I often mixed with one ear to the headphone cup and the other listening to the room. I guess my right ear was in the headphone. The headphone volumes you had to use just to hear it over the music on the floor were crazy. I’m super glad that’s not my job anymore.
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My ears are 9 years yonger 
now i can’t stop thinking that the rest of my body is also that much younger and i will be 9 years older than average. So i have got 9 years extra to make music! 
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Damn.
My right ear (where tinnitus is worst) was ‘blocked’, i.e. could not equalise it for months. GP eventually referred me to ENT specialist.
He did the hearing test - I sat in a soundproof box.
If you have problems with inner ear maybe ask for referral? I had to wait 3 months for an appointment.
He couldn’t solve my issue, but did a pressure test, so at least I know I don’t have a fluid buildup in my inner ear. My problem is my eustachian tube got blocked, but he said not much he could do about that (too high risk to try and do work there).
I eventually got it unblocked purely by accident by sucking some Halls.
Tinnitus still there though… 
Although I’m working on that
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Yeah, got referred years ago for my eustachian tubes being blocked. They put grommets in my ears, which worked for about 6 months until they fell out. It’s just something I put up with now, sometimes I’m fine and other times my ears are so blocked up I can barely hear my own farts.
The annoying thing is that, the more blocked my ears are, the louder my tinnitus gets, so there are quite a few weeks a year where making music is very difficult. At least I know why it’s happening though and it’s not like I’m actually losing my hearing forever or anything.
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Thanks. How is this working for you? Have had tinnitus for a long time, result of many many rave ‘n afterparty weekends… Does not bother me practically though it s a pity not being able to enjoy a quiet forest or music piece without those sine tones.
It works very well, but is temporary.
I had a huge increase in tinnitus about 7 months ago, constant and so loud that I can still clearly hear it even when listening to fairly loud music. It spoils music for me, tbh.
When I first tried this ACRN a couple of weeks ago, it masked the tinnitus almost immediately - what a relief after 7 months! But when I stop it, the tinnitus comes back. They recommend using it for 2 hours a day, for 6 months to reduce the tinnitus long term. I’m happy to do it every day, gives me a bit of relief, hopefully it will improve over time.
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I’m 35 but my ears are apparently only 26 or 27! Right ear maybe a year or two younger than the left. I’ve done something right I guess, as I’ve been playing in extremely loud bands for 20 years at this point.
Well shit, my right ear is only 24! Left ear is 26. Is it silly to feel proud, hah?
Did the grommets improve tinnitus as well, or only released the pressure?
Since my eustachian tube is semi-functioning again and I can release the pressure in my ear, I can somehow cope with the tinnitus a little better. The sound is not any softer, but I think a blocked ear on top of the sound causes a bit of anxiety, which makes everything worse. Or something.
I’m 42 and heard sound on left at 28 and right at 38.
Not sure what this means…
The tinnitus didn’t go away, but it was definitely better. My doctor explained it to me that my tinnitus will get worse the more blocked my ears get, as my brain will be trying harder to hear things, therefore amplifying the tinnitus.
It’s pretty bad though, my wife gets pissed off because, every time I eat a mouthful of anything, something happens in my inner ear and I go almost fully deaf, like sticking my fingers in my ears whilst underwater. The only way I can release the pressure and hear again is to pop my ears by sniffing really loudly.
The tinnitus doesn’t really bother me so much, but the pressure and constant feeling that the inside of my head is louder than the outside can get a bit draining.
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I didn’t try this. However, I get tested yearly because I work in IT at a manufacturing facility (steel). I’m 44 next month and still test perfectly up to the limits of the test. Lucky I guess. The older I get, the more I’m protective of my hearing, but I wasn’t always. 
raves up through my mid 20s for one example 
I do get this low rumbling thing in my ears on rare occasions, kinda like my eardrums fluttering or something, but otherwise pretty happy with my hearing up to now.
Welp, no surprise that my ears were somewhere around 57-60 range. I am definitely not that old, but lifelong serious issues, along with numerous surgeries, and a terrible case on tinnitus, will probably do that.
Good thing I don’t like listening to or making music or hearing conversations or anything like that…
I have the same problem. Issue is I’ve had this surgery done several times (about 3 in each ear), along with some other heavy surgeries, and at this point everything is so scarred if I do it again it may make things way worse permanently.
It was great when I lived in an apartment, I never heard the neighbors, but the tinnitus is definitely getting bad. Really would love to experience silence again.
That sucks.
I kinda gave up on trying to get it fixed, just learning to live with it. It’s only really bad for a few weeks at the start and end of the winter, it’s mostly ok in the summer, but if I use headphones too much it seems to aggravate it.
Uh, I could hear 19k (ears of a 16 year old I think) and I’m shocked by that. I just turned 46.
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when i was a kid, maybe around 7 or 8, my left ear drum perforated and burst, and hearing in that ear has never been the same. my dad’s side has a history of hearing loss in old age. i’ll be 46 this year, and my ears have taken a beating despite wearing ear plugs when using loud equipment and going to concerts. is this why my mixes sound so muddy? i’ve been mastering/eq-ing stuff via headphones while wearing a winter hat, which has not been helping. today, i fixed a mix on monitors, and it sounds much better. when clubs open back up, wear plugs for long term ear health!
left 26, right 25. I’m 36 .
Have done this test sort of multiple times by using an online sine generator (and sine in DAW) and came to the same conclusion. I do have a light form of hyperacusis in my left ear. Possibly due to a firecracker that was kicked towards me when I was around 14 years old, which exploded near my ear. Luckily not a very powerful one. The effect is that when I listen to music loud in the studio for a bit too long (Around 80dB to 85dB), the left ear can become hypersensitive to a specific frequency range again for a few days plus tinitus. Quite annoying but luckily it’s not constant and doesn’t seem to get any worse.
One flaw this test has is that losing the ability to hear high frequencies is similar to a low pass filter. It has a curve, so it’s not cut completely. So depending on how loud you play the video, you’ll hear the high frequencies sooner. A real test will have a fixed loudness so that will probably have slightly different results. Headphones curves will have influence as well etc.
Cool video anyway 
And also interesting to read other forum member’s experiences. Also sad to read a couple of stories that are troubling. Wish all the best to those with damage, tinitus or otherwise. I’ve read there are promising researches into somehow managing this damage. Hopefully in the future something will be found to help people with hearing problems like tinitus.
left 64, right 52… I’m 37 
holy shit
I did have a surgery on my left ear when I was 12. they fixed a punctured eardrum, so I did expect this to be not on par. interesting also is that on the left side, the change was sudden. it’s like nothing nothing nothing and suddenly it is switched on. while on the right side I hear the tone coming in gradually (as is normal I guess)
I also wonder where ear fatigue matters (probably it does obviously…) because I just listened to music with EarPods for about 30 minutes. I’ll do the test later with fresh ears. I guess my ears are better than that because I can distinguish a 16kHz noise in a frequency training app I used about a year ago.
Lets see if i can integrate it in my meditation practice 
But damn… i already knew i don t have absolute hearing but tracking the right frequency is hard! Also pretty sure i m hearing multiple tones in my tinnitus…
Yeah, my tinnitus is pretty broad, frequency wise and there’s some nice filtered noise in there too.
Has anyone with tinnitus tried that technique of pinching just above the tip of the nose at each side? I saw it on some video a while back, I tried it and to my surprise it worked, I definitely don’t think it would work for all types, but the occasional mild type that I get it has worked.