Thunderstix
Senior Member
If you hear constant ringing, the damage is already done but it can get worse to the extent of having problems hearing anything above the level of the ringing and also experiencing trouble sleeping. What makes this a worsening problem is listening to music or being subject to noise as in a construction environment at a higher level than what originally caused the tinnitus. It will only get worse, not better. When the loud music stops, the ringing begins. Protect your ears or what ever you have left of your hearing.
I meant: can tinnitus become worse even if you wear hearing protection?
I have a very small amount of tinnitus mostly from not adhering to the advice I am giving when I was at an early age. Now because of my work I see an audiologist two to three times a year, not just because of the tinnitus but in case I start having a high frequency fall off problem that to an extent most people will experience when they start getting older.
By frequency fall, do you mean hearing worse? Everyone can live with some hearing loss, but tinnitus causes you to hear things which aren't there. That's much worse than simple hearing loss.
Do you mean that at a certain age, the ringing will become worse regardless of noise protection?
Well, I was wearing army headphones and the noise level is drasticaly lower so to are the high frequencys, I'd love to know myself, so someone plese answer.
Tinnitus is not only caused by noise, although that's the major cause.
It's heavily stress-related and it becomes (temporarily) worse under influence of cafeine, theine, alcohol, smoke, disease, pressure, wind, cold...