ears ringing

tom upton

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Ears ringing for last week or so. Google says loud noise can cause. I wonder?
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I like that "special tool" hanging on the hydraulic levers. Sometimes I forget about it and have to crawl off the tractor and retrieve it.
 
I did that once. Put a new hydra power in. Took it for a test drive before I put the muffler on. Ears rang for a week.
 
Welcome to the world of 'Tinnitus' - ringing in the ears that doesn't go away. Caused by too many hours of NOT wearing ear protection while operating things like tractors and skilsaws (or a wife ;^)). There is no known cure, but, intake of a zinc additive has some effect. HTH
 
Ya, think o see the problem. My ears don?t ring, just can?t hear much in left ear. Spent too much time looking over my right shoulder. Makes for a nice quiet nap if I put my right ear on the pillow, wife can vent at me, and I never get upset
 
Mine have been ringing since the 70s as well. Used to be like hearing the spring peepers all year but now it's a constant rushing noise with a high-pitched hiss. Not so much tractor time but too many years around the punch presses. Now I have what they call "profound" hearing loss. Just got a new set of heavy duty hearing aids. Fantastic but still not as good as natural. Protect what hearing you have left.
 
My dad operated Farmall/IH tractors for years, the old letter series, then the hundred series. The farm he worked for went to Case, in the late 60s-early 70s. The exhausts were quieter, but had a whine in them that about drove him nuts, with ringing in his ears. First time I ever saw him wear hearing protection.
 
Anyone know if hearing aids work with tinnitus (ears ringing) or does it amplify the ringing to the point of it being unbearable?
 

HI:

Hearing aids generate White noise. The theory is White noise cancels out the ringing so you do not hear either the White noise or the ringing. Works for some and not others.
 

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