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RE: Alternative Weekend: Nothing Remotely Normal

I hear several high pitched frequencies and their harmonics constantly. It is like a choir of angels doing one long neverending note in my head.

Everyone seems to get this differently. It doesn't bother me, and is a high pitched whistling noise. I know it keeps some people awake, but with me, it sends me to sleep! If it wasn't for the hearing loss, then I would welcome it.

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That's the part I haven't quite figured out yet. Most of the time it doesn't bother me at all. Then seemingly out of nowhere I notice it when I am trying to fall asleep and can't stop thinking about it. I think I just get this thought in my head that I'd love to just have silence, but I can't ever have it again. So it becomes more psychological torture than anything else.

As for hearing loss, I can't really figure out how bad it is. I seem to have the most trouble with people who talk to quietly when there is background noise. Especially in crowds. I never used to have this problem. The frequencies in my tinnitus seem to cancel their voices out - especially women as you mentioned.

I'd love to just have silence, but I can't ever have it again.

I became aware of it around 1999 when a friend of mine was complaining about it. I felt like it had always been there, but at that point it was not affecting my hearing. That started around 2017 or so.

Especially in crowds. I never used to have this problem.

It becomes an issue in the workplace too, esp. when it's noisy.