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I guess so? My father has it too (and my grandfather had shit hearing), so I think it's in part hereditary. Years of construction work with power tools and tar
by toomanybeersies 8y ago
I guess so?
My father has it too (and my grandfather had shit hearing), so I think it's in part hereditary. Years of construction work with power tools and target shooting (often without hearing protection) hasn't helped though.
I've had tinnitus since as long as I can remember. It doesn't bother me, I usually don't even notice it unless I'm specifically thinking about it. I've had it so long that I don't actually have a baseline of what true silence is, my brain usually just filters it out (although depressive episodes and drinking often bring it out).
I've read stories about people who've been driven mad by their tinnitus. Thankfully it barely affects my life. Like, now that I'm thinking about it, I can hear it above everything, but when I wake up in the morning I'll forget I have it.
- overcast 8y agoSpent many years of my youth chasing loud hardcore shows. I remember distinctly the show that left me with ringing for two weeks, that mercifully subsided. From then on I wear plugs, even when doing things like mowing the lawn. Protect your ears man.
- mikestew 8y agoHey, me, too! Since I was way too young to attend my first rock show or hold an air tool. Doesn’t bother me a lick because, well, that’s apparently the way I was built. Like you, I don’t even notice unless I think about it. Can’t say about the rest of my family, never asked. I’ve always wanted to go to one of those acoustically-dead rooms, where you can hear the blood pumping through your veins. Or will I?
- rootusrootus 8y agoBeing in a room so quiet you can hear your own bloodflow drives me insane. It gets louder, and louder, and louder ... Give me just a bit of actual noise to hear, please and thank you.