manfredo
Well-Known Member
,Do the hearing aids cancel out the ringing then? I know what you mean about stress adding to it. I was up all night coughing (please not covid) hard and after finally getting a little sleep I awoke to a sore chest and a pounding headache with ringing to match. Shit sucks.
They don't cancel it out, completely...Sometimes they do, but they seem to help considerably. These were $6,000 hearing aids, but luckily my insurance covered the majority...So IDK if cheaper ones would work as well.
I first got tinnitus back 20 years ago, during chemo treatments. But it wasn't terrible and I habituated to it...I hadn't even thought about it it years really, until a few years ago it came back with a vengeance. At first just on occasion then soon it was 24/7, and it was loud. I was seriously thinking I can not live like this!! I have elevated levels of cobalt and chromium from 2 metal on metal hips replacements and that's what I believe is causing it, but who knows!! But if you look up these types of poisonings, tinnitus us usually at the top of the list.
I'm supposed to be getting them both replaced again...then covid hit...and now I need a shoulder replacement too...I'm in no rush to let anyone cut me again anytime soon!