How is Stewart's Hearing?

[Kim]

Guys, Sharper Image sells a great white noise machine for about $100. Sounds pricey but works miracles. It has lots of settings so you can choose the one that works for you and works on batteries and electricity. My hubby is a light sleeper and used to wake frequently, like if someone closed a car door a block away. Now we don't hear a thing. We even take it on vacation and it blocks all the noise from everyone else in the hotel - people walking down the hall, flushing toilets, babies crying, etc.

[Kim]

iburn4u - are you the same person with that name on Sting's site?

Welcome!

[Willy]

There is something that needs to be mentioned when discussing tinnitus:

You CAN get well.

At least I have.

I´ve had it for a year and a half. I think I´ve had it for years, but never noticed it until it got worse when I had an ear infection. A year ago the tinnitus was really bad and I think I was close to going insane. I was a wreck basically.

Then I started collecting information about it on the internet (e.g tinnitus.org), and found out that it´s possible to overcome it.

I made a decision one day to not let the ringing in my ears reduce my quality of life. I accepted that it´s there and tried to not let it scare me.

And then (and very surprisingly) it started to fade out of my conciousness. And now, I don´t notice it much anymore. I think it´s as loud as it used to, but I can´t really tell.

It´s like in my office now, there are sounds from the ventilation system and from the lamps, but I never really notice it so it´s not a problem.
It´s the same way with tinnitus.

I can go for weeks now without thinking about it or noticing it. And when I do, it doesn´t scare me.

And when it´s not a problem - then I would say I´m cured.

It´s SO important that people with tinnitus don´t make it more of a problem than it is. It´s not the end of the world!

[georgygirl]

Good thinking Willy.

Anyway, how is 'Sounds of Silence?

Maybe Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel could tell us, do they Mrs. Robinson?