Reply With QuoteDo you get ear ache or jaw ache a lot?Originally Posted by bindeweede
If it is done properly, I don't think it would hurt. They just apply warm water to soften and remove hardened wax, AFIK. Ear drops just tickle"Just as an aside, have you tried ear drops / ear syringing?"Would it hurt?
Do you get ear ache or jaw ache a lot?
It won't hurt, but do not try doing it yourself. The best advice I've heard is: never put anything in your ear smaller than your elbow.Would it hurt?
No - not at all. Just the hissing/swishing stuff. ALL the time.
My dad suffers with tinnitus. He found it was really bad after he had a heart attack, obviously his stress levels made it come forward more than it was before. He had difficulty getting to sleep because it seemed so loud.
I don't think there is anything out there that can get rid of it. I have heard somewhere that listening to white noise at a low volume can lessen the effects once turned off.
Playing white noise, natural sounds like streams rippling, waves breaking on the shore, can help to mask the sound, but I don't know about that lessening the tinnitus. I suppose it might have a distracting effect as well. There is Tinnitus Retraining Therapy, which I believe is available on the NHS, after a lengthy wait, I suppose. But I think it just helps you ignore the noise.
Mongrel - sorry to nitpick, but you seem to be one of these people who think classical music is always gentle and soothing. It can be wildly exciting and very loud. A hundred-piece orchestra going full blast might drown out the tinnitus, but then it might also damage your ears further!
Well, the totally tedious, dreadful heap of poo "1812 Overture" certainly gets me off.
And sorry to criticise, but your comment is slightly condescending.
Well, "rather".
Bwahahahahahaha, you're so wrong
One of my "Top 5 best nights ever" involved copious amounts of Cornish Rebellion beer, Pendennis Castle, The BBC Philharmocic, and a combination of Carmina Burana and THAT bit from the 1812 - with live cannons (I helped mix the gunk that shot 12' flames from the cannons)
Well, "Carmina Burana" is totally gorgeous..............."Oh, Fortuna....."Bwahahahahahaha, you're so wrong
One of my "Top 5 best nights ever" involved copious amounts of Cornish Rebellion beer, Pendennis Castle, The BBC Philharmocic, and a combination of Carmina Burana and THAT bit from the 1812 - with live cannons (I helped mix the gunk that shot 12' flames from the cannons)
Don't start that again...
Bindweede - actually, I think its a bit condescending to characterize classical music wrongly if you don't listen to much of it.
Mongrel - I don't see your point. I'm wrong? Do you mean "1812" is NOT exciting, or that it's gentle and soothing, or merely that it didn't hurt your ears?
1812 is exciting but gentle and soothing as well, and my ears were already ringing from a 12lb cannon going off 5" above my head earlier that day.
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