Sorry to bother you again - I know we ask a load of questions!!
Heres my problem - I have recentley developed a ringing noise in my ears. It mainly happens when the room I am in is silent, or when no one is speaking
I was just wondering whether anyone else is experiencing the same symptoms. Is this RSD related? Is it worth going to the doctor and getting my ears syringed?
Many thanks
Alison.
Pain free hugs
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Hi Ali,

I have had ringing in my ears about 99% of the time for the last year or so. I had to have it checked by my doctor because it was driving me crazy... My doc checked it out.... sent me to an ear specialist... neither one could find a reason within the ear for there to be this constant buzzing ringing sound. My hearing is still is as good as it ever was only thing different is that can now I hear pitches now at higher and lower levels than before RSD. Ear specialist believes, in my case, the buzzing ringing sound is a result of the RSD.


Can't hurt to have it checked... rather be safe than sorry.



Abbie

hi..

I too get ringing in my ears comes and go's alot.. I just havent thought to have it checked, because I have so much going on thats more on my mind mabie but I guess I should too.

Thanks for bringing this up to us, now lets see who else has this symptom too..

Never think it is bothering us Ali, you and your mom are part of this family now and your questions and just mentioning new symptoms you get are helping others here too.

Thank you and healing hugz hon,
Sandra

Hi, Ali,

Me again, The Moose

I don't have RSD. I do have that dang ringing, though.

Mine is more like 10,000 cicadas having a drunken party and staying up talking all night

It's called tinnitus. It indicates some damage to the hair cells in your ears. It can also indicate hearing loss.

You need to check with a hearing specialist to make sure that nothing is going on with your ears that needs attention.

You learn to basically ignore it. There's not really any treatment. Mine is really bad and constant. I have a fan running at low speed all day. That makes sort of a "white noise" (a subtle, non-identifiable background noise) that helps to balance out the sound levels.

There's a lot of people that suffer with this at varying degrees. There are some places that claim that they have cures. I doubt it. Because if there were a cure, these people would be multi-millionaires by now

I suspect that this is one of things that will eventually really be cured by the stem cell technology research that's going on. I imagine that if we were able to grow new hair cells in our ears from stem cells, it would probably eliminate the noise.

You're young enough -- you'll probably see this in your lifetime.

Make sure, though, to get a baseline assessment from a hearing specialist to make sure everything is OK. Then you can determine where you go next.

Hugs.

Barb

hi ali,
i have ringing in my ears on and off, but have no idea if it is RSD related. who would know, since no one even knows what the heck rsd really is or how to cure it???? Joan

Hello!

I have ringing in my ears but it is controlled through my dentist. I have severe TMJ and wear a splint at night. That along with controlling congestion from allergies does eliminate it most days. Stress can definitely increase it for me. When I am stressed, I tend to grind my teeth which causes all sorts of jaw problems--headaches, ears ringing etc and the splint helps a ton to take the pressure off of my jaw when I sleep. It also protects my teeth, which I tend to crack! Hope that helps!

Thanks for all your messages, I will speak to my PM doctor about it. My grandma suffers from Tinnitus too, it never came to mind when I first got it, but it makes sense now
Pain free hugs
Alison

Hi Everyone,
My hearing has declined since getting RSD. If there is alot of noise around me I can't hear or understand what someone is saying to me. It also is very painful. Just talking on the phone drives me crazy. My ears hurt so bad. I also notice I get very irritated if there is alot of noise going on. My family thinks I am nuts. This sounds awful but sometimes i just want everyone to GO HOME!!! Take care everyone.

Sue K

Tinnitis is a symptom of RSD. For the first four years I had a loud "squeeking" sound especially in my left ear. It finally went away but now I get a very loud tone at as high as about 20k hertz that wants to drive me buggy sometimes. It's actually so loud that it hurts.

Cod liver oil seems to help it a little (taken internally) now, but I didn't try it until just a couple years back.

Sue this is exactly how I feel, and with 6 kids, and 6 grandkids my house is always full. There is no way I can watch tv with people talking. Everything will be just a cacophony of noise with nothing clear enough to understand.

I might be a bit different in that I do have meniere's disease in my left ear, and that ear is almost completely deaf due to that. My ears ring like someone just shot a large caliber rifle right next to me.

I do think RSD has made everything worse.