The audiologist who did my tests said - eating less salt, drinking less alcohol and getting more sleep can help some people. My seems to be better without focusing on these suggestions although I normally do not eat a lot of salt - (lots of CSA veges. ) I'm relieved that years of horn playing has not destroyed my hearing. I feared sitting next to a piccolo player in one of those tin can summer shells had done it.
Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Freides" <[email protected]> To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Tinnitus > Please understand that what follows is anecdotal, not the results of > any scientific study of which I'm aware. > > Ringing in the ears and other ear-related symptoms as well sometimes > can be improved through diet. Try a few days of keeping salt to a > minimum and carbohydrates low - you're trying to minimize water > retention. You can also try taking a diuretic medication but this is > a call for your doctor, IMHO - best to do what you can without > resorting to medicine whenever possible. > > If you eat a lot of processed/prepared food, you usually get a lot of > salt - my experience has been that if I or my wife prepare food by > just making it ourselves, we can use salt liberally and still not get > nearly as much. You might also try supplementing with potassium > and/or eating foods known to possess diuretic properties - asparagus > is a personal favorite - steam and top with butter. > > Try also the herb ginkgo biloba - it can be taken in doses up to 360 > mg per day of the standardized extract. NB: My ENT (ear, nose and > throat doctor) recommended this herb to me and it does help. I take > 120 mg, twice a day. > > Many people find relief from getting their head upside down. If you > cannot do a headstand (!), simply get down on your hands and knees and > bend forward until the top of your head is on the ground - stay there > for a minute or so, and try doing this at least once a day for a > while. Note that you may find _how_ you get your head upside down > matters - for me, leaning backwards makes things worse, but leaning > forwards helps. > > -S- > > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Quintet <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have it too. Have had the high frequency ringing for decades which I >> can >> ignore. About two years ago I developed a mac truck idling in my left >> ear. >> For about a year I kept search the house for a motor, thought a truck was >> idling on the street, that perhaps my neighbors had a motor going. It >> wasn't >> until I was out of town and woke up to it that I realized it was in my >> head. >> I just did a series of ear tests including brain stem, last week and have >> no >> hearing loss in the left ear and only minor in the right. >> I have been telling my brain to ignore the motor now and it is not so >> noticeable. For a while there I could understand how it could make me >> crazy. >> >> Barbara >> >> Barbara Oldham >> Director, Quintet of the Americas >> Horn Faculty >> Brooklyn College >> New York Univeirsity >> [email protected] >> www.quintet.org >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Rick Stevenson" <[email protected]> >> To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Dana Twiss" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 10:15 AM >> Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Tinnitus >> >> >>> Good morning all, >>> >>> I have also had tinnitus for so many years I have lost count, as did my >>> mother, a pianist. It is both ears, 24/7 and seems to be getting >>> gradually louder with age. At 62, the kids are starting to comment on my >>> difficulty hearing. They don't realize that they are just not speaking >>> as loud as the white noise in my ears, so I don't hear them clearly. I >>> long ago gave up searching for any "cures" and have learned to live with >>> it. >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> On 2/20/2011 8:48 PM, Dana Twiss wrote: >>>> I've had it for about 40+ years, first noticing it after an extended >>>> run >>>> with Holiday on Ice. I haven't found anything that works to cure it, >>>> though >>>> it is said that there are some herbal remedies. Most of the time I >>>> don't >>>> even notice it. For me, it sounds like cicadas. >>>> >>>> Dana Twiss >>>> Litchfield, Maine >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> post: [email protected] >>>> unsubscribe or set options at >>>> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/ricks%40cfl.rr.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> post: [email protected] >>> unsubscribe or set options at >>> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/quintet%40rcn.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> post: [email protected] >> unsubscribe or set options at >> https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/steve.freides%40gmail.com >> > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/quintet%40rcn.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
