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9 minutes ago, GregWormald said:

My tinnitus is also elevated by headphone listening--so I rarely do it any more. Digital sources also seem to elevate it more than analog.

 

I have had some relief by using a technique found online--finger whacking on the bottom of the skull. (Sorry, can't remember what it's called. A youtube search should find something, there are lots of treatment videos.)

Sounds like something from a SNL skit. :)

 

Seriously, Headphone listening can be very dangerous from a hearing loss point of view. I rarely use mine anymore. The tendency is to listen at too high a level for way too long. The proximity to the eardrum makes any high frequency transients potentially damaging. If you are getting tinnitus after headphone listening, your body is trying to tell you something (like please stop). 

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1 hour ago, AudioDoctor said:

Well, the ringing ear has even less wax in it than the non ringing ear, so that wasn't it...

 

shit.

Lay off the headphones until it stops! You could be risking permanent hearing loss. Consider taking a magnesium supplement daily. I have taken one for years and it slowly has gotten rid of the high pitch ringing I used to have. Also, I had to be on an IV antibiotic for three months several years ago for a severe staph infection and my doctor said then that the ringing could have been related to that treatment. Have you been on one for anything? Some antibiotics but not others may cause it. Please see a specialist if it worsens. I don't mean to sound draconian but this is serious stuff.

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16 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

yeah, there is no headphone listening at the moment... That makes me very sad.

 

My friend was able to get me in to see an ENT this coming week, so we'll get to the bottom of this. There has been zero trauma, zero medication changes, nothing at all that would have precipitated this. Which is exactly why I had a small hope it was just wax build up, as that was a problem in the past.

Good luck.

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29 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

 

Do you have a recommendation of SPL meters?

I have a Radio Shack digital one that I bought several years ago that was recommended then. I don't know if it is still available or not. I just did a google search and there is a lot of info available on them so just try to find an accurate one that does "a weighted" and "c weighted" reading and allows an instant read and continuous readout. There also is a lot out there as to what is a safe SPL at different time intervals for both a and c weighted readings. You should not have any problem getting what you need to be safe.

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Just now, The Computer Audiophile said:

The trick is getting a meter for headphones. 

Not really, what you have to do is put the probe between the two ear cups and then using your hands close the gap between the cups so the probe is isolated between the two cups and no outside sound is measured. This is the quickest and easiest method. Some folks have crafted devices to get more accurate readings but I am not sure how available they are. A good place to check would be head-fi.

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32 minutes ago, AudioDoctor said:

If he's right, it's good news. Not only can I turn the speakers on and keep the volume down, but it means my hearing is likely to return to normal.

I hope it does! Mine was really bad during and after the staph infection I had (septic arthritis in right shoulder). The months on IV antibiotics probably didn't help either.

 

Thanks for the update. Consider the magnesium supplement. I don't think there is any danger with that but you would know best Doc.

 

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5 hours ago, sandyk said:

Chris

 I am basing this on my own experience with Tinnitus, which the OP already has due to exposure to Occupation related high level sound exposure.

 I am not suggesting that this should be a problem for those not suffering from Tinnitus.

However, very clean sounding Audio on headphones may sometimes result in  extended listening sessions at higher than desirable levels without some kind of SPL guide.

Well said.

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12 hours ago, AudioDoctor said:

Well, I made a discovery tonight...

 

First, the ringing has gone down some. My ear clearly has an infection and that is causing some of the problem and it is getting better, slowly... However... I was futzing with my new amp and as soon as I played music through it, without having the headphones on my head, I could hear a very high pitched ringing. I stopped the music, it stopped with the ringing. Start the music, the ringing started back up. SO I called my SO in the room and asked her if she could hear it too. She did.

 

SO now my brand spanking new crazy expensive headphone amp has to go back for repair of some sort. I'm not listening to it right now anyway, but man, this is a bummer.

Sadly, sometimes "crazy expensive" can also mean just plain crazy.

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