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1920 Hz in my case. I had tinnitus after I got rear-ended at a stop light. Decades later, it still recurs once in a blue moon, lasts for a mere 10-15 seconds th

1920 Hz in my case. I had tinnitus after I got rear-ended at a stop light. Decades later, it still recurs once in a blue moon, lasts for a mere 10-15 seconds then vanishes when I tell myself repeatedly "nothing is playing 1920 Hz".

mderazon 3y ago
I have something similar. I got mine after my first COVID infection. The infection was mild, but my sense of smell was gone for a week and i was left with a tinnitus
- jabits 3y ago
  Same with me. Did not know this happened with other
  - somedude895 3y ago
    Huh, as I commented on the grandparent, I've also been getting it intermittently for very short durations each time. I also had the no-sense-of-smell-only Covid in 2021, but since the "tinnitus" thing really doesn't bother me much, I never thought much of it and can't say whether it started before or after my infection.
somedude895 3y ago
> Decades later, it still recurs once in a blue moon, lasts for a mere 10-15 seconds then vanishes Not trying to minimize your issue, but is it really still considered tinnitus at this point? I ask because I've been getting this regularly, probably on a weekly basis. It's not a big deal, because it also lasts for only 5-15 seconds or thereabouts, but I've never considered to actually call it tinnitus.
- taejo 3y ago
  AIUI tinnitus is the name of the symptom, not a specific disease, and it's still tinnitus whether it occurs occasionally, frequently, or constantly.
bradknowles 3y ago
Mine is at 8900hz.
disantlor 3y ago
I can relate to the last bit; I sometimes have (or notice) tinnitus when going to bed. I try to think about what frequency it is exactly and it seems like the direction attention to it causes it to go away (or at least get much more quiet)
lisper 3y ago
> 1920 Hz in my case How do you measure that?
- rajsandhu 3y ago
  https://onlinetonegenerator.com/ https://onlinetonegenerator.com/ simply does what it says, and tells you the frequency, while this one, https://www.tinnitracks.com/en/matching# https://www.tinnitracks.com/en/matching# gives you a test that takes a few minutes, which I found worth the time.
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- kadoban 3y ago
  You can just use a program that plays adjustable frequencies and shift it up/down until it matches.
  - lisper 3y ago
    Ah. My tinnitus frequency is higher than anything I can actually hear so that doesn't work for me.
    - tonymillion 3y ago
      I have something similar - or rather I thought I did. An incredibly high frequency sine wave noise almost inside my head. I remembered when I was younger (a long time ago - early 80s) that I used to be able to “hear” when a computer CRT was on in my school computer room (uk, so BBC micro, with the standard monitor). Ultimately I figured out I could hear the switching frequency of poorly designed / made power transformers. specifically 110/220v to 5v or 12v transformers and cheap USB outlets. I spent a day up close and personal around all my power outlets and now my head is clear of that super-sonic ultra high frequency nightmare.
      - 3y ago
yc-kraln 3y ago
Really sorry to hear that. When I worked for Daimler, I was surprised to learn that all of their cars ship with something called "PRE-SAFE Sound" which, when it detects that you might be in a crash (i.e. at the point when the seatbelts are pre-tensioned), it plays a loud-ish burst of white noise through all the speakers, triggering your ears' automatic response which disconnects your ear drums. This means that when the actual (very loud!) crash happens, your hearing is saved. They developed this in the 90s when, after the advent of airbags, they saw that most injuries from moderate car crashes were hearing related. (Here's a video with some cool detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmLYY-Z2rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmLYY-Z2rc) I always thought it was a huge shame that 1) this technology isn't required/mandated for all cars and 2) Mercedes doesn't advertise this more
- kloch 3y ago
  The crash itself isn't usually that loud but airbag deployment can be 170 db which is very dangerous to hearing.
- walterbell 3y ago
  Could a phone accelerometer achieve comparable detection response and play a warning sound?
- qball 3y ago
  >This means that when the actual (very loud!) crash happens, your hearing is saved. The loud part is not the crash itself, but the airbag deployment; it's as loud as a rifle shot because, fundamentally, it is a rifle shot. That's bad in open air; it's way worse in a confined space where that pressure is going to persist for a much longer period of time. The combustion gas needs to fill the airbag coincident with your face being mashed into it at high speed, and mechanical suppressors slow down the gas so that won't work; using the acoustic reflex (as Daimler clearly does) to get that extra 15 dB of protection means the difference between maximum safe exposure and permanent damage. I'm surprised that this sound doesn't start playing right before the similarly-explosive pretensioners are fired, since they're also pretty loud, but perhaps they figure it's part of the way to prompt the reflex.
- 3y ago

mderazon 3y ago

I have something similar. I got mine after my first COVID infection. The infection was mild, but my sense of smell was gone for a week and i was left with a tinnitus

jabits 3y ago
Same with me. Did not know this happened with other
- somedude895 3y ago
  Huh, as I commented on the grandparent, I've also been getting it intermittently for very short durations each time. I also had the no-sense-of-smell-only Covid in 2021, but since the "tinnitus" thing really doesn't bother me much, I never thought much of it and can't say whether it started before or after my infection.

somedude895 3y ago

> Decades later, it still recurs once in a blue moon, lasts for a mere 10-15 seconds then vanishes Not trying to minimize your issue, but is it really still considered tinnitus at this point? I ask because I've been getting this regularly, probably on a weekly basis. It's not a big deal, because it also lasts for only 5-15 seconds or thereabouts, but I've never considered to actually call it tinnitus.

taejo 3y ago
AIUI tinnitus is the name of the symptom, not a specific disease, and it's still tinnitus whether it occurs occasionally, frequently, or constantly.

bradknowles 3y ago

Mine is at 8900hz.

disantlor 3y ago

I can relate to the last bit; I sometimes have (or notice) tinnitus when going to bed. I try to think about what frequency it is exactly and it seems like the direction attention to it causes it to go away (or at least get much more quiet)

lisper 3y ago

> 1920 Hz in my case How do you measure that?

rajsandhu 3y ago
https://onlinetonegenerator.com/ https://onlinetonegenerator.com/ simply does what it says, and tells you the frequency, while this one, https://www.tinnitracks.com/en/matching# https://www.tinnitracks.com/en/matching# gives you a test that takes a few minutes, which I found worth the time.
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kadoban 3y ago
You can just use a program that plays adjustable frequencies and shift it up/down until it matches.
- lisper 3y ago
  Ah. My tinnitus frequency is higher than anything I can actually hear so that doesn't work for me.
  - tonymillion 3y ago
    I have something similar - or rather I thought I did. An incredibly high frequency sine wave noise almost inside my head. I remembered when I was younger (a long time ago - early 80s) that I used to be able to “hear” when a computer CRT was on in my school computer room (uk, so BBC micro, with the standard monitor). Ultimately I figured out I could hear the switching frequency of poorly designed / made power transformers. specifically 110/220v to 5v or 12v transformers and cheap USB outlets. I spent a day up close and personal around all my power outlets and now my head is clear of that super-sonic ultra high frequency nightmare.
    - 3y ago

yc-kraln 3y ago

Really sorry to hear that. When I worked for Daimler, I was surprised to learn that all of their cars ship with something called "PRE-SAFE Sound" which, when it detects that you might be in a crash (i.e. at the point when the seatbelts are pre-tensioned), it plays a loud-ish burst of white noise through all the speakers, triggering your ears' automatic response which disconnects your ear drums. This means that when the actual (very loud!) crash happens, your hearing is saved. They developed this in the 90s when, after the advent of airbags, they saw that most injuries from moderate car crashes were hearing related. (Here's a video with some cool detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmLYY-Z2rc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTmLYY-Z2rc) I always thought it was a huge shame that 1) this technology isn't required/mandated for all cars and 2) Mercedes doesn't advertise this more

kloch 3y ago
The crash itself isn't usually that loud but airbag deployment can be 170 db which is very dangerous to hearing.
walterbell 3y ago
Could a phone accelerometer achieve comparable detection response and play a warning sound?
qball 3y ago
>This means that when the actual (very loud!) crash happens, your hearing is saved. The loud part is not the crash itself, but the airbag deployment; it's as loud as a rifle shot because, fundamentally, it is a rifle shot. That's bad in open air; it's way worse in a confined space where that pressure is going to persist for a much longer period of time. The combustion gas needs to fill the airbag coincident with your face being mashed into it at high speed, and mechanical suppressors slow down the gas so that won't work; using the acoustic reflex (as Daimler clearly does) to get that extra 15 dB of protection means the difference between maximum safe exposure and permanent damage. I'm surprised that this sound doesn't start playing right before the similarly-explosive pretensioners are fired, since they're also pretty loud, but perhaps they figure it's part of the way to prompt the reflex.
3y ago