What kinds of noises do you hear?

[Lorenzo]

Not that weird actually. there's a term for eye movement related tinnitus too, but I can't think of it right now. the American Tinnitus Association mentions it on their site. End of day for me here so can't go and find the link, sorry.

Mine is whistling right now, I have a train in my skull! Great. Time to go and ignore it again. 

Ciao, Lorenzo

[sgerrard]

There's always time to Google. 

Perhaps you mean "gaze-evoked tinnitus," as described here: http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=14177808

Two quotes:

"Objective: The authors describe symptoms and population characteristics in subjects who can modulate the loudness and/or pitch of their tinnitus by eye movements."

"Conclusions: Gaze-evoked tinnitus after cerebellar pontine angle surgery is more common than was previously believed. In addition, posterior fossa surgery is not a prerequisite for the development of gaze-evoked tinnitus. It is likely that gaze-evoked tinnitus is a manifestation of functional reorganization. Gaze-evoked tinnitus could result from an unmasking of brain regions that respond to multiple stimulus/response modalities, and/or from anomalous cross-modality interactions, perhaps caused by collateral sprouting."

Ah, collateral sprouting. Should have thought of that. 

Steve

[Lorenzo]

'cross-modality interactions'
'collateral sprouting'
'unmasking of brain regions'

these people / this person obviously never heard of plain English!  Collateral sprouting, sounds like a sideways garden. 

Just did a search on gaze evoked tinnitus, and a lot of hits turned up, some of them talking about how prevalent it is after AN surgery.

Ok, time for me to go out and water the garden.

Ciao, Lorenzo

[bpham]

After 2 weeks of surgery, i heard loud tinitus (I had it before surgery), but louder after surgery.  However, after about 2 months the noise died down and now back to the level b4 and I do not care anymore...

[Debbi]

Interestingly enough, I only occasionally get the birds in my ears now.  I am trying to figure out if it relates to anything or if it is just random.  Now, if I could only regain my taste for wine...   

[Captain Deb]

I hear these lil suckers!

Lots of 'em! Not too upseting really.  Reminds me of balmy nights in the Caribbean with my hammock stung between two palm trees and the smell of frangipani on the sea breeze.  I just need to put on some steel band music and blend up a Pina Colada (minus the rum for me as I am the designated driver.) At first I heard the 747 that carried all the touristas to the island as well, but that went away after a few weeks.

Capt Deb

[shygirl]

Hi, I thought I'd let ya'll know what noise I hear... a veeerrrryyy loud white noise. A finger in my good ear does the trick, though. It used to be a seashell sound. I liked that-it was relaxing, but this....Huh.

shygirl

[Dan]

Before surgery I had the sea shell sound but now I think it sounds like hundreds of Cicada, they are queit far away but still loud.  We don't have any here in Germany but when I go to Greece (Cos) in Sept they will probably still be active.

Dan in Germany

[Debbi]

Now that you mention it, I get a little of that white noise thing, too.  It is almost like being in a vacuum of some sort - but, in my case, very faint.  I still get the chirping, but mostly when I am tired.  What's interesting is the the hearing in my good ear seems to be more sensitive now?

BTW, Dan, I am envious of your trip to Greece in Sept - what a perfect time of year to go!

Debbi

[GM]

It sure would be nice to hear the winning lottery numbers...vs all of this other stuff

[sgerrard]

I'm like Dan, I have crickets where ever I go. When I step out on the back porch, they sound like they are up in the trees, a perfectly normal sound. They sound much more out of place when I am sitting in the sound proof booth for a hearing test.

Steve

[leapyrtwins]

It sure would be nice to hear the winning lottery numbers...vs all of this other stuff

GM -

if you figure out how to do that, sign me up 

Jan

[Kaybo]

Hi Donnalynn and welcome!
Sorry you still have this, but I am glad that your problems are getting better.  Almost all things do get "better" with time, but since I am not a Dr., I cannot tell you that it will go away all together.  I had surgery12 years ago and I got so used to the noises that I really thought that I didn't have any!!  Only when it is really quiet (not often around my house) do I notice it! 

Continued improvement...glad you're here - feel free to ask any questions you might have!

K

[leapyrtwins]

Hi, Donnalynn 

I don't know the answer to your question.  I am SSD and don't have tinnitus (sounds in my ear).  I just wanted to say welcome and tell you how glad I am that you are joining us.

Jan

[sgerrard]

Hi Donnalynn,

If you figured out how to upload your picture on your own, you are doing just fine. It takes most of us a month or more to do that. 

Don't worry too much about where to post ( "Is that an Issue or an Inquiry?"  ). You can start a new topic if you want, or add on to another one. Please feel free to join in anytime. There are all sorts of people with all sorts of ANs here, so you are sure to find people who can answer your questions, or just cheer you up. Jan and K are two good ones. 

Welcome. Don't ask for a hat right away. 

Steve