Does the Nature of the Tinnitus Tone Reveal the Cause of One's Tinnitus?

Discussion in 'Support' started by chaLLas, Jan 8, 2019.

    1. chaLLas
      Doubtful

      chaLLas Member

      Location:
      Germany
      Tinnitus Since:
      07/2018
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Noise Induced (multiple acoustic incidents)
      Is there a connection between the nature of the tone and the cause of one's tinnitus?

      Like if you have hearing loss, you get a constant pure tone, because the hair cells are dead and are not working anymore in any way.

      Maybe you get a nervous, intermittent tone when the hair cells are not dead, but damaged because in that state, they are irritated.

      Or you get an intermittent tone every time you get in false posture with jaw, neck or whatever.

      I guess it is not that easy, but maybe there are some (recent?) scientific findings to it?

      Sorry if this has already been discussed widely. I did not find any recent threads about it (shame on me if I did poor research).
       
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    2. HeavyMantra
      Bugridden

      HeavyMantra Member Benefactor

      Tinnitus Since:
      Steadily worsening since 2018
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Unknown
      Also curious about this. And also in general, how to know if it's noise induced or not if hearing tests show no hearing loss
       
    3. Bill Bauer
      No Mood

      Bill Bauer Member Hall of Fame

      Tinnitus Since:
      February, 2017
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Acoustic Trauma
      A hiss means that you have less damage compared to if you were to have a high pitch tone. Alternatively, when a hiss replaces a high pitch tone, it means one has been healing.
       
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      AUTHOR
      chaLLas
      Doubtful

      chaLLas Member

      Location:
      Germany
      Tinnitus Since:
      07/2018
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Noise Induced (multiple acoustic incidents)
      You should look up hidden hearing loss. Yet I have often heard that noise exposure can be a "trigger" for tinnitus, and the tinnitus then persists because of other underlying issues (stress, diet, TMJ or whatever). I don't know what to think of that.
       
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      AUTHOR
      chaLLas
      Doubtful

      chaLLas Member

      Location:
      Germany
      Tinnitus Since:
      07/2018
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Noise Induced (multiple acoustic incidents)
      Thats not good. My first tone was a hiss (yet is was pretty loud), but the new tones I got in the past months are pure tones and high pitch intermittend ones (cricket style). It's really strange, my ears "sound" like I must have lost a lot of hearing ... but I am still hearing pretty good. I may be having a harder time understanding people in louder environments, but not that drastic, and I don't know if I did not have that before because I was of course not overanalysing it like I do now ... yet the difference seems very little.
       
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    6. JohnAdams
      Festive

      JohnAdams Member Benefactor Hall of Fame

      Location:
      Vatican
      Tinnitus Since:
      May 1st 2018
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Aspirin Toxicity/Possibly Noise
      tonal hearing tests aren't equipped to reveal hidden hearing loss.
       
    7. Zeneth
      Wishful

      Zeneth Member Benefactor

      Tinnitus Since:
      2016
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Maybe noise?
      My ringing turned into a louder hiss so that doesn’t make sense to me.
       
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    8. Bill Bauer
      No Mood

      Bill Bauer Member Hall of Fame

      Tinnitus Since:
      February, 2017
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Acoustic Trauma
      A hiss should be easier to ignore.
       
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