Does anyone get Tinittus?

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I get this often. It is like a constant high pitch that gradually fades. But also I get a constant hissing sound that is not so intrusive but it is always there.

Yes, I have had it as long as I can remember. Sometimes it is louder than other times and sometimes I don't hear it. It is usually a high pitch when I have it.

I've had constant tinnitus (although varying in intensity) for over a year now due to stress at work.

All the time. Silence is deafingly loud to me. I always keep a fan on to drown it out.

@Robdemanc, I'm curios about the "constant high pitch that gradually fades" part. I get a loud high pitched whistle that last a few seconds, and then take about 30 seconds to disappear. From what I've been told by the docs, that is a migraine aura. Does this sound familiar?

I've had tinnitus for about 50 years cause by a combination of rifle shooting and deafening industrial noise. It's level is about 25% of overall volume and greater on one side than the other so swiveling my head usually catches everything.

If I'm meditating using a breath counting technique I find putting in earplugs to cut out exterior sounds helps somewhat.

denny

I am not sure its the same thing as what I get. Mine is like a high pitch tone in my ear that is annoying at first but fades out gradually.

tinnitus is a common comorbid of hyperacusis and hyperacusis is a comorbid of autism spectrum disorders,so its probably very commonly found amongst the WP userbase [well those who are definately autistic anyway].

have had it since a teenager-at least thats when first understood what it was, it coud have been there longer.
mine was caused by continued brain injury from lifelong daily head banging,it can get to the point where am actualy deaf to the world because the inside noises are so loud,whenever hear any loud pitch sounds like a washing machine or siren,they then go into full tinnitus mode as well, where they will just be stuck on repeat,its agonising,very painful.

Kingdomof Rats, do you think it is also a commerbid with Misophonia? I know I have Misophonia and I suspect I could also have a touch of Hyperacusis as well.

Yes. I have it constantly in both ears, although it's much louder in the left than the right.

In my case I don't think it's related to AS though - it's the result of noise damage from years of playing in and watching bands and not bothering to wear earplugs (which I now regret).

Also, I had an ear infection at around the same time it started - so it may be down to either of those factors, or both.

It doesn't bother me much now, because I'm so used to it. The first couple of weeks were nasty, though. I'd always imagined it as one of those conditions that build up gradually, but with me it didn't - it just started out of nowhere, and has remained at the same volume ever since.

I don't think it's the worst hearing-related condition a person can suffer from, though - it's certainly not as bad as say, hyperacusis (as mentioned above by Kingdom of Rats and skibum) which sounds like pure TORTURE, from what I've read - although I assume there must be varying degrees of it, as there are with tinnitus.

I get the hi-pitched whine, too, sometimes it fades in a few seconds, other times, it fades away to almost nothing, but doesn't outright disappear for hours. I've never had a migraine, so I don't think there's a connection. It is more common and seems much louder in absolute silence, but I have music playing all the time, so that's rarely an issue.

my ear ringing is fairly broadband, its frequency range extends from the low midrange to the extreme treble. it is indeed a ringing sound with a strong whistle component. it sounds like a pipe organ with stuck upper-range keys and the 2" and 1" stops pulled.

I've had it for over a decade. I don't remember what caused it and sometimes I ask myself whether I simply did not notice it when I was younger. I remember it troubled me greatly when it started (I was 11 years old then) but now I hardly notice it at all. For example, reading this topic is the first time I thought about it in a few days. It's always there, mostly at a constant volume except when I've gone to a party which makes the sound get louder. But I've become used to it so much that the thought of complete silence kind of frightens me, which is why I've never visited a doctor for it.

I believe mine was caused by a terrible triad of exposure to gunfire, german measles and my clueless toddler self banging my head against a wall repeatedly while stuck in my crib.

Yea I had it pretty bad at one point. I used to be an emergency call handler and my tinnitus was caused by years of having people screaming in my ears every night. It started to fade around a month after I started a new job and has been gone ever since. To the best of my knowledge, in most cases, it does usually go away.

Yes--two types:

-A constant, very low, background hum that I only notice when there is no other external noise. When I was having my hearing checked, and I told this to the audiologist, she looked very concerned. I ultimately got a diagnosis of Meniere's disease.

-Rarely (thankfully), I will get this "tuning fork" tone, in either ear (it varies) that seems to echo straight through my head. I can literally feel it vibrating--it's very disorienting. I'm not sure if it's related to Meniere's or not. Haven't been back to the ENT doctor in a while--I really should, see if anything's gotten worse (supposedly, this condition is progressive; wondering if I'm going to go completely deaf one of these days).

I get that also, it is generally around 300-400 cycles per second. I can get rid of it by yawning vigorously and vigorously opening and closing my ear flap at a frequency of approx. 10 cycles per second.