Mild Hearing Loss at 29:( - Cambria Heights,NY

I found this online. This article mentions Hyperacusis, which is what I think you are referring to.

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-tinnitus...

I have a ringing in my ear all the time, that is worse at night because all is quiet. Mine is because I've lost some of my high-frequency hearing (the stuff you don't hear day to day anyway) and the ringing is replacing that loss. If it's really bothering me, I tell myself - at least I'm not deaf. I'd rather hear this ringing than nothing at all. It gives me some perspective.

Hypocusis is loss of hearing for soft sounds. Sounds like it is sensorineural and not due to issues with the outer or middle ear. You also have what is considered a handicapping hearing loss. You could consider hearing aids.

Did you just lose the hearing, or is it hearing loss you've had since birth?

It is devastating to receive news like this. When I was in my mid-20s, I was having trouble with so much pressure in my head that it felt as if my head was going to explode. The ENT I went to not only discovered that my right eustachion tube was not working (I now have a permanent T-tube in my ear to hold it open), but that I also have 10% hearing loss in both ears that has been that way SINCE BIRTH! Totally shocked both me and my parents (my dad did say that explained why I wouldn't answer them sometimes and always said I didn't hear them).

Remember, though, that when I was younger, hearing was never tested. We would get our eyes tested, but there was no such thing as having the hearing tested. Hearing was ONLY tested if there was a potential problem, and then you had to be sent specifically to a doctor to have your ears and hearing tested. There weren't a lot of ENTs and testing booths when I grew up. My daughter had a lot of issues with ear aches, infections, when she was younger and had to have a lot of hearing tests to make sure her hearing hadn't been affected. The type of testing they did for her was a whole lot more sophisicated than even the testing I had done in my 20s (which is now 25 years ago).

My hearing loss is nerve loss and cannot be corrected with a cochilar implant or with hearing aids (I asked; my ENT said I could buy hearing aids but that I would most likely just be wasting my money). My hearing loss is good and truly gone.

Since I'd already grown up with the hearing loss and never knew I had it and had managed to "get by" without that 10%, life has pretty much gone on as before. However, it does explain why I have difficulty hearing people talk (especially in crowds or large rooms) and why I have to constantly adjust the volume on the TV (my hearing loss tends to be within those hearing ranges). I notice it more and more as I get older, which I suppose could also have to do with the fact that most of us also lose hearing a bit as we age.

I also never grew up using or wearing headphones or earbuds of any kind, nor did I ever listen to loud, blaring music. The loudest noise I was ever exposed to was sitting in front of the trumpet players in band. My hearing loss--at the moment--is stictly congenital hearing loss and not hearing loss due to ear trauma/loud noise.

I do, however, have issues with the T-tube, just because it's actually embedded into my ear drum and can and does move from side to side once in a while, which can make the "hole" bigger and thus can affect my hearing. That additional hearing loss comes and goes. I like to talk on the phone with my left ear because I don't hear as well out of my right.

At 51 I probably have this to a degree.
For a few years now I have a harder time understanding conversation if there's a lot of background noise - like at parties.
You can develop it for several reasons - age, heredity, infection, noise, smoking, etc.
If you developed this due to listening to music turned up really loud on ear buds (or not wearing ear protection when you mow the lawn, etc), then not doing that anymore should help keep it from getting worse.

http://www.amplifon.com/wps/wcm/connect/english_com/heari...

I believe as we age we do lose the ability to hear range of sounds. I remember once reading an article about high schoolers setting their phone's ringtones to a high pitched sound typically not audible to adults.

I have had my hearing tested and I do have slight hearing loss. It also intensifies when my allergies are bothering me and there may be fluid in my ears.

Because of this I am not a huge fan of ear phones and I do not let my girls use earphones except for on rare occasions (poor kids!) I did find a set called "safe tunes" which have a built in volume control and I also have a volume level set within their ipods.

I hope the ENT is correct and that the B Complex helps you!

I think a family member of mine has this. He has worked with computers since the late 60s, when they were huge and constantly emitted a low hum. He remembers getting in the car in the morning and the radio would be really loud even though it didn't seem that way during the previous day's drive home. That's how much it affected him at the time. I don't know the extent of his hearing loss, but I know it's extremely difficult for him to hear someone talking to him if there's background noise, such as a busy restaurant or over the sound of a tv. It has seemed to have become worse over the last few years but I think much of that can be blamed on aging. I'm guessing his hearing loss began in his early 20s, he's in his mid 60s now. He's never had treatment for this, either, so i hope you can see better results under a doctor's care. I hope this helps you.

I'm sorry, M.. I don't have any experience with this. I do have slight hearing loss myself, but I'm a lot older than you.

I have a friend with tinnitus and hearing loss. She is an attorney and HAD to get help when she could not hear the judge talking to her in the courtroom. (Oh my!!) Her husband is an anesthesiologist, and he knew who to send her to in order to get the very best hearing aids there are on the market. Hers has 3 different settings. She changes the setting based on what her surroundings are.

I know hearing aids are expensive, but this is one thing I would not want to scrimp on. I'd do without cable, coffee and new clothes to have the right hearing aid.

Good luck.

I got tinnitus in 2005. I developed hypercusiss in 2007, that was the year i was under tremendous amount of stress. I did not get the right treatment for it, so it got worse. The ENT's would say, live with it, here take this med, close your ears. I was miserable. No one could help me. I did the worst thing that you can do when you get hypercusis, I used ear plugs, I didn't know what to do. I just wanted to get away from the loud noise. I went to the best doctors, no help. Took all kinds of stuff, order stuff online promising relief. Just last year I finally found a Chinese doctor, he is treating me with herbs and it has helped tremdously. Finally some relief, im not cured, but i can live a normal life now.
NOW here are some tips
1.If your stressed find was to destress, stress is a big trigger.
2.Do not use ear plugs for normal sounds that are under 85dclb, but you do have to protect your hearing from extreme loud sounds,train horn,ambulance,blenders,vacumm.
3. Please Educate your self on hypercusis. Becuse your ear has lost it's ability to hear right, it has gone into over drive. I found out what my illness on the computer, no doctor told me what i had. Everyone would tell me it's all in your head. Last year i finally found a audiologist that was fimilar with hypercusis and she tested me and confirmed what i had.
I have read that TRT is helpful. I live in Florida, my chinese doctor could not help you. I carry custom made musician ear plugs, sometimes people have loud voices or when im in a room full of people talking and laughing loud, they help to buffer the noise . The B complex is good for stress. There is help and there is HOPE.