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I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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I'm sorry to hear you're suffering from tinnitus, but what science is there to support the claim that the COVID vaccines cause it? Anecdotes are not science.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11150672/

Some reporting in there, Facebook group survey, and Tinnitus (12,532) is the 44th complaint among nearly 700,000 reported in the Vaccine Adverse Effect Reporting System.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Think you mean plugging, not plucking, your ears, unless sirens make you remove hair, in which case they did you a favor. I got some nice ear plugs designed for concerts (Loop) because I go to a concert and I already have mild tinnitus and don't want it to get worse. I do not know why concerts have to be SO LOUD. Loud, sure. Permanent ear damage loud, why? It should tell you something that the guys on stage wear ear…

Young people like intense experiences, blasting your ears out is fun when you're 18-24.

Kids cannot grasp long term health. The military likes recruiting them because they think they're invincible.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Kids doing weird shit to stand out, like every generation. It makes reading harder, and with modern tools it certainly isn't any easier to write—with both those things working against it I doubt it'll stick around.

it's not to stand out when every person types like this the real reason is it's conversational. it's casual. it removes the gap between the reader and the writer it's how people talk in a chat with their friends in pretty much every language across the world, writing was always "formal" and lacked the voice of a couple of people having a chat. at some points, writing was even a separate language. east asian people di…

It's standing out by doing what everyone else is doing ie being a teenager.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Another bonus of wearing ear protection in concerts: The music will actually sound way better when it's not saturating your eardrums. I got a decent pair of silicone plugs and it's a huge difference, everything sounds clearer and there's none of the sibilance and distortion I hear without them on, which I previously had always just attributed to the speakers/bad venue acoustics.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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But that isn’t tinnitus right? I noticed mine right around the same time and I call it the “aether noise”. To me, regular tinnitus (which I also had for a few days after concerts) could be matched and recreated with a tone generator, and is much more “in your face” despite being the same volume by the end of my ears healing. Aether noise on the other hand sounds multi tone, not a buzz or a hum. I have not yet managed…

Not OP, but yes! I've had the exact same "symptoms" my entire life. - A faint multi-tonal background "hiss", only apparent during silence, never goes away but is quite relaxing. I'm hesitant to even call it tinnitus - Visual snow. I have early memories from at least 5 or 6, staring at the blue sky and noticing it's not pure (I see blue as everyone else, but with a very transparent layer of static) I have attributed i…

It's so subtle I've for a long time wondered if it's something most people experience and don't notice, or they assume is normal, just because unless I think about it I don't really notice it either. I have been known to focus on details more than others do. Not sure if this contributes to my seemingly heightened sense of smell as well. But not being able to experience what others experience, makes me wonder if I'll ever know.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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I’ve had it since I was a kid. One day I just noticed how strange it was that silence sounded like this. I was maybe 6 or 7? Eventually just got used to experiencing silence like this. However, I usually only become aware of it when I’m alone - more so indoors at night time.

But that isn’t tinnitus right? I noticed mine right around the same time and I call it the “aether noise”. To me, regular tinnitus (which I also had for a few days after concerts) could be matched and recreated with a tone generator, and is much more “in your face” despite being the same volume by the end of my ears healing. Aether noise on the other hand sounds multi tone, not a buzz or a hum. I have not yet managed…

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Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Not OP, but yes! I've had the exact same "symptoms" my entire life. - A faint multi-tonal background "hiss", only apparent during silence, never goes away but is quite relaxing. I'm hesitant to even call it tinnitus - Visual snow. I have early memories from at least 5 or 6, staring at the blue sky and noticing it's not pure (I see blue as everyone else, but with a very transparent layer of static) I have attributed i…

It's so subtle I've for a long time wondered if it's something most people experience and don't notice, or they assume is normal, just because unless I think about it I don't really notice it either. I have been known to focus on details more than others do. Not sure if this contributes to my seemingly heightened sense of smell as well. But not being able to experience what others experience, makes me wonder if I'll…

I always thought that was just blood flow in the ears. Would make sense if that would cause _some_ noise.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

#139

I have tinnitus from going to loud concerts. I want to evangelize the importance of wearing ear plugs. It’s just not worth having hearing damage.

Yep. Had a DJ mate who religiously wore plugs to every night, wise dude.

Wear ear plugs at gigs, kids. Older you will thank you.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

#140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But that isn’t tinnitus right? I noticed mine right around the same time and I call it the “aether noise”. To me, regular tinnitus (which I also had for a few days after concerts) could be matched and recreated with a tone generator, and is much more “in your face” despite being the same volume by the end of my ears healing. Aether noise on the other hand sounds multi tone, not a buzz or a hum. I have not yet managed…

Not OP, but yes! I've had the exact same "symptoms" my entire life. - A faint multi-tonal background "hiss", only apparent during silence, never goes away but is quite relaxing. I'm hesitant to even call it tinnitus - Visual snow. I have early memories from at least 5 or 6, staring at the blue sky and noticing it's not pure (I see blue as everyone else, but with a very transparent layer of static) I have attributed i…

heh welcome to the club I guess. I always knew it’s not only me, even though nobody knew what i was talking about when explaining these symptoms.

Not quite tinnitus, much less drastic than anyone describing their diagnosed visual snow symptoms. Could be a very mild case of VSS or an yet to be named condition.

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