move on plz?
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