Tinnitus

[Hehehe]

My hearing is fine at least according to the medical tests made at the end of my active service.

When you get tinnitus like you described, it is because some cells are damaged. They will continue to send a constant signal to ones brain. When it stops, it is not caused by the cells healing but because your brain simply starts ignoring those cells. So this would manifest itself as an inability to hear high frequencies. Here's a test if you're interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G60hM1W_mk (high frequencies are from 4:30 onwards). It is hard to say exactly what is the normal result, as it differs with age an such. But I could only hear up to 13kHz, so my hearing is definitely somewhat damaged

EDIT: @dIZZyBlIZZy: An improvement? Did they measure decibels or frequencies? I was under the impression that damage to ones hearing does not heal by itself but I'm no expert.

EDIT2: To give people some guidance, for people under 25 years old, the normal range is somewhere from 20Hz to 20000Hz. For over people over 25 years old, somewhere around 20-15000Hz would be normal. But these things vary, and that's just some rough guidance for people taking the test

 

[dIZZyBlIZZy]

It's on frequencies and decibels. I've no explanation, but it happened. I was hearing better at less than 100 Hz in 97 than in 95.

 

[Hehehe]

It's on frequencies and decibels. I've no explanation, but it happened. I was hearing better at less than 100 Hz in 97 than in 95.

Well, I have read a book on neuroplasticity where a patient recovered her sense of balance (at least to some degree) by training to use it with a device that works as an artificial sense of balance (sounds ludicrous, I know). Although it was very different from your case, maybe all damage is not completely permanent? (I'm just guessing here)

 

[bathsheba666]

I heard a high pitched whining in my ears for some years, but finally she was deposed in favour of John Major, and now she's senile so they don't let her out much.

Care in the community still isn't working, it appears.