Is Tinnitus in the Genes?

After i had T, i discovered that three other close relatives have mild Tinnitus. Anyone else have relatives with T?

 

Yes, my mother

 

Yes I believe it is . Our genes DNA what ever. Has a lot to do with our outcome on our health . And I believe tinnitus is no exception.

 

My mother has it. Not so bad as me, but then she never went to any Motorhead gigs when she was younger.

 

My mother has it. She got it when she was 25. I got it the same age... coincidence? perhaps. But I believe that it is genetically passed on.

 

I dont think so . Millions of people have T so its kind of probable that someone in your family will also.
Us pattern seeking T people....

 

My Mom, Brother, Sister have T and possibly my Dad had it? He died young, so can't verify. I know he was pretty much deaf in his right ear, same ear as me. Gotta be a connection in our genetics.

 

Yes it is.

My brother and my auntie have tinnitus, everyone in my family(father's side) also has thyroid dysfunction...

i always say to people around me that we are the expression of our genes and we can't escape that for the moment.

 

My grandfather have it in the right ear. I have it in the right ear too. Could be random, I don't know.

 

My two grandpas have it, my father have it and i have it. I guess its not the T, but the higher chance of getting one. One of the otoneurologist i visited, told me that genetics play a big role.

 

I think that it's possible that some of us are genetically more likely to get tinnitus, plus part of our upbringing may also influence it - the psychological predisposition to notice it or focus on it more than others. I don't know anyone else in the immediate family that has it though.

 

My grandpa, who used to work in the engine rooms of cargo ships, had it.
My father, who never uses earplugs while attending concerts, playing music or while driving a motorcycle, has it.
And I have it and acquired it at a much lower age, even though I've always reached for my earplugs way sooner than anyone else I know...

So yes, some relatives of mine have it too, but you can't really conclude that there are genetics at play in my case.

 

Both of my parents have it. I think they have habituated. They are 78. My dad says his is getting worse, he hears his when I talk about mine. But I don't talk about it much anymore thanks to this...
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/back-to-silence.7172/

 

I hope not... I don't want my kids to go through this at all!!!! Praying they wont!

 

I'm sure they won't! You can educate them thankfully. I mean, I wasn't even aware of tinnitus until I got it. I knew about cancer and aids though.

 

No one in my entire family has T or had t (very large family)..Lots of hearing loss though-go figure.

 

Hearing loss yes but I don't think they have tinnitus

 

Is tinnitus in the genes?

I don't know, but it's sure in my ears.
Seriously, though, my Mum has it. Most conditions have a genetic influence.

 

My dad has it, but he has age related hearing loss. He does not care about his either, not like I. I don't think it's genetic in our case

 

I know my Dad had it but he never really spoke about it. Didn't seem to bother him at all....I only recall having one conversation about it and even that was short and sweet. I think he got it from hearing loss. He was given a hearing aid but he never used the thing....he said he could hear people chatting on the back of the bus and he didn't want to know all about their private lives!!

 

Nope.

 

I think there must be some code in our genetic makeup that makes our ears/brains more susceptible to damage and tinnitus. There are people in my family that have it and people in my family that have bad hearing loss. Meanwhile I know a whole group of people that can party on and listen to loud music and go places and not get tinnitus (temporary or not) at all...

 

As of right now, there is no way it's because of our Genes. Noise is the number one reason for most cases of Tinnitus. Sounds are EVERYWHERE in life. Our auditory system is extremely fragile and was not made to take the beating that it does everyday whether it be from loud traffic to cabinet doors slamming to dishes clinking and clanking. Sound waves can cause hidden damage to our hearing system. We as humans were meant to live in a fight or flight scenario where we would hunt for food or have to protect ourselves from danger throughout the night. We needed a healthy hearing system that allowed us to hear the faintest of sounds and from far distances to be prepared for action. Any who..........Tinnitus is the problem to an underlying cause that MOST researchers have yet to even come across. There are only are few studies out there explaining the reason we get tinnitus. Tinnitus is only diagnosed if we hear a ringing in our brain. The same factors that apply to tinnitus apply to age-related hearing loss. We are missing the big picture and what these things can do over time. Maybe it'll be proved that Genes cause a faulty working in our hearing system but that's very far-fetched.

 

There is definitely evidence that genes play a role in hearing loss. I believe there are upwards of 100 genes that have been implicated in some type of hearing loss. (Here's a hearing loss specific genetic test for 87 different genes http://personalizedmedicine.partner...ar-Medicine/Tests/Hearing-Loss/OtoGenome.aspx) The most obvious example where genetics plays a causal role is when babies are born with a significant hearing impairment, and most of the links that come up when searching for genetics and hearing loss focus on that though there is some information relevant to adults.

There is general information on genetics and hearing loss/deafness at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1434/ among other places. See also http://hereditaryhearingloss.org/main.aspx?c=.HHH&n=86162 for more data.

As the authors of the paper in the nih link note, most acquired hearing loss is age or noise related though they provide citations to two studies linking specific genes to age and noise related hearing loss. They also posit there is likely a relationship between genetics and age/noise related hearing loss. After all, many people here self-identify as having "sensitive ears". Assuming they are correct, it seems likely that genetics play a role. (What's the saying, "genetics loads the gun and environment pulls the trigger".)

Finally, if you look at Table 3 in the paper I linked (nih website), even though most of these conditions are prelingual, some genes are associated with hearing loss in the second through sixth decade of life. Interestingly a couple of these take the pattern of high frequency progressive hearing loss.

 

My parents have it, but for reasons unrelated to how I got mine. Also, they were old when they got theirs.

 

Thanks for sending this Aaron. I'll read into the links you posted. The issue I was referring to is Tinnitus and how people don't always connect hearing with the symptom. Do you agree that Tinnitus is in association with hidden hearing loss?

 

My dad has tinnitus although I never knew that before I developed T. My cousin on my dads side also has it and my aunt (dad's sister) had it when she was younger but it went away. My grandma on my moms side also suffers with it.

 

My uncle has it and possibly other relatives

 

My mom has it. And it seems to be quite severe like me but she's never complaining about it.

Also she got it in same age and also without any specific reason.

What are the odds for severe tinnitus like this. I guess 1 to 10000. To develop it by random by the two of us is highly unlikely.

So I think it's in the genes.

My problem is now: Shall I have kids with this thinking?
If they get T as well like this...I would hate myself, feeling responsible for their suffering.
If they don't...I would live at least in fear.

Anyone with the same thoughts?