Reactive Morse Code / Typewriter Tinnitus

Hey everyone,

Long time member on here. The past couple of days I have had a new symptom on top of my normal "eeeeee" tinnitus. Recently I have been getting a sort of beep-beep-beeeeeeep-beep, almost like morse code beeping. It also seems to react to noise; it will beep from certain noises like this morning it was reacting to birds chirping outside my window and the radio in my car.

Has anyone ever had experience with this? This is quite horrible.

I've read some people had success with Carbamazepine?

morse code tinnitus example

I found this clip from YouTube. I think a user on here created it. Mine is exactly like this!

 

I have it too. Recently developed. But my beeping is lower pitched and reacts more to desk fans, computer fans. It also beeps on its own when I’m lying on my side sleeping. It can be beeping gently, barely audible, or enough that it becomes almost a constant tone.

I have not tried Carbamazepine but I might try it later.

 

I have this but the beeps are replaced by tchh noises, like cymbal crashes.

 

Hey, thanks for your reply. Do you cope with it ok? Has it changed or improved with time?

It's really made me very anxious and even kinda set me back with my plain old "eeeeee" tinnitus. Just got me checking for sounds and everything constantly.

Thanks again.

 

Hey! It's barely audible in a quiet room for me too at times, mostly in mornings. But sometimes it seems to go with the sound around me and can increase or decrease. I feel like I'm very sensitive to high pitched or high frequency sounds right now but I don't know if that's because my anxiety is really heightened just now... Ugh.

Do you cope ok with it?

Thanks so much for the reply.

 

I had it last year for 6 months or so. Now I have it again with a different sound.

 

It comes back with more noise exposure. Keppra seems to help tamp it down.

 

Holy shit this is literally what I hear when I turn the faucet on.

 

I feel like mine can even interfere with the TV. I get a sort of strange metallic tapping noise from the sounds from the TV. Not all the time but it can happen. It's so strange

So does yours come and go @GBB, @Bar?

Thanks guys.

 

Hi Liam, I've had this in varying degrees since my tinnitus started in 2019.

It is quite hard to find reports of it given there is no official term but there are enough on here with a comment theme: anxiety/stress. In my opinion it's from focusing on your hearing and tinnitus for a while which makes you hypersensitive to sounds.

I have had it come and go twice now, it's just a case of avoiding getting aggravated by it, eat well, sleep well and let your body calm down.

Hope you feel better soon.

 

Thanks for your reply. I'm trying my hardest to just keep calm and go about my life. I really appreciate your comments and I'll take them onboard. Hoping mine just dies off soon or I just adapt the way I did from my initial tinnitus.

 

Try Carbamazepine! I think 200-300 mg a day is fine. Dosage should start on low mg.

Best to talk to your doctor.

Dr. De Ridder from Brai3n clinic in Belgium is an expert in typewriter tinnitus syndrome.

 

You don't want to get in a long-term relationship with that stuff. You could lose hearing long term.

Yes, it works for relief, but there's probably a cause that should be investigated (artery pulsing next to a nerve for example).

 

Mine seems to have become less common but I'm also on Keppra which may be a substantive factor.

 

When my tinnitus first began, I would hear a distortion eerily similar to what you described. It was like a soft morse code that would steadily get louder and compete with any constant noise I would hear. Pretty much any nonstop sound would set it off. Music, running water, fans, tea kettle boiling, etc. The only time it would stop is if I was in either silence or somewhere with intermittent sound.

I don't know what caused my tinnitus and it changes constantly, so I don't have this anymore. When I did have this sound, it lasted for a year and a half. I have a different morse-code-like sound now.

 

I came on to search this and found your post very helpful. Thank you.

 

How are you guys doing? Any updates?

 

I have morse code, but it's more like click, click, click. It's not constant just a few times throughout the day. I haven't connected it to sound. Sometimes it will start for no reason.

 

The sort of beeping morse code is still there at times, which seems to react with things like the water filling back up inside the cistern of the toilet. My reaction towards it has improved I just try to get on with things

 

Exactly the same here.

 

Mine seems to come and go. I’ll completely forget about and then it just comes out of nowhere.
This pattern makes me wonder if it’s hearing damage or not. Why would it be inconsistent if it’s a product of permanent damage?

Is anyone else the same?

 

I had this start in what was my ‘good’ ear around 4 weeks ago. It was completely random and I just woke up with it. I can’t really tie it to any particular event. The strange thing for me is that having suffered with tinnitus for at least 15 years, it’s come on during a very stressful time due to an acoustic trauma event back in December last year. This only really affected my other ear though! It seems to react to certain noises but is always there very faint in the background. I give up!

 

I'm new to this this type of tinnitus. I've had tinnitus for 5 years but recently over the past 3 months it started reacting to sounds. I also have moderate hyperacusis. What is so interesting is the reactiveness changes towards certain sounds. Example my phone speaker would trigger the reaction but it doesn't seem to react to it anymore. It still reacts though. Hoping it will go away after some few months or years.

 

Anyone have any idea what’s happening in the ear to cause this? Is this reactive tinnitus or distortion? I hear it in the shower and when my fish come up to the edge of the bowl (random yes, distressing double yes).

 

What kind of morse code do you have now?

 

My tinnitus has changed for the worse(-ish) since late December last year, so my ears don't seem to have the morse code sound anymore. It is very difficult to hear my quieter sounds over the new constant pitches. The only one I can describe if I pay attention: a quiet shimmering, intermittent sound in my right ear. My right ear is definitely worse.

 

Did this ever go away for you? It's the same thing I'm dealing with.

 

Hey, it did. But sometimes it does come back, honestly my tinnitus seems to change a lot. Tones often change I get new ones and maybe some disappear too. All very strange. I don't think my anxiety helps though...

 

Hey Liam, thanks for getting back to me. Pretty weird that it can go away but also come back again. How long did it take for it to disappear, at least for a while? I hate that it beeps to TV and many other things, I guess it's just that one missing high frequency.

 

Mine was really bad for a while, then went away for a few months, and then came back. I deal with it now but it’s not as severe, yet still annoying sometimes.