Newbie First Post! The Sounds of Tinnitus?

Hi All,

I've just joined up today.. I have Hyperacusis and Tinnitus. I joined because just yesterday, I started getting pressure in my head for the first time in addition to the H and T I've had since a stupid 10-minute loud music incident with an Ipod Shuffle in 2011. Of late, the H&T are getting much worse for no apparent reason, and so now this pressure has presented as a result. I was diagnosed last week by a good/reputable specialist here in Brisbane Australia, and he's about to introduce me to TRT (or Neuromonics? - I'm not quite sure), but what I wanted to ask you all about was the sounds of tinnitus. Is there a database perhaps of mp3 files anywhere, where I could listen and see if my sound is there?

I know we're all different, but I'm trying to establish exactly what mine is (the Specialist's system seems to only select between 6 kHz and 8 kHz, and mine seems to be in between, so we haven't pinpointed it yet). Anyway, I'm a high-pitched cricket/cicada insect constant sound, almost identical to Jeff - the second guy in on TinnitusHub's "Sounds of Tinnitus" video on YouTube! Mine's a fraction higher than his, but very close, but still, what frequency would I tell the specialist to give him at least a ballpark idea?

I do apologise if it's a daft question. Man, having T and H is the pits. I should add that I've been a fulltime pro stage guitar player for 30 years (not the cause of the problem as I was perfect until that fateful night with the Ipod Shuffle when everything changed, and also we play very low volume on stage), and if I can't work out a useful approach to things, even though I wear -25db custom-moulded ear plugs, I'm going to have to throw in the towel. :-/

Thanks V Much,
StuMur

 

Hi @StuMur , Welcome.

For some general information on Tinnitus and "H", I would suggest you read the following by @Michael Leigh:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-a-personal-view.18668/
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/hyperacusis-as-i-see-it.19174/
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/answers-to-hyperacusis-and-habituation.12058/

To figure out how to describe your pitches, I would suggest trying the following sites:

http://www.szynalski.com/tone-generator/

will let you generate specific frequencies, and

https://www.soundrelief.com/tinnitus/sounds-tinnitus/

has other sounds, if yours, like many of ours, include sounds along with pitches.

 

Mines also quite high pitched, much like Jeff's, id have much rather have had Sue's.

 

Thanks very much Kolisar. Those two external websites were helpful, though identifying my T sound is proving extremely difficult. I'll keep trying - I'm sure I'll get the hang of it, sadly. :-/

 

Here's a site where you can pitch match your T.

 

Thanks very much GregCA - that thing is very helpful.. Geez, how hard is it though, picking notes out that you imagine your ears are creating..? I can't distinguish one sound in my head from the other. Hurting also with ear pain listening to these high pitched tones.. hyperA kicking in as always. Might rest for a bit.

 

It's indeed quite difficult to pinpoint our T because it often isn't just a simple tone, although we are asked to estimate it as such. Then there is the typical octave confusion throwing a wrench into the process.
Still, that's all we have.