The Science of Tinnitus (with Jamie Loxton) | Sci Guys Podcast

[@SciGuys]

Do you have tinnitus?

[@Crimzen2000]

Yes I actually do, it really sucks and is super annoying!

[@jasminesaamel135]

yessss

[@Crimzen2000]

@@LostLake98 yeah same!!

[@tzophek]

I've just started thinking lately about how there's something going on with my hearing, so quite possibly yes, I do!

[@NotAnEldritchHorror]

yep. I haven't always, and yet I can't quite remember when I developed it. But it was probably due to the damage I did to my ears by playing gigs as a teenager without any form of hearing protection.

[@thiel_spencer]

Perfecting timing for this episode as I have tinnitus and recently it's randomly started to get worse lmao

[@BaddeGrasse]

Something ive always been interested in as someone with auditory hallucinations, thank you for putting a bunch of the research into one easily listenable and entertaining episode

[@idasvenning3892]

I've had tinnitus at least since the first time I thought about silence and what I was actually hearing, which was some time in elementary school. It was really bad in my early teen years. I felt like shit because it's chronic and I thought I would keep feeling that bad forever. However, some time around 16, I started to train my brain to not think so negatively about the tinnitus and instead make neutral or positive connections around it. Now it's probably just as "bad" as it was, but I feel fine because I don't have a strong negative reaction whenever I'm reminded of it and I know I have quite a bit of control over my thought patterns if it gets worse again.

[@kilumbata]

I may have a very mild case of tinnitus. It doesn't have a huge impact on my life though, just a bit annoying when trying to sleep. However I have a family member who can't leave their house during rush-hour because the noise from the cars worsens the issue.

[@Antony_Oscar]

I've had tinnitus since I was 20, it started back in 2014 when I had a bad cold (not sure it related). In the beginning it was so loud I would WAKE UP to it in the middle of the night. Over the years it has lessened but I still can't sleep without listening to a podcast or a panel show (like QI, etc.). Music doesn't work for me either, but since I found this podcast last summer you guys have helped me to fall asleep countless times 🥰

[@Marcllus]

How is it going now?

[@twinklingstarrs5505]

I remember one time when I was really young probably 5 or 6, I was sitting in the car with my dad and I said “what’s that ringing sound?” and I described it to him and he said “well I don’t hear any ringing, you might have tinnitus” My dad is Ex-military so he has tinnitus too. Every now and then, especially after a long day and I get home and it’s silent my tinnitus gets loud in my ears, it doesn’t last long and it comes and goes.

[@IBeGhostofLaken]

I don't have tinnitus however my history teacher does, and learning more about it was really interesting. He was in the Navy which is how he got it(even though they were giving both earplugs and earmuffs to protect their ears) and there are times in class where he'll stop a lesson of it gets to bad

[@stanisawaprzyuska2975]

In my experience meditation and yoga are actually great for tinnitus and visual snow syndrome, even tho during meditation they do get worse. It is exactly like with with meditation for chronic pain or with attention disorders - what you're doing is training your attention. That's why meditation is often times harder/ more unpleasant for people with ADHD but ALSO very beneficial. As a psych/cogsci student I can also say I know of some scientific evidence for what I'm describing.

[@mmalove98]

I have an autonomic nervous system disorder called POTS and I’ve noticed a significant increase in my tinnitus when my POTS symptoms aren’t as well controlled. I have also had repetitive injury to both eardrums so I wonder how much is from which one

[@gladysseaman4346]

I have tinnitus, as does my daughter-in-law. Hers began when she was in her twenties. Mine started in my seventies. She has been helping me accept the reality and cope with it.

[@maxofb7745]

I have it. And it annoys me :( [Edit]: Actually after watching the whole episode I feel better about it. As a musician the thought something happening to my ears gives me immeasurable anxiety. And now having a tinnitus scares me and every change gives me anxiety. But after listening to you guys I feel a little more at ease. Thank you.

[@Rising_Pho3nix_23]

1900hz sine wave, 40dB when resting and 70dB when stressed. I've never known quiet and I take extreme care of my hearing (I sleep with noise cancelling headphones)

[@JennaGetsCreative]

Yes! Neurodivergent here and I hear electrical things. I have damaged hearing from childhood ear infections, I have tinnitus, and I have auditory processing issues... but I can hear the damn power strip across the room!

[@zelrex4657]

Yes? Some times randomly it will I hear like I just went under water and can hear almost nothing, fallowed by a ringing that gets louder and louder. It eventually fades away and can hear normally. This only happens rarely. like once a month. So no I don't think I have it much. Its not constant and it's rare.

[@lexwolfhale1729]

One, I have tinnitus (possibly as a side effect of an issue with my inner ear and ossicles); two, John Simm's character in Doctor Who (the Master), has rhythmic tinnitus as the sound is caused by his heartbeat (the drums are the two hearts of a Time Lord)

[@JennaGetsCreative]

Yes I have tinnitus. I also have visual snow syndrome and my visual snow and tinnitus buzz around at the same frequency.

[@raffie_exe]

just as i started this video i started hearing a whooshing in my ear haha, thankfully just some earwax

[@SirSoup44]

I have it and when I was diagnosed with idiopathic intracranial hypertension they said that my tinnitus is most likely a result of that

[@ashH-B]

Theres an almost clear line in mums living family but for them its mostly mild and developed in like their mid 20s and only slightly got worse. but my dad also has it and his started off very mild but has gradually got worse and he needs a hearing aid to help as otherwise he loses a lot of sound. My family are pretty sure that i will probably get it.

[@michaelphillips3170]

yes I do have to run a fan to sleep at night

[@LookinGoodAnya]

I have tinnitus. Sometimes I don't notice it but at other times it's ALL I can hear 😭

[@Marcllus]

How is it going now?

[@simplybet8104]

Sometimes I get tinnitus from my ears being plugged up with wax. My doctor said it's just because I have small ear canals 😔

[@BaddeGrasse]

Sounds like your doctors assuming its objective tinnitus, air passing through a small gap has a whistling sound to it so I assume Dr logic would lead to thinking a build up of wax in small ear canals would lead to air passing through to create a tiny whistle sound only you can hear?

[@taylorclark2100]

I got it from stressing too much after I got dumped.

[@roseberry208]

I had to come back and say something here i have relitivly bad tinitis and i kinda just thought i was crazy so it makes me kinda happy to know i am not crazy lol

[@foxboyuwu]

I do have tinnitus, I’ve had it since I was a kid and I’m not sure how I got it

[@hannahpickford6889]

So I heard the Swan song thing Luke talks about from the film Children of Men. Great film not necessarily a trusted source.

[@taiyouscandalous1175]

I don't have tinnitus but if I move my ear muscles then I hear a distorted sounding noise as long as I hold it in that position. I would be curious if anyone else experiences the same.

[@taba1950]

I can hear my heart beat on my left ear but it's not always there, when I talked to a doctor about it they did a bunch of tests but they just shrugged it off and said maybe it's just my hearing is too good. Ever since it started I can't just sleep without listening to something, which usually results in a sort of self inflected insomnia where If I don't manage to find something to listen to that is boring enough I'll end up too engaged and can't fall asleep. And that's why sci guys is such a terrible podcast to fall asleep to

[@erenjaeger5146]

my ears started ringing while watching. ironic

[@greyv9107]

i do have tinnitus and idk if its from pots eds or migraine. rip