Ringing in my ear

[Greg123]

Hi all,

Haven't posted for a while, but yet again I'm back asking for help!

Last year I passed a hearing test (not for the RM's) but in the last couple of months I've been experiencing some ringing in my ear. The kind of ringing that you here after a night out in a club, but constantly!! It wasnt too bad and I could suffer it but today it seems worse than ever.

So I have finally realised that I need to get this checked out, but obviously I dont want this on my medical history! So what would everyone recommend? Is there anyway of asking my Doc to give me an opinion off the record?

I'm quite worried that it may be something like tinnitus?? I had a perforated ear drum in the ear that is causing me the problem when I was very young. I don't know if this could have weakened my ear at all?

Any response would be great

Thanks

Greg

[Prm]

I had a ringing in the ears for a short period of time also. I went to the doctors and found out it was due to a build up of ear wax. They gave me an appointment at the 'ear doctor', they syringed it and now I hear perfectly (Touch wood).

So basically, go to the doctors and find out what it is, as it may be something minor like my problem.

For the period of time which I did have it, it was quite unpleasent, although towards the end of the time I had it, it did just end up fading into the background. I can't imagine how it must be for someone who has to cope with a much louder and abrasive form of it, and I highly doubt you would want to bring this upon yourself. ( I had a great uncle, ex-royal, who said it sounded like a plane was taking off in his ear constantly.)

So, my advice would be too go to a doctors and get it treated as soon as possible. I don't know how the military view this, but I still believe , as said above, that you should get this seen to as quick as possible, no matter what the circumstances are.

Sorry if this sounds a bit like scare mongering, but I just don't want you to severely hurt yourself and end up regretting it for the rest of your life.

Hope this advice helps in some way.

Liam.

[Sonne]

Constant ringing in the ear? Like coming out of a club? Tinitus. I have it, it's awful and unfortunately permanent.

See your doctor.

Sonne

[borisimo]

as sonne says, tinnitus, quite common nowadays, especially since we all tend to frequent loud places in our leisure compared to previous generations.

it's not particularly great but you do somewhat get used to it after a while. sometimes it stops me going to sleep but eventually you drift off anyway.

you get it from going to concerts and nightclubs, so its totally self inflicted, which depressed me somewhat for a while but you get over it.

at the end of the day the way i think of it is you have to be pretty lucky to have no problems. some people have hearing problems, some have eye issues, asthma etc and the list goes on.

sadly there is no cure for it and there is no way to treat it unless its really bad, it could be a build up of wax so get the doc to check that just in case. positive thinking is the best way to overcome it, and some quiet music or a clock ticking to help you go to sleep

and finally, i told the doctor at my RM medical and he said as long as i can pass the hearing test its fine...and I did, albeit not with flying colours because they have chosen to make the test sound like the ringing in your ears which isnt terribly helpful, why they cant use a more unique sound i dont know.

[Sarastro]

and finally, i told the doctor at my RM medical and he said as long as i can pass the hearing test its fine...and I did, albeit not with flying colours because they have chosen to make the test sound like the ringing in your ears which isnt terribly helpful, why they cant use a more unique sound i dont know.

I think that's the point mate, if you can't distinguish between the ringing test noise and your ringing tinitus noise, then your hearing problem is too bad to qualify

Greg, I wouldn't worry too much about it disqualifying you, as most combat arms soldiers end up with tinitus from being in close proximity to loud things that go bang for half their life. Standards can't be too strict, or half HM Forces would be out.

[mfat_man]

Hi all,

Haven't posted for a while, but yet again I'm back asking for help!

Last year I passed a hearing test (not for the RM's) but in the last couple of months I've been experiencing some ringing in my ear. The kind of ringing that you here after a night out in a club, but constantly!! It wasnt too bad and I could suffer it but today it seems worse than ever.

So I have finally realised that I need to get this checked out, but obviously I dont want this on my medical history! So what would everyone recommend? Is there anyway of asking my Doc to give me an opinion off the record?

I'm quite worried that it may be something like tinnitus?? I had a perforated ear drum in the ear that is causing me the problem when I was very young. I don't know if this could have weakened my ear at all?

Any response would be great

Thanks

Greg

Greg if you have a problem you can't resolve you will have to go back tot the Dr. It does not sound like a perforated ear drum, where the symptons are more like ear ache and not the ringing you are talking about but I am not the expert your Dr maybe.

I once had a problem after forgetting mr ear defenders and blatted off a few rounds on the range with an SLR... not a good idea

[borisimo]

you know what I mean sarastro, any other sound and i could have got a better score (i have tested it myself) for example a person speaking would be better, compared to a buzz. It doesn't reduce my hearing capabillity, my hearing is better than a lot of my mates. Like a bat.

[Sarastro]

you know what I mean sarastro, any other sound and i could have got a better score (i have tested it myself) for example a person speaking would be better, compared to a buzz. It doesn't reduce my hearing capabillity, my hearing is better than a lot of my mates. Like a bat.

No honestly, that's the point of the test! Hearing is based on vibrations at various frequencies, tinitus isn't the same as deafness, it works a little like a blind spot in your hearing, where you can't hear certain frequencies. Thus hearing tests aren't just a matter of how quiet/loud a noise you can hear or how accurately; they try to test the range of freqencies you can hear, and compare that to a standard for your age (hearing range decreases naturally as we age).

Even if you have perfectly normal hearing for your age, you can have reduced hearing capability...sometimes, you can't even tell when you lose it, as the freqencies you cannot hear are so rare, so you may never be aware you had it. EG dogs can hear much higher frequencies, children can hear some frequencies up to approx. age 18 that adults cannot hear, but aside from dog whistles or specific technologically produced sounds, they never actually hear anything naturally occurring on those frequencies.

There is a vast world of sound that most people are only very slightly aware of; I scratched the surface from training as a singer, working as a musician, and knowing a few people who trained as sound engineers or did research on this stuff at university.

[Hughser]

Quite a while ago, had almost the same problem, doctor diagnosed it was slight tinitus. Gave me some spray to shoot up my nose and it was gone in a week. Dont worry about it on your medical record.

Doc said that the only things that they really get scared about is Joint problems, Respitory problems, Drugs or Alcohol addiction, Back problems and Psychological Disorders.

As said above, even if it is Tinitus, you should be ok - and they'll pick it up on your medical regardless of whether you goto the doc about it, so best is to get it treated now.

Best of luck with it mate.

[mfat_man]

Quite a while ago, had almost the same problem, doctor diagnosed it was slight tinitus. Gave me some spray to shoot up my nose and it was gone in a week. Dont worry about it on your medical record.

Doc said that the only things that they really get scared about is Joint problems, Respitory problems, Drugs or Alcohol addiction, Back problems and Psychological Disorders.

As said above, even if it is Tinitus, you should be ok - and they'll pick it up on your medical regardless of whether you goto the doc about it, so best is to get it treated now.

Best of luck with it mate.

Good advice Hughser

Don't take a chance with your hearing it's a sensitive thing and if it's an infection etc it could lead to something worse I get ear wax real bad and have to have them washed out now and then, not nice but worth doing.

If you ever get ear wax one of the MFAT guys said to try Hopi's ear candles, basically you light it up and it helps clear any rubbish out of your ear. But like I said go to the Dr if you are not sure. I am having some problems at the moment since my last flight abroad

[borisimo]

Ah ok sarastro I get where you are coming from

[Greg123]

Thanks for the replies everyone

I've had a slight ring in my ear for the last few months, but yesterday I went down in a lift and it felt like my ear had exploded!

It's now gone back to its usual slight ring. I'm gonna go to the Docs to have it checked out and hopefully it will be something to do with my sinuses or wax? I thought that having a perforated ear drum when I was younger (Very painful) may have weakened my ear and caused this? I'll have to see what the Doc says and I'll let you all know.

Obviously the main concern is having anything that may mess me up in the future on my medical history.

Sarastro wrote;

Greg, I wouldn't worry too much about it disqualifying you, as most combat arms soldiers end up with tinitus from being in close proximity to loud things that go bang for half their life.


Like it mate

Just thought with so many people wanting to be a Royal they have the pick of the bunch so can chuck you out on any little thing?

Thanks again

Greg

[ali_hire]

...I scratched the surface from training as a singer...

Sing us a song then!

I have had a ringing in my ears a few times before. Always ignored it though as it never lasts more than a few seconds. Get it checked out though if it's constant or regular.