u/Kitchen_Beat_9965

My hum is definitely tinnitus. It can on after an infection and some hearing loss. It drones and reverberates around sound and is absolutely awfully intrusive. Some a/c units seem to have a rhythm or pattern to their noise .Some days are worse than others. I also have high frequency tinnitus which I don’t care about at all as it is constant.

For those who also have humming tinnitus….had anyone been able to live/habituate to it? How long did it take? Any advice? I try to keep at least 40db of sound around me at all times but the booming, pulsing aspect of it is really hard to live with.

Does anyone get this in their affected ear?

I have low frequency droning tinnitus. But basically any low frequency noise that enters that ear causes a wavering erratic pulsing tone to it. So unless I’m in complete silence, I hear a never ending boom/thunder like tinnitus.

It is infuriatingly intrusive. Im finding it very hard to live with (a year in). The only thing that helps is a noise cancelling earbud in that ear.

Looking for solidarity…

Just a rant incoming.

I’m surrounded by noise as I live in a city. Annoyingly, I also live under a flight path. I have low frequency tinnitus which is horrible as it is off/on with noise. However when a plane flies over, it also booms/rumbles. It’s like a loud thunderstorm in my ear until the plane passes. My ear has some sort of hypersensitivity to LF sound waves. I do have sensorineural hearing loss (mild in this ear)so it’s more likely from this as opposed to muscular. A hearing aid did nothing. A year in, I’ve sort of learned to accept it but am thinking about moving as it’s really intrusive.

I’ve just taken a new job. Started last week. However it’s in a quiet/small building with central a/c. Turns out the noise from the a/c also triggers the erratic boom/rumble/hum when it is on. I have to talk to people all day and the constant ever changing background noise is just impossible. It’s not bad when the a/c is off - just a hummm - but when it is on and booming all around my inner ear I want to stab a one in my ear. I think I may have to quit. This condition truly sucks.

I also have bilateral ringing/hissing which means absolutely nothing to me compared to this thundering crap 🤦‍♂️