[kj] Tinnitus

[Alexander Smith]

Waitaminute, who else has got tinnitus? I must admit I've only been 
skimming through Gathering posts these days.

I have tinnitus in my right ear and have done since about 1999. I take 
a homeopathic "remedy" for it called -- optimistically -- "RingStop." I 
can't honestly tell if it's legitimately working or not, but it does 
seem to tone it down a bit.

The things that make tinnitus worse, supposedly: loud music, alcohol, 
salt, sugar and caffeine  --- basically, my entire life.

Fuck the world.

Alex in NYC


On Friday, November 5, 2004, at 12:38 PM, Matthew Burke wrote:

>
>
> Random tinnitus thoughts:
>
> I'm only slightly affected, kind of a seaside whooshing in a quiet 
> room at bedtime.  I remember coming home from shows as a lad and the 
> ringing was so loud it prevented me from sleep.
>
> Pete Townshend said he thought he did a lot of damage coming home 
> drunk and putting on the headphones to practice guitar.  It's harder 
> to judge volume when you're smashed, s'why drunks talk so loud.
>
> Also, in the late 80's Townshend's hearing was supposedly so bad he 
> could no longer play electric on stage, and in fact they needed to 
> reorient the sound system so that all high pitches left the PA on 
> stage right, furthest from him, because his doctor said one specific 
> high tone could lose him his hearing permanently.  He seems to play 
> with immunity now and I wonder what changed.
>
> William Shatner is also affected.  He claims before diagnosis, in the 
> evenings, he'd search the house madly looking for a radio that was 
> left on because he kept hearing the muffled sound of conversation 
> somewhere in the distance.
>
> John Entwistle said he found relief at higher elevations, and on the 
> drive back down the ringing would return.
>
> I have lists of boring facts in my head on almost any topic.
>
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