Tinnitus From Working Construction

Dear Ellen,

I am Tan Hock Kiat, and I have just placed an order for 90 days medication.  I am 65 now and have been in the construction work all my life from 20s until 50s, working in field construction with diesel engine driven welding machines running the whole day for welding work, and grinding of steel plates and pipes.  I did not have any knowledge or experience with tinnitus before until just about last birthday, so I must have it for nearly one year.  My hearing is very sensitive to high pitched noise especially like grinding work.  I can hear it from far away and although in the last close to ten years I have been working in an office, I can still hear the grinding work being carried out by workers on the factory floor one storey below. Most of the time, in the office, I have no trouble with my tinnitus as I have my work to concentrate on.  It is the moments when I am in bed, and waiting to sleep off that I have the tinnitus again, but I pray to God through Lord Jesus for help to sleep. I fall asleep for a couple of hours, look at the clock, then sleep off again after a short while.

 In my earlier years, even now, I would have my ear wax removed once in a couple of months  by some metal pins and pincers, with my wife’s help in the later year. 

I think that my tinnitus is caused by exposure to noise  which led to cochlear damage and damaged nerve endings in my inner ear, but I am not sure. I am not hear of hearing or anything like that.  Anyway, I am not sure how many tablets are in the small bottle for the 90 day supply that I ordered.  You mentioned to take 2 tablets twice a day, put under the tongue for at least a minute.  How long before the tablets dissolve under the tongue ? Anyway, I am going to give it a chance to prove itself.

I would certainly agree with you that your tinnitus is noise induced. A 90 day supply as you ordered is in fact 3 bottles and each bottle has 120 tablets. They are small tablets that you pop under the tongue and they will disolve in about 40 seconds normally.