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I can’t watch without loud masking. The low-frequency hum I have is constantly being masked and unmasked by the TV sounds, and it’s impossible to tolerate because it turns the steady hum in silence into a loud, chaotic buzzing noise. Masking doesn’t work perfectly, but with the fan on high, I’m...

Question, as I sit here at night ready to tear my hair out. Can you watch TV? I find it impossible unless I have significant masking noise. Otherwise, it’s constantly off, on, off, buzz, and so on, depending on who is speaking on TV or during breaks between scenes. It’s just impossible to focus.

Hers went away about a month after giving birth. I think she developed it around halfway through her pregnancy. She had a low-pitched, engine-like grumbling tinnitus at night that drove her to despair. But as I said, it eventually resolved. Fingers crossed yours does too, though with tinnitus...

Ah, it’s the worst! I’m about six months in. Mine developed after an infection. I don’t care about my high-pitched tinnitus, but this low-pitch noise is brutal. I don’t sense a vibration (I don’t think mine is deep enough), but I can feel the sound waves “moving” when I plug my ears or when I’m...

@Meinz89, I’ve heard of people developing my form of tinnitus, a deep droning hum, after an epidural. I don’t mean to scare you, but I wanted to mention it since I’ve come across similar cases. On a positive note, my friend experienced tinnitus while she was pregnant, and it disappeared after...

Please don’t do it, OP. Are you in Canada? I doubt they would approve MAID for tinnitus, though I’m not completely sure. Can you afford to take time off from life, maybe a year or more, just to rest your ears? Spend a lot of time in nature. Calm your brain. Relax. Even if you have to go...

There’s a small chance the cause is hydrops from the infection, which is why the low-salt diet was suggested, but it’s doubtful it will help to be honest. Yes, I think habituation is the goal we can work toward. I hope the MRI goes well—make sure to wear earplugs. I had one without contrast...

How are you doing now, @Mae? I’m much the same, maybe slightly less bothered by it at night, and sleeping well. I saw the best-rated ENT in my large city today. I enjoyed the chat, and he was very attentive. He cleaned my ears (sadly, this didn’t change my tinnitus), but he couldn’t really...

I wish mine were only part-time, @Pinhead. Mine is from an infection and is now there 24/7. :( Interestingly, for me, the HVAC masks it and can provide some residual inhibition for 10 to 20 minutes after I turn it off.

It’s really awful, isn’t it? I’ve had mine for six months now. I don’t think I get a vibration—mine is around 200–250 Hz, so probably not “deep” enough. But the way it switches on and off with any sound or voices is infuriating. The worst is the TV; it’s constantly triggering it. I can’t watch...

Argh, just having a moan because it’s driving me mad tonight. Does anyone else struggle with watching TV? The constant switching between speech and noise from the TV is infuriating. The only way I can manage is by having a fan on high to drown out the oscillating hum.

I think every single case is different—the cause, the presentation of the tinnitus, what it reacts to, and what the right thing to do is going forward. When I developed mine after an infection, an audiologist at a specialized tinnitus clinic did a hearing test and an LDL test. My tinnitus...

I have this too. I can sometimes hear mine during the day as well. It’s really, really, really annoying.

7.5 mg. It messed with my brain as well. I was not a fan, to be honest!

This happened to me as well. I was on it for a week and then stopped. When I first started, my tinnitus felt much calmer, and I was thrilled. Then I began experiencing brain zaps, which scared me, so I stopped. After that, my tinnitus increased, but it calmed down again after a few weeks. I am...

I hope it is muscular, as @MindOverMatter says, but I am not convinced. My stress and anxiety have been well controlled for a few months now, yet the pattern remains the same: a steady hum in silence and a variable hum around any noise. Thankfully, I do not feel vibrations or thumping, only the...

As someone with mild to severe high-frequency losses from an acute infection, your dad’s story gives me hope. Thank you 🙂

The timing with the dentist is suspicious, so I’d definitely look into that. I need a root canal myself and I’m dreading it. Have you had a hearing test? I’m five months in with similar noises, a humming sound and a white noise ring in the other ear, after an infection. I’m in Australia as...

Seek out success stories and read them over and over again, whether on this forum or elsewhere. I don’t know much about the surgical options or their chances of success, so I’ll leave that to your doctors. What I do know is that at some point we have to stop pushing for an answer or a solution...

I’ve heard that if you’ve habituated once, it’s much easier to do it a second time. You already know the process. I wish I did, since I’m still fairly new to this! So even if this spike doesn’t settle down, you will get back to where you were, in time.

Regularly. I swear it was louder last night after I ate two pieces of banana bread. The brain is unbelievable!

Wow! That’s an excellent story. Does your dad have hearing loss? Does he wear hearing aids?

You are probably overthinking this. Go for a run, call a friend, or cook and enjoy a good healthy meal. You will be fine.

Do you have hearing loss, or were the aids just to help with the tinnitus or to play masking noise? If the aids are making things worse, I would stop using them, or simply give your ears more rest. Try to get out for walks in nature as well.

Thanks for the reply. I’m thrilled to hear that yours has improved over time! It gives the rest of us with recent onset hums hope. :)

I just think it’s masked by a lot of regular noise. Most speech is very low frequency, so our low frequency hum is constantly being masked and unmasked by speech and other environmental sounds. High frequency tinnitus is not masked by most sounds, so it wouldn’t be affected in the same way...

Let us know how you get on. With humming, environmental noise works well for masking it. Many of us only notice it in very quiet environments, like at home.

Daniel, can I ask, have you habituated to this noise after five years? And has the sound changed or lessened in intensity over that time? I’m finding it really tough to get used to this noise and hum because it’s so irregular. I almost wish it were just a standard tinnitus tone.

Just rambling here. When I plug my good ear, which only has high frequency static tinnitus, all I hear is the tinnitus and otherwise the ear feels empty. When I plug my humming ear, it feels like I can feel and hear the sound waves bouncing around inside. It feels alive and moving. Sometimes...

Shaking my head stops it for a split second, but it comes right back again. I think I’m still making earwax in that ear. What’s most annoying for me is watching TV. If I don’t have moderately loud masking or a fan running, the constant on-and-off with dialogue makes it impossible, since it...

I think I have this in one ear. If you have noise-cancelling headphones, try placing one in each ear, one at a time. When I put one in my good ear, I can only hear the distorted sounds in my bad ear. But if I plug only my bad ear, the distorted sounds disappear completely. I’ve been told it is...

Sounds like you’re about twice as far along as me. I need hope, and this has given me that. Thank you. I’m generally a relaxed guy and working on finding my way back to that. It’s warm and sunny here. I’m off work because of tinnitus, and I have friends rotating to meet up with. I go to the gym...

I’m sorry you’re going through this. It really is such a ridiculous condition. Hearing damage or loss—fine, it happens. But all the rest of it—the noise, the pain, the spikes that come with it? Why?! I don’t have much good advice aside from time, rest, and hope. Try to minimize medications if...

Mine acts very similarly. I developed it after a systemic infection that invaded my ears. The only other quirk mine has is this: when I am in a completely silent room with no environmental noise, it is a steady tone every time. As soon as I leave that room and hear road noise, the TV, people...

Meg, I think we have the same thing. Mine is in the left ear as well. I had a systemic infection that spread to both ears. In my left ear, I have a baseline hum. In quiet environments, it stays as a steady tone. In noisier environments—such as with road traffic, the dryer, or street noise—it...

Can I ask for further advice, if you don't mind? I had a systemic infection that spread to my ears about four months ago, and since then I have developed tinnitus. I do have high-frequency hearing loss, but my low frequencies are fine. They did drop initially, but later fully recovered to...

Thanks. Can this improve with time? I am four and a half months past the infection that caused my tinnitus. It is very anxiety-inducing and frustrating.

Bump.

Get another hearing test. If you have had a decline in hearing, a hearing aid may help. Mine is the same, reactive. It is annoying, since nothing helps to mask it at night.

I have a loud, annoying low-frequency hum around 100–200 Hz in my left ear. It started about four months ago after a systemic infection that affected my ears. I likely have some damage from this. The infection caused high-frequency loss, and although I also had measurable low-frequency drops...

I don’t think you need to worry about clippers or getting a haircut. If you are concerned, you could simply use noise-cancelling earbuds.

Do you think reactive tinnitus often improves with time?

Ah, that really sucks. I have not had this myself, but others have. I have heard of it going away for many people, so do not expect it to be permanent. I see you have had low-frequency tinnitus for many years. Are you used to it? I just developed it, and I am finding it really intrusive and...

Four years? To habituate, or did your tinnitus resolve?

Daniel, your description fits mine exactly. I had a systemic infection four months ago that managed to affect my ears. I suspect mine is nerve damage related to a specific area of low frequencies. I’m slightly hoping it might be vascular, since I have a genetic condition that makes me prone to...

I’m the exact same. It’s a horrible affliction. I’m four months in after an ear infection, and I’m just not coping with this at all :(

This is exactly what I have. How are you coping now?

Hey, not to drag up an old thread, but your tinnitus is exactly the same as mine. I’m four months in. Is yours still present? Have you been able to habituate to it? I’m really struggling because it’s so warbling. The only place where it turns into a single tone for me is in rooms with...

How are you doing now? I have something similar. Mine is a reflection of bass sounds. In a silent room, it becomes a steady tone. When I’m surrounded by any bass, including outside road noise, it turns into an irregular boom… BOOM… Bom… BOOOOmmm type of sound. It’s infuriating. I suspect my...

How are you doing now? Hopefully a bit better... I also have the humming/fluttering in my left ear after an ear infection in April. I want it to be muscular, but suspect it is more likely a version of low-frequency related tinnitus. How are you progressing with this tone?

Just to keep this thread going… (I feel like I'm talking to myself 🙂) When my hum is "on" (about 80 percent of the time) and I occlude my ear, most of the time I can hear it warbling all over the place. To me, it feels very much like a "living" sound. There's absolutely no pattern to it. At...

Do you still have your “living” low hum? I developed the exact same thing after an ear infection.

Is it not masked by everyday noise? Most low-frequency tinnitus usually is.

One more question, if you don’t mind. Did the hum change? You mentioned earlier that it was living, oscillating, and irregular. For me, this is the hardest part. If it were a steady tone or hum, I wouldn’t mind as much. Did yours change over time, or is it still the same?

This is exactly my sound: random blips. It’s infuriatingly intrusive. Mine is around 250 to 300 Hz. One thing I’ve noticed is that if I put on noise-cancelling headphones, it changes into a steady tone. Mine developed after an infection.

How are you doing now, @Exci?

How are you doing now? I’ve been massaging around my ears. On the low-frequency ear, when I press behind the pinna, I hear a fairly loud rumble each time. This doesn’t happen on my other, more normal ear. The rumble sounds more like myoclonus and is louder than my typical tinnitus noise. I have...

Are these new symptoms? Did they develop after surgery? And did your surgery fix anything?

@billie48, can I ask if your low-frequency noise has changed over time? And if not, have you been able to habituate to it and manage to tune it out at times? I have the exact same “living” noise, a low-pitched, irregularly oscillating rumble. I’m four months into it and looking for some hope...

Not sure. It’s fine when it’s a single continuous tone, but when it oscillates, it drives me mad.