Matt Gould Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hello everyone i have this ringing in my ear for the last 3 days now which i think is tinitus, i guess through not wearing ear diffenders (LIKE MANY WHO DONT BECAUSE WE THINK ITS UNCOMFORTABLE, ANOYING, HARD TO HEAR...) has any body had it for 3 days and gone or have i got it for ever ?? cheers Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 You may just be lucky and the ringing will go soon. Mine started ringing, and has done so for the past 40 years! No cure at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Gould Posted December 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 You may just be lucky and the ringing will go soon. Mine started ringing, and has done so for the past 40 years! No cure at all. its bloody anoying, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Yer I've had mine since about 14-15 now 22 it drives you mental sometimes. If it gose learn from your mistake and get some hearing protection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfa taf Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I have had it for as long as I can remember,trough not using ear protection,in all the years of rough shooting .I went to a number of specialists, but there does not seem to be a cure. The only good thing about it as far as I am concerned is , that it comes , may last for a few days and then it goes.So I hope that yours will only last a short period and then disappear . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunderbird Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 You may just be lucky and the ringing will go soon. Mine started ringing, and has done so for the past 40 years! No cure at all. How do you cope with it Steve? Does nothiing help at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyb79 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I've had it developing over the last couple of years, and I've never shot without ear defenders. I have been using an iPad app over the past week called 'tinnitus trainer' which has definitely helped if you have access to an iPad. Aside from that, I've had it so long now, I can't see it going away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Had it for about a year now. Surprisingly, I don't think it was from shooting. I work in a server room, gentle low hum for however many hours a day. When I'm in silence, the ringing is just about the same loudness. It's almost as if it was cancelling it out. Some nights, I can only get to sleep listening to radio to mask the ringing. If I wake up early in morning...that's it. I'm up. I tried amitryptaline (sp) for it, helpe sleep sometimes but I don't like taking meds so stopped. Grrrrr. People - ALWAYS wear ear protection! Even if you or your family or friends are not shooting, make sure all are wearings defs or buds! Edited December 10, 2011 by huffhuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deny essex Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Had tinitus for near 30 years, playing in bands and playing with guns with no ear protection. Getting more prominent the older I get as the hearing fails, nowt can be done but you must try to listen to other sounds "through" the tinitus and ignore it as much as possible, if you listen to the whistle or hum it will focus your hearing sense on it all the more. I hope its temporary for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloke Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 (edited) Wear ear defenders. With enough time you won't notice them with mounting the gun and if you get the electronic ones you will hear better than without them on, as well as having the shot sound deadened Edited December 11, 2011 by Bloke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artschool Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Matt, I have tinnitus could have been too much playing in bands could have been shooting, who knows. my advice is the sooner you accept it's here to stay the better, you will get used to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I got a bit of a scare after shooting pigeons one day without any hearing protection... Intense ringing in the ears, and it felt like there was a bubble in one ear (Same feeling you get if you've been swimming under water). ALWAYS use electronic ear defenders now. Helps keep the ears warm this weather, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshwarrior Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 First time it came and went then fire a 51mm and been ringing ever since just get quieter some days. I love fire alarm bells. Get good ear defence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redgum Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I had it for about a week and then it went thank god, been shooting shotguns for over 40yrs and my father( a well known skeet shooter) taught me always to protect me luggs.Then some madman let me have a couple of shots with his H&H .375 side by side on the off chance, is it loud I asked, Noooooooo,not really was his reply,I had a bit of a cold at the time,maybe this was the reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 Had mine about 6 years. Got it one day I was sharing a hide. It was mates turn to shoot, pigeon approaching up the hedge from the right(he was on my left) I told him to go ahead and he fired sort of over my left shoulder. My balance was off for a few days. Hospital called it acoustic trauma. I causes me terrible headaches but I generally cope with it. Vacumn cleaner drives me mad though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted December 10, 2011 Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 I get occasional tinnitus, a high pitched whine almost too high to hear. When it comes on, other souds like TV seem to get quieter and my right ear feels as if about to "pop" on an airplane or in a fast lift. I have found that pushing my finger into the soft hollow just behind my earlobe sometimes stops it, hurts though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Gould Posted December 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2011 i realy hope it goes !!!! im never going to shoot again without protection ! im 20 years old and got to live a long time with it ! i carnt stress to people enough WEARE HEARING PROTECTION, EVERN IF YOU THINK YOU LOOK LIKE A IDIOT OR ITS UNCOMFORTABLE ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 How do you cope with it Steve? Does nothiing help at all? I suppose I learnt to live with it, just like some people who are in constant pain. In my younger days, we all shot without hearing protection, but the damage to my ears was caused by shooting in a local quarry. My mate was standing about two feet to my side, and fired two shots off. It was like a smack in the head, and the ringing started. I thought that it would go after a couple of days. Boy, was I wrong. The ringing/whining noise gets worse when I have a head cold, or a room etc is very quiet. It does get me down somedays though. And, now I'm getting older, it feels as if it's louder. I've never had tests, or tried 'cures', because there is'nt one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_evil Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Friends uncle has it, says it helps to always have music on in the background Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beretta28g Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I have it too. Playing in a band, and shooting have certainly contruibuited to it. People say wear hearing protection, but after a season of trying i cannot hear wildfowl approaching on the marsh with ear protection, so i dont bother. Its where the most of my shooting takes place,...... Oops. You learn to live with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluestem Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 Get yourself a set of hearing protection and use it. As you can tell from the posts, it really happens with folks that shoot a lot. I guide hunts and ear plugs (that let you hear low decibel noise) are part of my kit. Don't take chances. On this one. You only get one set of ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_b_wales Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I have it too. Playing in a band, and shooting have certainly contruibuited to it. People say wear hearing protection, but after a season of trying i cannot hear wildfowl approaching on the marsh with ear protection, so i dont bother. Its where the most of my shooting takes place,...... Oops. You learn to live with it. I use various noice protection items. One is a Napier Pro 9 set, which is excellent, and, I find, does not interfere with normal sound. I also use an electronic ear muff set, with built in microphones/amplifier. When switched on full, I can hear birds approaching, much sooner than without them on. Another bonus is that they keep my ears warm too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demonwolf444 Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 it comes and go - if its still annoying you in a week then go see someone about it, i genuinely found when it happened to me that more shooting helped...thats not an excuse.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onefulham Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 (edited) All those who do not wear hearing protection nowadays are really STUPID, not just for shooting either. I have an ear infection, had it over a month now, no hearing in my right ear, as the saying goes, you don't appreciate something till its gone, Doctors say mine will come back but when ? It is making me grumpy, well even more than normal, when I am with a group the noise just blends in and I cannot follow conversations, so I just retreat into myself, man when my hearing comes back I am gonna be extra careful looking after it ! Edited December 12, 2011 by onefulham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M.I.A Posted December 11, 2011 Report Share Posted December 11, 2011 I had a problem a while ago, I only ever wear protection in my left ear. I was sharing a hide and after the day had finished I noticed how dull my hearing felt, people on the phone sounded like chipmunks (well the misses did) accompanied by a constant buzzing. Luckly it only lasted about a week. The dullness feeling went after a few days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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