Recent content by julian gilmore

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    Is Hissing Tinnitus a Good Sign?

    Another thought I'd welcome some comment on. In common with many sufferers I went down the ENT route and a hearing device was recommended. The thing is I don't have any hearing problems regarding conversation etc. But would a hearing aid serve to lower the passive volume setting (as it were) of...
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    Is Hissing Tinnitus a Good Sign?

    Hi. It's really hard to accept that the hissing, which intensifies with certain musical sounds, paper rustling, water splashing etc. is due to hearing damage, though I suppose it is. Lately it's been more or less constant. I went througha period of fairly frequent relief from this and these...
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    Is Hissing Tinnitus a Good Sign?

    Does anyone have hissing that causes musical sounds to distort or which increases in volume in response to sounds like water splashing?
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    I Have Tinnitus in Response to Noise, Anyone Else?

    Hi everyone! My name is Jules and I'm new to this forum/site. My tinnitus is ever present, a high pitched hissing noise, but it becomes distressing in reaction to sounds, mostly splashing or rustling sounds and water splashing. I am a classical music nut and high violins are sometimes...