Re: Re: CI Testing/tinnitus - ALL CI users!

[Guest guest]

Di,

You want a percentage? You asking for the moon! Seriously, there

is no way to get an answer.

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Some days you'll feel like a fire hydrant and all your friends are

dogs!

& Gimlet (Guide Dawggie)

Portland, Oregon

N24C 3G 8/2000 Hookup

rlclark77@...

http://home.comcast.net/~rlclark77/

[Guest guest]

Di-- Count me as a tinnitus sufferer even with bilateral CIs. My tinnitus comes

in different forms. Let me see . I hear roaring freight trains; Jets taking off

and landing; musical tinnitus; talk show radio (that one really drives me

bonkers and thank god does not happen too often), humming, clanking bells (new

tonight) and that is about it but that is enuf to drive me crazy <grins> My CIs

do mask them most of the time. I only hear them when I have them off or when I

am under tons of stress then they dont hide it.

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Snoopy

bilateral

RI

[Guest guest]

Snoopy,

When you hear musical tinitus, do you hear jazz, oldies but goodies, the

blues? What about radio talk show tinitus? Do you hear Rush Limbaugh

advertising juicefuls? Just interested. Larry

[Guest guest]

Larry-- I am chuckling now. At Christmas I actually hear Christmas music. but

other times it is just plain music that I just cant describe. as for radio talk

it is just talk. I am prelingual so it sounds gibberish to me honestly. so maybe

later on as I become adept hearing better that talk will make sense.

--

Snoopy

bilateral

RI

[Guest guest]

Hey Snoopy,

Not to worry. If you've missed old Rush Limbaugh, you haven't missed

much. He generates hot air every day.

When I was at the University hospital for my seizures, I had my share of

auditory illusions. I thought I heard the organ playing Bach and the mighty

Tabernacle choir was coming after me. I also thought I had the following

conversation with a roommate; " Hey Larry, do you like dixieland and modern

jazz? " I said " no, not very well. " He said, " Well then, you ain't worth a

" " " " . " I often hear songs in my head from the 60s that are like a continuous

loop tape.

I am going down the rocky road of Cochlear evaluation. Reading these

posts make me cautiously optomistic. At one time, I had excellent hearing.

Larry