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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	Until this thread began, I really had no idea how common this problem was - it's one thing to read a bunch of statistics, but quite another to see the responses to this thread. In my case, I believe my tinnitus has become worse during the darker months of winter, especially as I suffer from terrible insomnia during this time (I spend all night wakeful, and all day drowsy). Of course, during the day, I am utterly unaware of it over the noise of several fans and hard drives clicking and whirring away in the office. On a side note, I find I'm much less aware of it at night when my girlfriend comes to stay - possibly because I fall asleep much more quickly. It could also be because the sound of another's breathing is a good substitute for a pink-noise generator. lol [quote]I can still hear clearly TVs that are on and other high pitch sounds my parents can't hear. For all we know, it could be cell phones, they may be frying our ears, not our brains.[/quote] Funnily enough, Zavaboy, as Tao mentions above, one possible explanation for tinnitus is a loss of hearing in a certain range which causes the brain to 'pump up' the volume. Personally, I also have no trouble hearing high-frequency noises that others appear not to be aware of, so I'm unsure of how accurate this is. I do know that attempting to match the frequency of my tinnitus with a signal generator was pointless, as the speakers fell silent far short of the perceived frequency! I'm not convinced of any arguments regarding the risks of mobile phones and phone masts, but I wouldn't be surprised if overhead power lines were having some effect on health... :( Loading...
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