Recent content by matfromaust

I work full time as a carpenter, I wear ear defenders all day which only makes my tinnitus louder but somehow I manage to block it out despite this. To be honest the only reason I notice it nowadays is because I make a conscious effort to protect my ears.

I could try ear buds again but I've heard conflicting opinions about whether or not you should use them when you have tinnitus. I've had issues using ear muffs at work (construction worker) after wearing them all day my tinnitus will become worse, sometimes for a few hours. I told my ent this...

I'm sitting outside and listening to crickets and it's frustrating because I can't tell if I'm hearing crickets or its my ears ringing

Funny you should mention fallout, I stopped playing the game because my tinnitus was really getting me down when I tried playing it, I was using the headset because I was chatting to my mate at the same time, it sucks because i bought the pip boy edition for ps4 and limited edition for xboxone...

That's what I'm doing atm but I'm sure people will be getting annoyed that they can hear my gameplay in the background

Hey everyone, for the gamers out there do you still use a gaming headset? Before my tinnitus I was an avid gamer especially of the battlefield series and would wear a head set as it helps with identifying where the enemy comes from talking to mates etc. Now I have tinnitus if I'm to wear a...

Just wondering if anyone knows of any Australian based charities or know whether or not donating to a foreign charity would also be tax deductible? I've donated to many causes over the years, usually 10 dollar weekly deductions.. Not much but it adds up and being tax deductible there's that...

Feels good to become a benefactor

Hang in there mate, I've had t since august, since then I've had two periods of time, first was a week, when it's got to me, brought me to tears you name it. But in the middle of it all I felt fine, it was still there but I wasn't bothered by it. I'm currently having another bad week, having...

In the shower, even if I plug my ears in the shower I can't hear the t. I live on 2 acres out of town and outside of a night-time is crickets and frogs galore, my t blends in and it doesn't bother me.

I work as a carpenter, mainly building new houses. In tradeschool they warn you to wear hearing protection, which I do. I had no idea a bad flu could cause it.

I'm from Australia but would love to go to Quebec. I've been trying to teach myself French for 6 months with no luck! My partner and I plan on going to new Caledonian within the next 6 months. It's the closest French experience we can afford atm!

I still listen to music, I love music. I've spent countless hours on my own just listening to it away from the world, I don't think I could ever give it up. I don't know if this part of the reason for my tinnitus or not, I always listened to it on a medium loud than an out right loud, so I...

Hey guys, saw you guys talking about videos games. I just got myself an xbox one last week and have yet to make any friends on there. I got forza 6 and battlefield 4. I'm in Australia thought and you guys would probably be on the other side of the world?

I thought I would do an update post here as the ringing is still more noticeable than what I was use to. I feel like my hearing is normal for me. When I first got tinnitus it was from impacted ear wax, the drops you use to clean the ear "soften" the ear wax and made it worse by making the...