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whattherede t1_isjce1c wrote

Reply to comment by pateandcognac in OHSU scientists discover mechanism of hearing by TequillaShotz

The connection between hearing loss and tinnitus is a little unclear, plenty of people have hearing loss without tinnitus, and many people have debilitating severe tinnitus while scoring perfectly on an audiogram.

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windowpuncher t1_isjip23 wrote

Yep, I'm the latter. I have absurdly good hearing, always have, but making out any details is really hard because EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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whattherede t1_isjj6s5 wrote

I'm also the latter, SCREAMING, multi-tonal tinnitus and told my hearing was perfect.

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PretendsHesPissed t1_isjos5r wrote

Same here. Actually have hearing that goes a bit above the average hearing for a human (26k) but still have that delightful 24/7 tinnitus that sometimes loves to pretend it's a multi-instrument symphony playing inside my ears.

YES, I HEAR YOU, CONDUCTOR! NO, I DON'T WANT AN ENCORE.

Dammit. He ignored me again.

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poppy_otter t1_isjr67m wrote

I have a symphony in the left ear & EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE in the right. I haven’t bothered getting my hearing tested, I just know I rely on subtitles so that the tv is blasting my kid’s hearing…too much anyway.

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PretendsHesPissed t1_iskfutq wrote

Subtitles on everything else I have no idea what's going on.

They're great even for the non-hearing fuct, especially given that right now it's quite popular to deliberately make dialogue and background sounds confusing and inaudible as hell.

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HealthyBits t1_isjn9wt wrote

I just love when the Eeeeeee changes pitch and goes EEEEEEEEE to the point that it covers any other noise.

Fun times….

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maguchifujiwara t1_isjoxo0 wrote

Thanks for the info. TIL I have tinnitus and probably pretty severe at that! I always thought you couldn’t have one without the other.

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SiGNALSiX t1_iskfh3o wrote

How do you score perfectly on a hearing test if you have loud tinnitus? Wouldn't the tinnitus (especially if its multi-tonal) mask some of the test tones?

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Intelligent_Tip_4989 t1_isnvhyn wrote

Not nescarilly, atleast fro mine it doesn't cover up sounds. Can sort of hear through it. Can still hear plug sockets, birds those annoying cat scares in people's gardens

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