Those who have never endured the relentless ringing of tinnitus can only dream of the torment. In fact, a bad dream may be the closest some get to experiencing anything like it.
The subjective sound, which can also be a hissing, buzzing, or clicking, is heard by no one else, and it may be present constantly, or may come and go.
Neuroscientists at the University of Oxford now suspect that sleep and tinnitus are closely intertwined in the brain.
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Reading this made me notice it again so thanks I guess.
I think it might be connected to that Spiderbait concert and not wearing earplugs at the time.
Yay science for ferrets! The mice get a break from this one.
Would be cool to make progress. The ringing is annoying.
Gotta sleep with white noise otherwise the ringing will keep me awake. I’m my own creator of it though, tracking cars for a decade+ and being young and stupid not wearing earpro…not worth it people.
Doubt (edit: the assessment process, not the tinnitus-sleep relationship).
How the hell could they tell if the ferrets actually had tinnitus or not?
I always get some sinus allergy something-or-other in the fall with drainage, sore throat, coughing, and whatnot. This year for the first time, a couple non-consecutive nights, I had what the Internet said was called Typewriter Tinnitus, this rapid, incessant, light tapping somehwere in my inner ear. It was like high-speed Morse Code that never stopped. Thankfully it was only when I was laying on my right side so I just didn’t sleep on that side, and it only occurred maybe three nights throughout a week. But even experiencing it that little bit gave me a taste of how unbearable it must be to have something like that all the time, I really feel for all you chronic sufferers, hopefully you can find relief soon.
