So, I've suffered from mild tinnitus for some time now & have learnt to live with it, only seeming to notice it when trying to get to sleep.

 

However, yesterday whilst working on the Zed & hammering the hell out of my wishbone it hurt my left ear & the high pitched ringing got a lot worse in left ear only. I thought with a good nights sleep & rest it would get better or go away, but have woken this morning and its still really bad & loud & also seems to have slightly affected my hearing in that ear :scared:

 

Has anyone experienced this or has this happened to anyone else whilst hammering?......

 

Cheerz

Jamez

Hi Jamez, Ive had tinnitus for many years now and I've also lost all my high frequency hearing, meaning that I have to wear a hearing aid to to hear conversations and have subtitles on when watching TV.

 

I work in a garage, so there are always the sounds of hammering, airguns, engines being revved etc - sometimes I do cover my ears when it gets too loud, as it doesn't help my (lack) of hearing or tinnitus at all.

 

However, I've never had to endure physical pain as a result of a loud noise or noises - sorry, maybe in the future you should think about wearing ear defenders or as I do - an old pair of headphones (lead cut off of course).

 

If it persists, go see the doc. I really miss having a good pair of fully working ears :sad:

I have bad hearing and my Dad suffered very bad tinnitus to the point he had to have the balance mechanism removed in one if his ears as it would play up and he'd hit the deck. I wear ear defenders literally every time I use a hammer, electric saw, breaker etc, have done for years now and my hearing has got no worse.

 

With all the advancements in restoring eyesight is there anything being done with hearing or is a case of 'go deaf get a hearing aid'?

My friends wife had lost most of her hearing and had some sort of implant put behind her ear that was connected to her ear drum, not sure if anything can be done for tinnitus.

 

Paul

See your Doctor mate you need it checked out.:yes:

With all the advancements in restoring eyesight is there anything being done with hearing or is a case of 'go deaf get a hearing aid'?

 

At he moment, it's basically "get a hearing aid", they have made great advancements in feedback problems, bone conduction and various other aspects of hearing loss.

 

Even stem cell technology is being looked at, but just now - if your hard of hearing - it's a hearing aid....

 

I wear one at work, even then they have to speak to my face in order for me to fully pick up what's being said, a microphone cannot replace the human ear - yet.