tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11732066087885102092011-04-22T06:38:47.591+01:00Three tinnitus sufferers consider different aspects of how they cope with tinnitusDeafness Research UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02351593568018463825noreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-74717527201355298042009-02-16T09:08:00.003Z2009-02-23T16:16:57.415Z

Our final blogs have been posted, but we shall keep the blog open for a while so please feel free to keep contributing if you wish to.I’d like to say a very big thank you to our three bloggers, Kate, John and Gemma, who have put a considerable amount of time and effort into producing their blogs and joining in the chat. I hope their tinnitus settles down again after all the attention it’s been

Deafness Research UKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02351593568018463825noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-24420923825250020392009-02-15T14:00:00.011Z2009-02-15T14:34:15.087Z

So, it's 2 days since my last blog. Why do I feel as if I'm going to confession? But if there's anything to confess, it's that I've had a great couple of days. The last thing I wanted to do was to sit down and write about tinnitus. The last thing I wanted to do was concentrate on something that I don't like. Something that I try to avoid thinking about if at all possible.This week we've all

Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292694649940716693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-80974808622369385782009-02-13T15:36:00.002Z2009-02-13T16:02:56.642Z

I didn't get round to posting my blog entry yesterday, as it was just an incredibly busy day. I was writing last night (gone midnight), and realised that was the first time all day I'd noticed my tinnitus. I guess that was partly due to the fact I was just on the go all day, but also that I hadn't had a chance to think about this blog! This week has really made me think about how perception

Gemmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498837432176525419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-41880484823332908502009-02-12T20:20:00.003Z2009-02-13T15:02:39.067Z

I do.My wife laughs at me a lot when I do this. I'm sure it's because I'm going in too far - but it's a legacy of anality that I went through years ago when I DID obsess about my ears. I just wanted them to be clean - I was sure it was excess ear-wax that was causing the ringing in my ears (this is before it dawned on me that it was tinnitus).So I'd poke away with a cotton bud ('cue-tip') trying

John Steventonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13322834471405586081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-75173116916737411992009-02-12T20:17:00.001Z2009-02-12T20:18:19.402Z

Feeling really positive today. I had a very productive day at work - busy but not stressed - and I'm sitting in the kitchen with a glass of really good red wine and the radio playing. This morning, once I'd read the post, checked my messages & prioritised the day’s jobs, it was time for a cuppa. My brew of choice is decaffeinated coffee, white, one sugar (I tried giving up the sugar but failed

Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292694649940716693noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-22751051290273772072009-02-12T09:03:00.004Z2009-02-12T09:21:01.226Z

A slight day's delay for this post, as I wanted to see how yesterday's worsening of my tinnitus would affect my night.There's three things I find that make my tinnitus worse. 1) Sustained loud noises (music being the most obvious one) 2) Alcohol 3) Exercise.Numbers 1 and 2 weren't part of my day yesterday, but as the snow had thawed a little, I was able to get out on my bike and go for a nice 50

John Steventonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13322834471405586081noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-27055197996703577372009-02-11T19:34:00.013Z2009-02-11T21:29:00.554Z

Today I travelled into London for a training course. I was on the go from the moment I woke up at 6.30, and I didn't notice my tinnitus until I was walking back home from the station around 3pm. And that was only because I started thinking about what I was going to write on the blog! So, if I hadn't been blogging this week, would I have noticed my tinnitus today?The answer has to be yes - there

Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292694649940716693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-66531140692641159722009-02-11T17:26:00.002Z2009-02-11T17:29:30.772Z

Last night’s Tai Chi lesson was great, and I slept much better without the need to have my radio on. On a completely different subject, writing this blog has really got me thinking about me listening to my ipod and the effect that might have on my tinnitus. Much has been said about MP3 players and the damage their use can have on your hearing if not used with care but I still see evidence every

Gemmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498837432176525419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-13917811470448388132009-02-10T20:29:00.004Z2009-02-10T20:51:51.118Z

So today's self-awareness moment is this. I can't get out of hoovering because of my tinnitus.One of the results of writing this blog is that I'm focusing not only on the tinnitus itself, but also the potential out there to make it worse. Take for instance the new studio I'm building, where I'll be DJing and editing out of site in the house (rather than taking up the spare bedroom). It's a

John Steventonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13322834471405586081noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-14389073591166481292009-02-10T18:38:00.006Z2009-02-10T18:48:46.642Z

As my Tinnitus was particularly loud last night, I listened to one of my favourite acoustic albums using my pillow speaker. I got the speaker from the RNID - it's about the size of the palm of my hand, and I plug it into my personal CD player which sits on the floor by the bed. The speaker has been an absolute godsend for getting to sleep, especially when my Tinnitus is louder than normal, or I

Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292694649940716693noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-67657993527381857822009-02-10T16:34:00.000Z2009-02-10T16:35:01.748Z

I didn’t find it easy going to sleep last night. I felt like I had a thousand things going round in my head after a really busy day, and my tinnitus was bothering me too – a combination of things which aren’t ideal!Listening to the radio helped me to switch off and eventually drift off. Even though I tend to concentrate on what’s being said or the lyrics of the music, I find this helps because

Gemmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498837432176525419noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-43848682766979510052009-02-09T18:05:00.003Z2009-02-09T18:13:48.592Z

After 2 days off work last week (caused by the snow), I drove through the ice and slush to a meeting this morning, ate my lunch in the car, & returned to the office for a long client appointment this afternoon. Luckily I enjoy my job so I don’t mind being busy. And it means that I hardly notice my Tinnitus for a few hours because I’m completely absorbed in what I’m doing and I don't notice the

Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292694649940716693noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-2712412491340548312009-02-09T14:48:00.002Z2009-02-09T14:51:36.626Z

As I suspected, today so far hasn’t been quite as relaxed as the weekend was! The tubes were delayed and jam-packed this morning, which always adds to the Monday morning stress. When I was on the train my tinnitus wasn’t particularly prominent, but I think that is probably because it is so loud on the trains, which is not a good thing in the long run!By the time I got to King’s Cross though, my

Gemmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498837432176525419noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-80108828450863311282009-02-09T14:41:00.003Z2009-02-09T21:18:19.764Z

I feel I've done this kind of back to front, as yesterday's post was a nice snowy story, but didn't really say anything about me, or my tinnitus situation.As it says on my profile, I run a double life - unfortunately, I'm not able to fly, climb walls, or get away with wearing tights - but I do have a rather unique position when it comes to tinnitus, and that is that as a DJ, I figure I've

John Steventonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13322834471405586081noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-57931985690283158122009-02-08T21:55:00.004Z2009-02-08T22:07:35.236Z

It's finally snowing heavily in Glasgow. After a week of reading in the news how bad England (and northern parts of Scotland) have had the snow and wondering if we'd have any, Glasgow has finally had a big fall.What does this have to do with tinnitus? Silence. And that, of course, is what makes my tinnitus the loudest. However, this has had the bonus of helping me start this blog - as we've been

John Steventonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13322834471405586081noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-87432775249553785262009-02-08T12:26:00.005Z2009-02-08T12:30:26.748Z

Having managed to read the first half of the Saturday paper yesterday (hooray!), I lost myself in a book until quite late last night. My dad lent me some of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency books at Christmas & I’ve finally got round to reading them. I finished Tears of the Giraffe last week, and I'm now onto Morality for Beautiful Girls. They're beautiful novels, easy to read, with storylines

Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292694649940716693noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-12379218801367835342009-02-08T11:14:00.001Z2009-02-08T11:14:58.470Z

Well, I’m happy to report that we had an excellent time last night, and my earplugs did their job brilliantly - my tinnitus wasn’t any worse when I got home, nor is it today.People assume the earplugs must take away from the experience of live music, but I’ve never found that. I’m not sure why, but in actual fact they seem to drown out all the crowd noise and enhance the quality of the music for

Gemmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498837432176525419noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-13749104131952404452009-02-07T10:35:00.002Z2009-02-07T10:46:10.618Z

I met a few friends for drinks last night in the city. Typically, being a Friday night, everywhere we wanted to go was blasting out loud music - which I do my best to avoid where I can.As the weather was so cold we didn’t feel like wandering around for ages to find somewhere suitable, so we settled on a place playing music, but where we managed to find a quiet corner.When I was younger, I would

Gemmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498837432176525419noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-20093668285692005922009-02-07T10:08:00.001Z2009-02-07T10:10:01.465Z

It’s been a busy week – but that’s no different to any other week. As a mum to two children, with a part-time job at the Citizens Advice Bureau and a house to run, things are always hectic here. Having said that, my ability to do my job has been seriously compromised by the cold white stuff that falls from the sky and I have enjoyed some time building snowmen over the last couple of days!

Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02292694649940716693noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1173206608788510209.post-60470641281410189382009-02-06T15:20:00.002Z2009-02-06T15:28:06.645Z

Welcome to the new, and first ever, blog from leading charity Deafness Research UK, which has been set up to mark National Tinnitus Week (9-15 February).Meet our bloggers Kate, John and Gemma who, contrary to the usual advice of trying not to dwell on it, are focusing on their tinnitus in order to help others learn from their experiences and cope better with their tinnitus.They will be talking

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