• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
    8·
    8 days ago

    I was trying to describe what my tinnitus sounds like, and I told my wife that it’s “like the sound a CRT TV makes but louder”. She had no idea what I was talking about. Turns out she can’t hear sounds in the 15khz range; which is at the top of the human audible range anyways.

    I wish I could tell my younger self to turn the volume down on his headphones and wear ear protection around heavy equipment. Too late. Now I’ve gotta live with this high pitched whine for the rest of my life. Thankfully mine doesn’t bother me most of the time.

  • Secret Music@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    4·
    8 days ago

    It would probably end up sounding the same or similar because it would be years worth of clubs and live music and band practise and listening to music in my earphones too loud all jumbled up together and playing at the same time.

  • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
    3·
    8 days ago

    Well, the Tinnitus is bad enough as a high pitch ringing in my ears. If I had to listen to a jumble of music, explosions, engines, artillery, industrial machines and various other loud noises in high pitch non stop, I would blow my brains out.

  • KaRunChiy@fedia.io
    2·
    8 days ago

    Power tools, 80’s hair metal, youtube videos when windows would randomly reset the volume to 100%

  • Crazyslinkz@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 days ago

    I have this and had it for years. Didn’t know what it was called until my old boss told me about it. It’s going, it’s similar to having bad eyes, it’s the way you recieve sound info now always has that high pitch.

    I try to meditate or add background noise.

  • EvilBit@lemmy.world
    2·
    8 days ago

    Hard to pin down proportionally, but there’s a solid chance I’d just be hearing a P-Funk concert 24/7.