Tinnitus From Cochlear Damage
Hello John,
Thank you for the info. I was attached to a 280mm Atomic Cannon outfit when I was in the service. I used to wonder why they had us make sure the sides of the tents were rolled up, and the windows of all the trucks rolled down before we fired the gun, and did not give us ear protection.
That was in ‘59-’60, but I did not get the tinnitus until 1992, so it may be from another cause.
Dan Ryan
Hiya Ryan,
Your tinnitus is without doubt caused from cochlear damage as a result of your exploits in the army. Absolutely crazy that no hearing protection was deemed necessary back then.
You will find that something, an event, probably happened to trigger the tinnitus when it started. This could be amongst other things things, traumatic life events, stress and even an ear infection.
But the root cause of the tinnitus is the exposure to noise which caused the cochlear damage. You can get more information about that tinnitus type as well as the remedies to treat it at the noise tinnitus page.
Regards,
John
