What’s that ringing in your ears? - Marc Fagelson

Travel into the auditory system to explore the constant ringing sensation of tinnitus, why it happens and how to treat it.
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Tinnitus has been bothering humanity since Ancient Babylon, plaguing everyone from Leonardo da Vinci to Charles Darwin. Today, roughly one in seven people worldwide experiences this auditory sensation. So what exactly is tinnitus, and where does this persistent sound come from? Marc Fagelson travels into the auditory system to explore the loss of silence.
Lesson by Marc Fagelson, directed by Zedem Media.
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[@katgor42]

One in seven people?! I thought that everyone has that.

[@BrawnyFanta]

It's still about a smidge over a billion people

[@RewZes]

I got it recently and I don't know anyone who has it

[@ssk58607]

A lot of people have it but it's very minor I think. When there's a sudden shift in volume most of my family members hear this sound but I hear it a lot especially while trying to sleep on the side with ear covered by a pillow

[@Srikrishnakarthik]

@@nopenoway1519 yeah me too I use parents and Friend as a calibration for my Eeeeeeee sounds..

[@jellybean6862]

I have this

[@Sashhh-mk6gw]

It only gets worse when you think about the sound itself

[@matthieucauchefert8167]

Now that you mentioned it I accidentally focused on it and it did make it worse. UGH...

[@workinprogress6504]

😂 happened all the time.

[@Trip_Ts]

I find that to be true that why it help to have a background sound like soothing sound. this is what I'm listening on low now kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIS6aZiOp5qBjbM

[@rafaylifts]

Yeah it gets louder and louder. In fact I have mastered the art of decreasing and increasing its volume at will lol

[@pasi123567]

@@rafaylifts I don't hear any ringing at all as long as I don't think about it. And it gets really loud if I don't stop thinking about it. So after watching a video about this, 30 seconds in I start hearing it. Its weird, its like I don't have tinnitus at all as long as I am not stressed ;D

[@R4in46]

5:14 The moment when the sound of the video disappeared was relieving, I wish I could make my tinnitus disappear like that, listen to the sound of silence again, I would cry with joy

[@drafonso88]

i hate when i get to bed to try to sleep .. it´s the worst period of my day ..

[@R4in46]

@@drafonso88 Yes, I understand you, throughout the day tinnitus is not too annoying because there are many ambient noises that overshadow it, but at night..

[@allenzhou3051]

Same…

[@cawareyoudoin7379]

Ok, I know this might sound silly, but... Try this: cover your ear with the palm of your hand, and tap your fingers repetitively on your skull behind your ear. Do it for at least 10-20 seconds. It works to relieve it at least for some time for me. I don't have tinnitus all the time, but when I'm laying down and it starts beeping, this trick helps.

[@drafonso88]

​@@cawareyoudoin7379 I'll definitely try that thank you very much 😊

[@RX7jkr]

I've had it for a good 15 years now. I've gotten so used to it that I can only really hear it if I think about it. Kinda like how you can breathe automatically until you think about it and then you take a few manual breaths until you become occupied with something else.

[@raven4k998]

that ringing in your ears is the fire alarm dude get out and run for your life you must live

[@worldspam5682]

​@@raven4k998 15 years of fire alarm Your joke smells

[@patriciatoomingtheplantpar2558]

Luck you, I can hardly hear anything past mine

[@unkoonkootz5547]

Same age, same thing but yk it’s like faint

[@conniefernandez2221]

Same here!

[@user-rh3qf3mp7m]

Brain: You going to a quiet room? Me: Yea Brain: Wanna hear some sounds that I created?

[@monanina4172]

🧠 🎵

[@mrs8794]

anxiety:let me join the band

[@usarmy500]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@diybeast3943]

@@usarmy500 try to beat this ♾ * EEE

[@BiG-JuPO1O1]

Me: Am I going deaf? Me: PANICS

[@zynk9149]

So you’re telling me that most people on earth are able to hear absolute silence

[@michaeltowler2632]

When is absolutely quiet I hear something like white noise on a tv in my ears very very low sounding . I wonder if that's silence? :))

[@ziqrsx]

Yep

[@tieKITE]

Michael Towler it’s not

[@vgaggia]

I can't imagine how nice it must be to not hear what sounds like a constant silent mosquito when it's silent

[@children7772]

Lucky ducks

[@TheWorkingAussie]

Yeah, sometimes it definitely causes anxiety and stress. It's like a noise you can never turn off and it gets on your last nerve. I just always thought ringing was normal for everyone.

[@dadbear5316]

I've always had severe anxiety with panic disorder and tinnitus, when you start having a breakdown that ringing can become deafening.

[@raven4k998]

tinnitus so that's what I have hmm🤣

[@noahivey8809]

​@@raven4k998 bruh its not funny

[@DeepDarkier]

put some sounds like rain or just music to mask it when it gets louder, helps ALOT, also never focus on the ringing or be scared of it or else it will get louder temporally

[@DeepDarkier]

if you are scared of the noise your brain interprets ir as a threat and turns it up so you hear it better, you have to try to be neutral about it

[@raven4k998]

@@DeepDarkier you mean hear it not rear it🤣

[@acerous1528]

It's creepy how youtube knows that my ears are currently ringing rights now

[@detectivemakotodate2032]

No it doesn’t know anything

[@rawonion9976]

Our *bugs Bunny meme*

[@WillToWinvlog]

It's because of 5g.

[@felipearenasbarr]

@@WillToWinvlog lol

[@MattExzy]

My right ear sometimes gets a crazy flange effect, and pitch sounds way different to the left. Then after a few hours it'll ring, then clear up. Had an example of it just yesterday.. now there's this video. Wut.

[@creative8d14]

Me: laying down on my bed Left ear: sorry, all I can do is *EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@kookiesangeldemon0.290]

I wonder too.. It had to me left ear as well

[@twentyonehanias]

Why is this me

[@IluvMcdonalds]

@@twentyonehanias same

[@putraerul5674]

@@kookiesangeldemon0.290 I got this since last week.. 😭😭

[@kookiesangeldemon0.290]

@@putraerul5674 well, I had this for 5 years now

[@Ethan-yg8me]

Literally one of my earliest memories in life was me wondering why quiet was such a loud high pitched sound, it was always normal to me and I have always thought that was just what quiet was lol honestly I just forget about the ringing entirely usually

[@ratulbanik9007]

I have had it since I was 15 y old. Seeing so many of you dealing with the same medical condition that I endure, it gives me a sense of not being alone. This silence is deafening. Thank you TED-ED for bringing us under one roof.

[@Nitrinoxus]

Growing up, I legitimately assumed everybody had a high-pitched ringing in their ear.

[@jackfinnegan2217]

Same

[@rorschach3920]

Try to avoid your cellphone and your tv router by turning it off completely for 12 hours and the ringing should be gone thank me later ✌🏻 (It’s only an advise from my personal experience and it’s not for people who are diagnosed with tinnitus)

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@rorschach3920 If you're suggesting switching off likely sources of high EMF fields, it's not quite so simple. Besides, my tinnitus dates back far enough that EM exposure isn't a likely cause.

[@rorschach3920]

Mark Hashman I’m really trying my best to help people out because its working for me but if you have a real tinnitus diagnose than you have to consider a doctors appointment sorry and all the best

[@Nitrinoxus]

@@rorschach3920 Don't get me wrong, I appreciate your trying to help -- and if it works for you, or anybody else, that's fantastic. I've just learned to live with it, since there's nothing much I can do about it.

[@LightningShiva1]

This was probably most peoples childhood questions

[@detectivemakotodate2032]

What’s that?

[@foon8989]

It was mine

[@daklit]

The video said it is 1 out of 7 people so not all...

[@JURGEART]

@@daklit is still one Billion people.

[@copter7013]

Yep

[@gregniel]

I secretly can't wait to pass from this life as my tinnitus is so terrible.

[@penelopelgoss2520]

You've tried sleeping with nature sounds or white noise? It took me a while to find some recordings on KZbin.

[@Wanted797]

I’ve never heard of subjective tinnitus before but I’ve definitely had it my entire life. Whenever I told anyone they’d says it’s tinnitus but usually I was thinking the bad damaging kind but I can still hear really well. Doesn’t matter where if I stop and pay attention I’ll hear the ringing.

[@etdmike]

I have over 35 years of experience. There is an underlying cause that you have not been properly tested for yet. It is "not" cancer or COVID. If you or anyone else would like proper guidance for free, please send me an email. My email address and a brief summary of what I do are in the "About" section of my KZbin profile. Click on the "E" in the circle next to my comment, click on the big "E" again, and then click the "About" tab.

[@thetalantonx]

Yeah, same. I've had auditory and visual tests since I was a kid and expressed my symptoms, and I have both above average hearing and sight. I've got subjective tinnitus with no hearing loss, and visual snow with no loss of acuity. (Everything looks like a static filter has been overlaid, not just floaters by my entire digital field is comprised of tiny moving pixels.) The two in combination are Visual Snow Syndrome.

[@SciK.]

@@etdmikeI have it too, what is it?

[@etdmike]

@@SciK. To respect privacy on both ends, please send me an email and I will be happy to help.

[@bluebomber875]

@@etdmike I don’t think you could possibly make this sound any sketchier lol

[@denissaliaj9459]

I was high with a friend talking about meditation and told her "focus on that beeep sound you hear when its quiet" and she was like wtf

[@theanonymoushelpline7248]

😂

[@monicalivesforchrist5901]

don't swear please. (Jesus Christ saves!) smoking is a sin.

[@Jasmine-gp4vm]

😂😂😂

[@yourstrulli9089]

@@denissaliaj9459 that’s good to hear. No pun intended

[@GagandeepSingh-oq5kv]

Thats good to hear , its sound of God

[@Jo-chilin]

I thought everyone heard a constant ringing in their ears :(

[@MMerajHossain]

same wtf

[@michaelazubuike2476]

Me too

[@ergotrench]

Yea when I heard 1 out of 7 I was not happy

[@BasicEndjo]

@@ergotrench definitely this. imagine not hearing the sound of complete silence. instead complete nothingness. that would be weird.

[@rocklesson86]

I have it because I am hard if hearing.

[@acidrien]

I never even thought about this in this way. I suspected that other people didn’t have this though. I remember as a child having to go get my ears tested, and the ear doctor would put on high pitched sounds like this one through some headphones to test my hearing. I never knew it was a common problem/phenomenon.

[@zoratizora1578]

What about you now ar you okey😢 Say yes for make me relaxing

[@Udayfrrrr]

​@@zoratizora1578Brother, tennis is not a disease, it is a symptom, I also had tinnnitus for 2 days, then it gone!!!

[@Streek2202]

My whole life, I thought the faint ringing was normal for all people. Now I’m a bit sad knowing I’ll never know what true silence sounds like lol.

[@danielduvernay3207]

It’s weird how we can actually recreate the sound.

[@AbhishekBM]

I've never experienced it. So, is that what it actually sounds like?

[@NXE212]

@@AbhishekBM a smaller sound that is similar to the sound you heard after getting flash banged in a shooter game.

[@damedesuka77]

Mine's usually has a higher tone, but yeah that was pretty accurate!

[@danielduvernay3207]

Abhishek pretty much yeah

[@eoincampbell1584]

@@AbhishekBM The ringing in the video is pretty accurate.

[@Novasium]

Someone finally answered that question

[@reguluscorneas3387]

exactly lol

[@radded_]

lmao yeah

[@fathfez7991]

Exactly, I want to talk this with someone for years but I am afraid I am the only one and then this came.

[@yasicles3549]

Ikr? When I asked someone about it they didn't know what I was talking about.

[@justfrascher9807]

Yeah, now i understand why i always heard those ringing sound

[@JoseMolina-ij3xx]

I do occasionally hear that odd ringing sound in my ear at random times, but I usually just ignore it. Another odd thing that happens in silence is that I can hear the capillaries in my brain pumping blood or the sound of electricity circulating in my head, too, if I attempt to go to sleep, but it's also uncommon.

[@rdrgz6217]

I used to hear that too!!! But my tinnitus got worse so now I can't even hear my own heart pumping, or maybe it's the pillow I use now... Either way, pink noise helps me to sleep

[@the21herald]

That's usually caused by high blood pressure

[@yunes7305]

Now I'm listening to both, ringing in my brain and your explanation.

[@tripleshing5069]

Horror movies: "It's quiet, too quiet" Hears the ringing "There we go"

[@jordanlamar1013]

More than 500 likes and no comment so here you go😀😀😀

[@thequeenofboba6583]

Ugh, I really hate this ahhhh

[@Shrek_Now_go_away]

Lmao

[@davindestroyer]

LoL

[@JJE77]

@@thequeenofboba6583 so we will live like this the rest of our lives? No I refuse in Jesus name this situation must change

[@yigityigitoglu7451]

Fun fact: If you clench your teeth, the noise gets louder. Note: If this comment ever gets to top, the next video should be "What is all those images we see when we close our eyes?"

[@isaacfullerton]

I don’t even have to clench my teeth together, just flexing my jaw is enough to make it like 5 times louder.

[@yigityigitoglu7451]

@@isaacfullerton also that. If you flex it it gets louder

[@Mewcaloid]

Yeah I read that it’s because some people can flex ear muscles to make the ear rumbling www.google.com/amp/s/www.good.is/amp/ear-rumbling-is-a-special-super-power-that-not-everyone-can-do-2645385849

[@muhammadammarrasyid5780]

@@Mewcaloid I thought everyone can do that

[@panhem7149]

@@muhammadammarrasyid5780 you can do that too?

[@clockworkyokai]

This is the best video on tinnitus i have seen. I got the ringing after a bad bout of flu, I spent four months utterly devastated i would never not hear this ringing sound again. I’d gone through getting visual snow a few years earlier and this was worse. It doesn’t feel possible AT ALL, but if you get on with life you will habituate and the sound will not elicit the stress response anymore.

[@keselyukondor1167]

At the end when the sound stopped for a sec... for me... it basicly just went fainter xD it was very informal, thank you!

[@blazingfire7517]

“Nearly 1/7 people worldwide experience this auditory sensation” your telling me it’s not normal? How many other lies have I been told by the council?

[@DrMoonAtNight]

Blazing Fire there are more then 5 senses

[@misakamikoto8785]

@@MadeUpNoun and white color doesn't exist, and there are many things travel faster than light, and electrical shock is actually your own electrons killing you, and the list go on.

[@Davidhodges93]

@@misakamikoto8785 wait white isnt real? things are faster then light? electro shock? i never learned these things

[@IsaacWolfOfficial]

Those floating bug shadows you see when you look at the sky is blood casting a shadow on your vision receptors.

[@alexn1168]

You lied to yourself lol

[@melonyswife]

"Subjective tinnitus has no inherently negative consequences" other than eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@tuesdaywithanh]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@pedroaf7223]

@@tuesdaywithanh I felt that ;-;

[@tuesdaywithanh]

@@pedroaf7223 do you have tinnitus?

[@pedroaf7223]

@@tuesdaywithanh unfortunatly, yes. Do you?

[@tuesdaywithanh]

@@pedroaf7223 luckily I don't have tinnitus, but it sounds awful. I hope you can get treatment if you aren't already :)

[@AdrianEOK]

Sitting at my computer, hearing this ringing in my ears, and suddenly I open YT, and see TED-Ed's video about this. How cool is that?

[@chinmoybarman8465]

How is it now ?

[@Hlilii]

After years of searching I have finally found a good video

[@ashboudy7491]

And I thought that ringing in my ears was what silence sounded like.

[@VMMVisions]

It is. To us

[@kasugaifox8571]

I have to leave a fan or tv on to drown out the rining.

[@blanktitle198]

@@kasugaifox8571 same

[@jeffwei]

Same!

[@Longarekkusu]

Same and is annoying

[@notamemberofilluminati8382]

Don't tell anyone, but that's just our way of communication.

[@standowner6979]

It makes sense.

[@bingbonghafu]

Illuminati say: Satan, atheism, but also my feta cheese mmmm

[@blueeye2281]

Plot twist: he isn't joking.

[@notamemberofilluminati8382]

@@blueeye2281 Of course we aren't. Am I a joke to you?

[@notamemberofilluminati8382]

@@bingbonghafu ?

[@3DJapan]

I have it but I usually don't notice it until someone makes me think about it. Thanks.

[@RakibHasan-ji6em]

I have been dealing with tinnitus for the past 7 years. Initially, it was unbearable, but it has gotten better over time.

[@marcgurusamy]

Brain: It's awfully quiet right now. Let me play you some background noise..

[@naomivillalobos8108]

Its the different frequencies from cell towers wifi ekectronic appliances

[@__prometheus__]

@@naomivillalobos8108 L

[@billdates69]

FOR ME IF I SLEEP IN NIGHT I LITERALLY HEAR TICKING

[@NatalieCWilliams]

Lmao!! 🤣🤣 Oh lawd! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@realexony]

imagine in the future you can replace your tinnitus sound with something like a lofi playlist lmao

[@SolitaryHipster777]

As a kid I'd assumed that this humming\hissing ringing sound was literally the sound of absolute silence as I only could hear it at bed when trynna sleep. But then I learned it was actually tinnitus... :(

[@sharoncronin5053]

Mine 24 hrs a day

[@user-zo5mr6bt5u]

Sameee

[@muchachitachinita]

Same here

[@RockinEnabled]

As a kid I came to the conclusion that everybody has it to some degree. Like, even if it's not really hissing, there's always SOME minute level of noise we can hear, which is connected to blood pressure in the head, for instance.

[@zuhairaslamkhan5225]

dude i thought exactly the same

[@tlowe0911]

someone finally answered that question, thanks so much👍🙂

[@stephim7399]

Thanks for the explanation. I always thought I was hearing radio waves or something. Funny thing, when the high pitched noise appears in the video, it's so similar to what I normally hear that I get confused haha

[@SgtSkelebone]

"Is like eavesdropping on your brains conversation with itself" I like this a lot better than knowing my hearing is messed up

[@simplefloridagirl]

Here I thought I was crazy. This explains can lot. Also like the eavesdropping explanation!

[@Ausholliday15]

Whenever I get hearing tests done, it always results in me scoring very highly

[@RYD3R74]

I thought its the electricity and stuff all around us.

[@leolaniwoolley1683]

I agree

[@danb316]

i dont know about that, im not sure i like the idea of my brain talking about me behind my back

[@ImranZH]

Me: *starts resting* Brain: So anyways, I started ringing

[@theginger1187]

Pretty much, damn thing thinks it can hum me to sleep

[@nithilasamuel3287]

who’s brian 😏?

[@theginger1187]

@@nithilasamuel3287 his brains name is Brian, duh 😂

[@nithilasamuel3287]

The Ginger ohhhhhh tysm for that explanation 🙄

[@theginger1187]

@@nithilasamuel3287 no problem 👍

[@TotallyARussian]

the sound of progress, my friend

[@herlandercarvalho]

Kudos to the animator/illustrator using animated visual noise to illustrate this video. Very appropriate.

[@outka5tz]

I don’t remember a time without the ringing. I just want to know what true silence is really like.

[@King-jp8sx]

I absolutely and totally relate, I could relax in silence more if I didn’t have this consistent ringing to tense me up.

[@LunaTheBean24]

Same... Sadly we can only imagine what it is like..

[@bruh-hj7kc]

go for a swim

[@art755]

It can drive u crazy :) but i understand

[@AverageLeagueGamer]

- Cup your ears with your hands, and press against them as though you were trying to prevent water form going into them. Basically, air tight. - Use your pointer and index finger strongly tap the back of your head for 30 seconds (not 30 taps). You'll know that it's working if the sound of drumming in your ears is getting louder and more obnoxious the more you do it. - Let go, and enjoy your temporary silence. Note: This doesn't work for everyone, and for others it may last only a few seconds.

[@shrekuwu259]

I will never be able to hear how silence sounds like.....

[@d.roq619]

I feel you

[@stipevuk9682]

Actually. There is one known trick that can let you hear silence. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKqndKKuYtZ-mM0

[@oceansounds5926]

I know how you feel...

[@Gallium_AA]

@@stipevuk9682 i know it is a rickroll but im clicking it anyways Oh it.. Wasnt actually a rickroll

[@phatty7791]

same, i thought it is quite common, apparently its not

[@leonysprice1150]

Thanks god someone capable of understanding and explaining me what is that noise i always heard, just glad id doesn't botter me even tho any noise does

[@kamespinosarojas9225]

Phew this takes away a lot of worries I had now I can finally relax and sleep.

[@PrimalKevYT]

I've had it my whole life, i always thought it was very normal but then in 2017 it went from white noise to a beep, i learned to live with it though, heck i don't even hear it as long as i don't think about it.

[@Nadia-jc6vo]

Me too

[@ObamAmerican48]

Me too.

[@paiidd]

same

[@youchubista]

Me too. It's annoying sometimes.

[@xkoala303x]

Wait, y’all here it constantly?

[@kevinphoenix2007]

As someone who has chronic tinnitus, fans have fast become my best friend at night for the masking yet unobtrusive sound they generate.

[@zyourzgrandzmaz]

Switch to white noise like rain or something, fans end up causing breathing issues cus it's blowing all the dust that should settle on the ground into the air and you breath it in.

[@prathamtawar1163]

Yeah same Its become like I can't even sleep without fans sometimes, they really help masking the ringing noise I hear.

[@abubu1235]

I have to constantly have a video playing while I'm sleeping Otherwise it gets too irritating, but not too loud

[@kaiyodei]

nothing masks mine, being outside, it is harder to notice

[@terrythekittieful]

There are plenty of videos (1-10 hours) here on KZbin with rainfall. Some sound too white noisish for my liking but find one that suits you. It helps. I find the rainfall in Tokyo video quite helpful when I am sleeping. Convert it to MP3 if you like and play it when you sleep.

[@dennisfitzgerald9434]

Suffering high pitch ringing all my life, only time it changes is , randomly for no reason, it becomes a deeper lower hum suddenly, and gyrated up and down and goes silent in minutes and then the original "normal ring " is back. I refer to that as the "Download".

[@echosclips]

I used to go to bed and just hear ringing, I said "it's my brain trying to detect noise that isn't there" but the ringing drove me crazy. I started listening to music and it works very well, I still do it today.

[@itsjustlukeRevive]

Darn, I'm one of the people who has this!

[@hiu2ying]

its just luke Revive, same.

[@butterskywalker8785]

I just smack my ear until it goes

[@susuki1457]

Same haha

[@elithornberry5093]

Same

[@forestwoods4085]

I do too...I was never able to explain it to anyone and they said there is no noise. My life feels complete today knowing it's an actual thing..😄

[@piratekit3941]

As a kid of about 8 I remember covering my ears and I would hear the high pitched whine and went "oh, that's just what quiet sounds like". I didn't realize for years that the sound of silence isn't 'eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee'. And the amount of people who are trying to convince me "I saw a medicine on TV for tinnitus" is astounding. There is no pill that cure-alls tinnitus.

[@Kingryangarcia]

Ears woo kzbin.infoSZz3MK9p_tE?feature=share

[@Kingryangarcia]

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[@lucidity7532]

And I thought I was the only one lol

[@baronandbaronessvonwolf4618]

No there's nothing Mine Sounds like i am sitting Behind a old pitcure tube tv I had it for over 20 yrs I still cant get use to it

[@piratekit3941]

@Lakumba King I dont think that was the case. I was 8 long before cell phones, and we lived in a super rural area.

[@Hollowdude15]

I been hearing to in my life sometimes and great video man :]

[@leor7225]

Crazy how my ears are ringing while watching this

[@cornelia7889]

as someone who has recently started having this ringing, I really enjoyed all the positive and reassuring comments and how they explained how they got used to it and what background noises they use to mask it. thank you all.

[@Sweethartsun]

This started when I was 18 for some reason I can’t remember if it was earlier in my life but recently I’ve been having it. Sooo 5 years now I thought I was alone 😂

[@randomperson52911]

@@nuttbushcitylimits5868 vaccines don't cause tinnitus Edit: oops I'm wrong vaccines do cause tinnitus

[@MrFallout86]

This clip is very misleading and doesn't paint the full picture. I think they should refrain from talking about a topic that causes a lot of stress for people, without drawing the full picture. After speaking with several ENT specialists here are some interesting facts 1. We all hear tinnitus, it's just a matter of some people tuning into it more. If you put 90% of people in a completely silent room, they will hear the rining 2. In a large number of cases if there isn't an underlying health condition, tinnitus does clear up. Could take up to a year 3. Some people get tinnitus as a response to a flu / cold / vaccine and can last 6month to a year to clear up This notion of "you'll have it forever" make people anxious and depressed, which in turn prolongs the condition. And if someone gets sucked into a vortex of anxiety and depression, can make it chronic. So be positive. Go live your life.

[@randomperson52911]

@@nuttbushcitylimits5868 oops I'm wrong @Ali Rezaei said vaccines cause tinnitus I don't know if it's true or not

[@cornelia7889]

@@MrFallout86 thank you a lot for this info! i went to an ENT doctor because I was afraid the condition underlined some hearing loss, and he actually told me that it could be based on a problem in the cervical muscles/bones based on poor posture or extreme tightness, or more likely caused by a vascular problem in the ear canals/region. i honestly believe that my tinnitus was caused by extreme chronic stress, as i had a lot of this in the last months. this, and also your comment, help me believe that with the right attitude and lifestyle i can repair it. I initially panicked even more thinking i will never recover, which definitely didn't help my already present stress. so you are totally right about the vortex of anxiety!

[@lemonslisterine1862]

"Sound of Silence." I like that.

[@aaa..]

Hello darkness my old friend...🎶🎵

[@DzBeanz]

"The sound of silence is a beautiful song, but like many others, if you leave it on repeat, you will fall into madness"

[@shanthragul]

@ No in India We call it as Mouna Raagam

[@shanthragul]

@Ahmed M If we focus our attention on that sound for a longer period of time we can feel various changes in the frequency of the sound, we can hear upto 10 different sounds and in the last stage we will be hearing the sound of AUM. this message was written in a Tamil poem called Thirumandiram nearly 2000 years ago this was on of the few practice of meditation mentioned in that Tamil literature so if you really want understand many things about the universe and you... try to learn Tamil language but i'm sure you wouldn't heard about it because India is portrayed as a country which speaks only Hindi but the truth is Hindi has no existence till the starting of 16th century.

[@shanthragul]

@@DzBeanz have you hared about pluto's cave story if not just go and read it because people like you cannot able to find the difference between madness and higher consciousness the truth is if we focus our attention on that sound for a longer period of time we can feel various changes in the frequency of the sound, we can hear upto 10 different sounds and in the last stage we will be hearing the sound of AUM. this message was written in a Tamil poem called Thirumandiram nearly 2000 years ago this was on of the few practice of meditation mentioned in that Tamil literature so if you really want understand many things about the universe and you... try to learn Tamil language but i'm sure you wouldn't heard about it because India is portrayed as a country which speaks only Hindi but the truth is Hindi has no existence till the starting of 16th century.

[@senasaka7857]

Had tinnitus for years in single ear really low, not much to care, but one time it started to go so high that I couldn't focus on my daily life. I was able to hear it even when listening to music on earphones. I saw 2 ear-nose-throat doctors and 2 neurologist. Nothing wrong with scans and hearing tests. Even had vertigo test done- clear. They said I need to get used to it and nothing to worry- but it was real bad. No medicine given also. Then I recoursed to traditional medicine and went on a diet with no cow produce but also other food that affect the kidney meridian. Kept myself warm, specially kidneys, and not eating drinking col- which was not my style anyways. Then had leeches for only one session. Tinnitus reduced like 70%. Still, some days if I use screens too much or have cold outside, it amplifies at night but nothing that would prevent me from operating normally. Thank God!!!

[@markweaver9648]

I've suffered this since childhood and now at 60 it's absolutely awful. A constant tone with whoop whoop noises and tic tic tic. 24/7 constant! The only relief is music via earphones and even then I can still hear it. And what do the doctors say? Live with it.

[@mr.wilson4018]

I low key thought everyone had this and it’s why I hate awkward situations when no one talks cause I hear the ringing

[@henrydavis4328]

I thought it was because of the 5G towers because I never heard any noise until one was installed by my house but wow I really hope I don't have tinnitus. My ringing is really high pitched so I used to think I had supersonic hearing and I could hear other electronics in my range. I can hear the quietest of people anyway when others cannot. Maybe I do maybe I don't. All I know is that I'm not diagnosed yet.

[@themafsguy999]

Henry Davis For a moment I thought you were a Karen cos you were talking about the 5G towers but thank God you are not one of the Karens who go on and be like “oh 5G causes coronavirus”

[@lancesarrate775]

@@henrydavis4328 "They had us in the first half not gonna lie"

[@YoutubePizzer]

it only happens very occasionally though

[@thing4826]

Lmao whenever it would happen even in the middle of a conversation I would say "oh my tinnitus is kicking in" haha

[@nowerries]

Who else had their tinnitus flare up while watching this.

[@maxrod1247]

Wait, was the ringing audio not put in the video on purpose? Lol or did only the people with tinnitus hear it??

[@furiouskitties4079]

Max Rod it was put there but i had to pause and check multiple times while watching to see if it was my ears doing it or not :’(

[@decadedlonleysoul4035]

@@furiouskitties4079 same it can be trippy af

[@paxsmile]

😂

[@paxsmile]

@I Need The Memes ew 🤢🤮

[@KITT.007]

I’ve had tinnitus since I was a kid, and it’s not easy having hallucinations combined with it. I’ve learned to cope through the years, and try to relax instead of getting irritated or scared if I can’t hear anything expect ringing noises

[@NiceDiggz]

If you put your finger in your ear and move it it will go away

[@thinhvuon6040]

Finally I know the answer now. Thank you so much!

[@NeonWasInUse]

Some dude: * tryna chill in silence * Brain: "yo you wanna hear my fresh Mixtape?"

[@obamagaming9456]

"it's got some really crisp highs"

[@NeonWasInUse]

@@obamagaming9456 "I mean, no not r-" "TOO BAD" *EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@shawnleprechaun482]

Yasss🤣

[@T.Hawk10]

@@obamagaming9456 sup

[@lazyguy8891]

LMAO 💀

[@cattameme]

I haven't heard silence in 20 years. Try wondering that feels like.

[@vicariousgamer2871]

It's been about 6 years or so for me. To hear silence would be amazing. Chinese medicine dictates that the issue develops and can be maintained via the Kidney. I've tried acupuncture. It seemed to work for a small while, but then didn't. Have you attempted this possible option ? Maybe it could work for you ? Best of luck.

[@cattameme]

@@vicariousgamer2871 I haven't and It's most likely the only one we haven't tried yet. Acupuncture. I don't believe it'll work though.

[@vicariousgamer2871]

@@cattameme I have heard that it has worked for some. What conditions might be necessary or unnecessary for success are unknown. I wonder, does belief have anything to do with success ? I certainly wouldn't have an answer for that either ?

[@jimsimpson1006]

33 years here. Hang in there, friend. Hopefully, your brain has learned to ignore it most of the time, like mine.

[@muffinszss]

do you need to hear it all the time for it to be tinnitus? i hear it occasionally, but most of the time I can't. for example, i'm sitting in silence right now, and no matter how hard i try i can't hear it. sorry, i'm just really curious. i wish you the best on your journey.

[@kmj4nsen]

I don’t have it constantly but sometimes i have that ringing sound at the beginning of the video, i always thought it was normal and everyone has it

[@penelopelgoss2520]

Finally, it is a definition and reasoning for the sounds. On top of the Tinnitus is the feeling that I'm quite possibly losing my hearing. Because my siblings and I were all abused mentally, emotionally, and physically by our parents, we all have Tinnitus. We all struggle to hear the bumps in the night straining to hear our parents coming to get us or beat us or whatever. Now it's quiet as they are both gone, but the nervous system is still straining, searching for the bumps in the night and so forth. I wear headphones for watching TV and my streaming. I just can't hear, and then when the Tinnitus gets REALLY LOUD, OMG, it's horrible. 😢 I just go to sleep. Job be dammed. It stops my day. 😢

[@mrflip-flop3198]

Me: Brain: *WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE* Me: What the heck are you doing?!

[@sanjayrohra9560]

Someone hacked your brain 🧠 May be some Chinese

[@mrayrick7631]

Sanjay Rohra I mean if your brain has a motherboard I guess so

[@justanotaku2547]

I can't be the only one who thought that they were becoming deaf Thanks ted Ed :D

[@hriturajdas224]

Yeah, thank ya very much :D

[@aadithparthasarathy2876]

I thought I had something like this but I just have very sensitive ears.

[@kiratpreetsingh4107]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that hisoka's bungee gum has the properties of both rubber and gum XD

[@anm5079]

I was thinking i was going nuts

[@justanotaku2547]

@@kiratpreetsingh4107 (⭐ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°💧)

[@Marcheziora]

I convinced myself that noise I hear was me picking up radio waves from all the constant signals that technology around me makes because when I go out to the wilderness, I no longer hear it!?

[@chukiri.93]

VERY educational and entertaining ! Well done !!!

[@aidantoponce]

When I was a kid I used to think that the sound was my ears picking up on a bad radio station

[@gdwn2704]

same i thought i have superpowers for a reason 😅

[@pamelapattison964]

Yep me too! It was only occasional back then, it's been constant since 2008. It is a nuisance and sometimes I would love to hear silence, but I am fortunate to have none of the PTSD or depressive issues. I don't need to shell out for noise-cancelling headphones either when there is no input what I hear is tinnitus amplified!!

[@Mantosasto]

I heard my heart/pulse when going to sleep and thought it was a sensor for monsters aproaching (I had 2 or 3 years at the time)

[@phadenswandemil4345]

I knew it was coming from inside my head. I used to just cover my ears until the ringing went away.

[@phadenswandemil4345]

@@mencobamencoba2552 The ringing never lasts more than a few seconds for me. Even if I don't do anything, it goes away by itself... Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

[@yigityigitoglu7451]

"What was noise?" "The sound of progress, my friend."

[@daslazytutel]

Ey 👉͡° ͜ʖ ͡°👉

[@ibelieveyourlies1984]

Ha!

[@yigityigitoglu7451]

@@ibelieveyourlies1984 is nice :)

[@campkira]

@@yigityigitoglu7451 i had them.. it not fun.. it start off one side and then both and 10 years later i used to it... it change your mind about what your body do... and yeah i don't know what is slience anymore since i don't hear them for 10 years now.. it take years to get used to it... most people would had it happen to them in short amount of time..

[@VIM365]

Ribs grow back! *No ze don’t*

[@user-el6lt8fr3x]

I’ve had tinnitus for the longest time, I think my earliest recollection of it was when I was 8. It sucks but I’ve since gotten used to it, I hear it all the time and it never goes away but it just fades into the rest of the world’s noises and I never think about it

[@dannyarcher6370]

Beautiful animation.

[@ohfishsticks1204]

Body: *has regeneration* Cells: *get serioisly damaged* Body: "I see nothing wrong"

[@user-tzzglsstle585e38]

...

[@sohyangworld1544]

Body: 🙈

[@KaranSingh-or7yy]

LoL

[@rorschach3920]

Try to avoid your cellphone and your tv router by turning it off completely for 12 hours and the ringing is gone U can thank me later ✌🏻

[@reinatr4848]

@@rorschach3920 Maybe allowed to speak, but not to spam.

[@lynxjynx16]

I've had tinnitus for most of my life so I just thought that's what silence was supposed to sound like. I've always found it kind of comforting despite not knowing what it was. like built in background noise for when I was alone so I wouldn't be afraid

[@t-masterrules5085]

Actually, that's probably the sound of silence. So far you only here that when it's silent. If you still hear this sounds in a busy environment, then it's tinnitus

[@darkespeon64]

ngl i struggle to believe everyone doesnt have constant ringing in their ears

[@curseofbinding]

@@darkespeon64 same

[@GothicGamer2012]

Has the opposite effect for me. I feel more uneasy the louder it is because I feel like the ringing is blocking other sounds. I counter this by closing all the doors when it's silent as I'll definitely hear those even if I miss other quieter sounds. Also lets me drown out the ringing with my fan while still feeling safe.

[@axellacaze9115]

@@darkespeon64 I mean wherever you are it's never completely silent ? When you are in a really quite environment you just hear your own body functions. I had some very short episodes of tinnitus (5-10 sec) and it certainly doesn't happen in quiet environment.

[@SM-jz3wl]

I got tinnitus as a kid when I went to a concert and listened for too long, and then I had this static in my ears ever since. I miss those days when silence was just silence.

[@Potato-Man7]

As a musician I was thought that when u hear a ringing in ur ears is the last time you hear the high of a frequency

[@darkwater234]

I "hear" a high-pitched kind of static all the time, as well. Thankfully, it has never bothered me before. It is just like a built-in white noise machine. When the house is really quiet, I relax and listen to it. Weird to think that is it my brain and not my ears making the noise.

[@sijenkai3928]

Ive always felt like it was from something else, it never felt like a soundwave, more like built in noise lmao idk how to explain it

[@EditsbyJai]

Yeah, its kind of when we switch on a tv. There's some very low sound... almost like some radio wave

[@kenesys8713]

I have the same thing, ive heard its the sound of your circulatory system or something

[@MusicDragon568]

I hear a ringing that drives me crazy. I’m jealous yours is comforting lmao

[@foxliasgriffinYT]

oh i always hear noise, i never knew not everyone hears it wtf

[@d4lera]

Elsa: "whats that ringing in my ear?" Ted Ed:

[@user-cg9bt2gp6s]

KyutiePie 773 In to the te-e-e-e ed. Ahahahah~

[@novastar6112]

@@user-cg9bt2gp6s Oh god that's cursed

[@liannapfister8255]

_you’re just a ringing in my ear_

[@davezdgalmancornelius6388]

I thought I'm getting crazy until I watched this video. Thanks.

[@natsu78999]

i hv this problem since kid,idk how i can live without this buzzing sound since i grow with it,

[@gamedifficulty190]

me: *"relaxing"* the demon beside me: *"demonic screeching"*

[@applasamysubbharao2578]

I would Prefer My Best Mistress.... Rings Again.... Just For Joke Bro......LOL

[@Kittles9]

I'm so habituated to this sound that I am now capable of ignoring it.

[@randomactsofhugs]

I can usually ignore it to. Then the other crickets join in and it's a whole chorus of them. Sorry we hear them but it's better than hearing nothing. I guess.....

[@gerber4479]

i got it since last summer but i can ignore it now too

[@xzl3694]

Same

[@yuuri4273]

i got it 3 weeks ago and got it again 1 week ago

[@entimbles9966]

Lucky

[@tinkleballsniff2913]

It happens to me but not constantly, just here and there. Comes and goes maybe every other week

[@aBigBadWolf]

amazing animations!

[@luuttaja]

I've gotten used to it, but sometimes in a completely quiet room it becomes an absolutely terrible noise. I deal with it of course but I really miss complete silence... Take care of your ears people. I only understood this when it was already too late.

[@usewater6886]

Do you know what triggered it for you? I have a few theories for myself

[@CelicaSNC]

@@usewater6886 commonly can be caused by listening to something too loud for too long.

[@luuttaja]

@@usewater6886 I've spent long times in continuous loud environments and listening to loud music for many many years and I think that's the reason. I don't think I got it from a sudden spike of a loud sound. I'm not 100% sure because I kind of noticed and reacted to the constant ringing a good while after it had actually started, probably because for a while I thought it was normal to hear ringing in silent places. One day I remembered that it was in fact not normal and I hadn't always heard the ringing, so that's when I realized what I had.

[@x91s55]

I forgot this thing existed. I used to hear this very often when I went to bed and it was pitch quiet. Now I just keep a fan running 24/7 non stop to block the silence. I do miss silence though.

[@flipthegrid8809]

Get a fan near your bed, if you have trouble sleeping because tinnitus, it drowns it out

[@Fermion.]

Tinnitus and eye floaters made me think I was special as a child. I thought I was seeing molecules, and had super hearing letting me hear tones no one else could. Now I know it's just physiological imperfections lol. So much for my super powers...

[@aviziuza]

I have a lot of eye floaters :(

[@obfus]

I choose to continue to believe this

[@catscompany735]

Please see an ENT doctor! I feel for you! I’ve had this 45 years plus! There is relief! The only thing I found that would work are special hearing aids! They are noise canceling & they have 2 noise canceling functions to retrain the brain! One mask gentle ocean wave sounds, which I prefer, I listen to them for hours at times when the ringing gets really loud & it sounds so much better than the ringing & the more I use that feature the more it trains my brain & then when I take them off to go to bed, I can finally sleep! I too have eye filters! My mother had them & she had Tinnitus her entire life! She had no idea what it was! But it really interfered with her hearing & the sad thing was how my father made fun of her because she said her ears rang all the time & he would get angry when she couldn’t hear things he said! I wish you good luck!

[@limkientiong]

I had both too. Age 41.

[@aviziuza]

@Cats&Company What about eye floaters? I see these squiggly lines and dots floating in the air in bright light

[@samfosi4670]

I only experience this when it's very quiet. You describe it better. 80 out of 100 people I asked said they hear the sounds but differs with individual

[@orcaletta]

i find it interesting that tinnitus can be developed as ive had it my whole life. ive never known the sound of silence

[@soar0284]

“ Instead, they’re generated internally, by your own central nervous system. “ Me: TRAITOR!

[@cedrick25]

TREASON TO THE LAND

[@campkira]

i had them.. it not fun.. it start off one side and then both and 10 years later i used to it... it change your mind about what your body do... and yeah i don't know what is slience anymore since i don't hear them for 10 years now.. it take years to get used to it... most people would had it happen to them in short amount of time..

[@luckydaniel2680]

@@campkira i feel bad for you, because i have it and for me it doesn't bother me, is actually calmly, and btw my ringing gets louder when put my ear close to a outlet, but something must be connected.

[@chessematics]

Imagine living in 1810's and 20's, being deaf, having terrible tinnitus, having bad bowels, being unmarried and literally all alone all the time, being never understood by the people and the society, and, STILL WRITING MUSIC THAT TRANSFORMED THE WORLD.

[@angelicplace5615]

Beethoven?

[@chessematics]

@@angelicplace5615 yea

[@angelicplace5615]

I also like Mozart

[@Writer_Productions_Map]

Beet oven momen

[@animepl2096]

I think that pain of being alone and not understood could help write deep, emotional music

[@uronthefbiwatchlist341]

Absolutely blasted my ear drums listening to loud music. Had it coming tbh

[@sharingJesusChrist]

Finally i always had this whenever im in quite places

[@farenhite4329]

Tinnitus: you can’t defeat me. Doctors: I know, but he can. Fan: *brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*

[@TheCJUN]

FED: Brrrrrrr

[@angelvu]

bro for real

[@juliusnovesteras1295]

Hahaha so true

[@kim_.5647]

BRRRRR

[@jtasticc]

Fan go brrr

[@toebar]

i genuinely dont know what silence sounds like anymore. there's just a permanent static in my ears

[@donnasmith4945]

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[@donnasmith4945]

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[@yuhi8925]

@@bubbleteapot I love you thanks for the 3 seconds of silence

[@TheGalonator]

For me, I just get that eeeeeee every now and then when it's quite. I honestly thought that was a normal thing until I came across this 😅. Eh its not that bad

[@debbieruttenberg4152]

If I am hydrated enough and blood pressure is normal, the buzzing is gone.

[@theotherbumblebug3880]

I get ringing in my ears almost all the time. In fact I have it so much of the time I'm used to constantly hearing it to the point that I don't even notice it most of the time anymore, but when I stop and try to listen for it, it's almost always there. I have experienced this my entire life. I'm even hearing it as I write this comment.

[@spawnofapathy]

Wow I thought it was normal. Also it could explain my listening to certain ASMR helps me to fall asleep so well.