A sound of hope for tinnitus victims

Daily Mail UK ^ | Friday, Mar 24th 2023 3PM | by ROBER DOBSON, Daily Mail

[Jane Long]

So true!

[Jane Long]

Have you had your hearing checked?

[aimhigh]

If you have hearing loss, Google has a phone app called “Live Transcribe”. It types what it hears, like having closed captions for personal conversations. It works for me in church if the pastor is talking too fast. Great app, and free.

[greatvikingone]

Thank you. From 2005

[telescope115]

I, too, am 68. I have had problems hearing all my life. Some of it I was born with.
But as I get older it becomes even more difficult. My tinnitus varies- sometimes it sounds like someone’s car horn is stuck. Sometimes it’s a mixture of different sounds. And sometimes it’s like a low frequency musical tone that is somewhat loud.
Just a couple of days ago, one of my hearing aids stopped working. I still have one working, but when that one stops working I’ll have to start shopping again…

[George from New England]

I know just enough about science and physics to be skeptical about hearing ‘aids’. I concede that with tinnitus they might have merit. But if hearing problems are due to noise floor and other sounds in the airspace, it’s hard to believe that anything in my ear can overcome that.
I have to start with the wife looking away when talking to me. Talking from other rooms. My having a fan sound near me and her talking not loud enough to overcome obvious physics limitations.

[George from New England]

Got grand kids that grow up in a home where the parents slur and have horrible diction. Got a son who has lost all his teeth and almost never puts his false teeth in. His speech is abominable.

[Red Badger]

I saw them live in concert on the Brain Salad Surgery tour.....................

[far sider]

The Sound of Tinnitus

Hello tinnitus, my old friend
You've come to torment me again
I hear the sound of dentist drills drilling
The sound of rusty metal wheels squealing
And the sound is ringing in my brain
It still remains
It is the sound of tinnitus

In restless dreams, I hear the tone
That says I’ll never be alone
I always hear it when I wake up
It always says we never will break up
When the day is done and it’s time to turn out the light
And face the night
I’ll miss the sound of silence

They say they’re searching for a cure
Ten thousand doctors, maybe more
After many years of coping
Tell me, should I just stop hoping
That someday they’ll find a way to stop sound I dread
When I am dead
I’ll hear the sound of silence

No one around me really knows
Tinnitus like a cancer grows
I remember when it would annoy me
Now I think it’s trying to destroy me
Or maybe, it just wants to be my friend
Should I pretend
To like the sound of tinnitus

How many times I’ve bowed and prayed
That God would make the noises fade
But I must not let self-pity fill me
I know that this disease cannot kill me
It’s the cross I must bear, many others have to bear much worse
It is my curse
To hear the sound of tinnitus

[SheepWhisperer]

I know a woman who suffers from this. Beautiful, bright, lovely heart and gracious to a fault. She uses hearing aids which create white noise to offset whatever the changing tinnitus tone happens to be.

A sudden loud noise and her knees buckle and she nearly collapses from the shock. It is absolutely heartbreaking to watch. I just want to scoop her up each time.. Certainly for her and those who love her this parody would be quite unwelcome and cruel.

While I understand you never intended to be cruel, the parody may be unsettling to some.

Respectfully

[far sider]

Sorry for your friend. This is not a parody. This is my daily life. I “hear” tinnitus every night and every morning and sometimes even in my dreams. Every word in this song is part of my experience. Sometimes singing these words (silently) helps me when I can’t sleep. Usually before I get to the end of the song I am asleep. The words of the song give my mind something to focus on instead of the noise. Your friend might appreciate it.

[SheepWhisperer]

I’ll share it and your post, with a caution that it isn’t intended to mane fun of her.