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Background Noise March 15, 2011 by Emma Filed under Featured, Tinnitus News Andrew Goodwin’s definition of his tinnitus is frank. “It’s a noise I can’t identify which freaks me out.” He first began to hear a weird, piercing noise in his ears aged 31. On the same day in 2002, Andrew became profoundly deaf. It was a terrifying and lonely time for him. Eighteen months later he discovered hearing aids which were powerful enough to help him hear again, but the tinnitus remained. The noise he hears, but which no one else can, takes on a different character depending on how Andrew is feeling. “When I am stressed it sounds like wind rushing through the trees. But at night after a long day it can be sinister. It sounds like there are voices, whispering…” “Initially I didn’t know what it was or where it was coming from. I thought I was going mad,” he says. Five million people in the UK are thought to live with tinnitus, but not all suffer from hearing loss as well. The British Tinnitus Association says that about 10% of the UK adult population have mild tinnitus all the time and, in up to 1% of adults, this may affect their quality of life. Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of any actual, corresponding external sound and it can occur at any age – even in quite young children. Although the precise cause of tinnitus is still not fully understood, experts say there are certain things which should be avoided. The ear is an extremely sensitive organ which has to deal with a massive range of sound levels – from a whisper at 30 decibels to a busy bar at 80-90 dB and a noisy club at 100 dB or more. This sort of noise level is thought to be “safe” for fewer than 30 minutes. Conrad Jarvis was listening to music two years ago when he suddenly heard a “crackling” noise in his left ear. He initially put it down to the new headphones he was wearing before he realised there had been a permanent change in his hearing. At first he did not notice the tinnitus. “It just came on… this high-pitched sound. It was constantly there, sometimes it changed in pitch. It did drive me crazy,” he says. As a DJ who played everything from soul to R&B and house music, often at high volumes, Conrad thought his music career was finished. But he was persuaded to have an operation and then use a hearing aid, which is now the only thing that quietens the tinnitus. “After lots of hearing tests I realised my ear drum was damaged – so I just knew that was it for the rest of my life.” He was very reluctant to wear a big, pink hearing aid – particularly as he is of Caribbean descent – but he managed to get a small, brown digital hearing aid which most of his friends mistake for a blue tooth device. “I’ve got back my sense of balance on my left-hand side and the hearing aid has reduced the tinnitus dramatically,” Conrad says. There are various treatments available which can help people deal with tinnitus. These include hearing aids, relaxation techniques to try to reduce anxiety levels and a bedside sound generator which produces the sound of rain, the ocean or birds to help induce sleep. “For those seriously affected by tinnitus, psychological therapy in the form of cognitive behavioural therapy can be tried,” Dr Baguley says. Andrew Goodwin took up the relaxation technique Tai Chi to help him deal with his tinnitus, which he found very successful. “The breathing exercises helped me relax and that calmed down the tinnitus,” he says. Stress and anxiety can also affect tinnitus levels, as Andrew testifies. “If I get stressed, my tinnitus gets worse. After a long, tiring day, tinnitus is my way of telling me to slow down.” Current research on tinnitus is focusing on drugs which could have affect the intensity of the tinnitus, and on the use of filtered music to reduce the sound of the tinnitus. Research is also being carried out into how the activity of the brain can be influenced using magnetism or electrical stimulation. This research is at a more experimental stage, says Dr Baguley. Andrew’s experience led him to become information and outreach advisor for Deafness Research UK. His job is to tour the country talking to people about how to look after their hearing and advising them on how to cope with hearing loss and tinnitus. His advice on tinnitus is simple: “Talk to someone about it. There is help. You can’t cure it but you can make it manageable.” Source: BBC
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Cúlra Torainn Márta 15, 2011 ag Emma Comhdaithe faoi Réadmhaoin, Tinnitus Nuacht Is é sainmhíniú Goodwin Andrew's a tinnitus macánta. “It's a torainn Ní féidir liom a aithint a freaks mé amach.” Thosaigh sé ar dtús chuala 'a aisteach, torann piercing ina chluasa bliana d'aois 31. Ar an lá céanna i 2002, Andrew tháinig profoundly bodhra. Bhí sé am terrifying agus uaigneach dó. Ocht mí dhéag ina dhiaidh sin fuair sé áiseanna éisteachta a bhí láidir go leor chun cabhrú leis a chloisteáil arís, ach d'fhan an tinnitus. Cloiseann sé an torann, ach nach féidir le aon duine eile, Bíonn ar chineál éagsúla ag brath ar an gcaoi a bhfuil mothú Andrew. “Nuair a bheidh mé béim fuaimeanna sé mar gaoithe rushing trí na crainn. Ach ar an oíche tar éis lá fada is féidir é a sinister. Fuaimeanna sé cosúil go bhfuil guthanna, whispering…” “I dtús báire ní raibh a fhios agam cad a bhí sé nó i gcás é a bhí ag teacht ó. Cheap mé go raibh mé ag dul as a meabhair,” deir sé. Cúig mhilliún duine sa Ríocht Aontaithe Ceaptar go bhfuil beo le tinnitus, ach ní go léir ag fulaingt ó chaillteanas éisteachta chomh maith le. An Cumann na Breataine Tinnitus a deir go bhfuil thart ar 10% den daonra fásta sa Ríocht Aontaithe a bheith éadrom tinnitus-am ar fad agus na, i suas le 1% na ndaoine fásta, d'fhéadfadh sé seo tionchar acu ar cháilíocht na beatha. Is é an tuiscint atá ag Tinnitus fuaime in éagmais aon iarbhír, Is féidir le fuaim seachtracha a fhreagraíonn agus é a tharlaíonn ag aois ar bith – fiú i go leor leanaí óga. Cé go bhfuil an chúis bheacht tinnitus fós nach dtuigtear go hiomlán, saineolaithe a rá go bhfuil rudaí áirithe ar chóir a sheachaint. Is é an chluas an bhféadann orgán thar a bheith íogair a bhfuil le déileáil le raon ollmhór ar leibhéil fuaime – ó gcogar ag 30 decibels chun barra gnóthach ag 80-90 dB agus club noisy ag 100 dB nó níos mó. Is é seo an saghas leibhéal torainn a measadh a bheith “sábháilte” líon is lú ná 30 nóiméad. Conrad Jarvis bhí ag éisteacht le ceol dhá bhliain ó shin nuair a chuala sé go tobann “crackling” torann in a chluas chlé. Chuir sé ar dtús sé síos go dtí na cluasáin nua a bhí sé ag caitheamh sular thuig sé gur tharla athrú buan ar a éisteacht. Ar dtús, ní raibh sé fógra don tinnitus. “Tháinig sé díreach ar… an fuaim ard-claonta. Bhí sé i gcónaí ann, uaireanta athraigh sé i bpáirc. Raibh sé ar mire liom tiomáint,” deir sé. Mar a d'imir DJ gach rud ó anam go R&B agus ceoil tí, go minic ag líon mór, Conrad shíl go raibh críochnaithe a ghairm cheoil. Ach bhí sé ag luí go mbeadh a oibriú agus a úsáid a bhaint as áis éisteachta, atá anois ar an rud amháin a quietens an tinnitus. “Tar éis go leor de na tástálacha a éisteacht, shíl mé mo chluas druma ina ndearnadh damáiste – sin bhí a fhios agam ach go raibh sé don chuid eile de mo shaol.” Bhí sé an-drogall a chaitheamh mór, áiseanna éisteachta bándearg – go háirithe mar go bhfuil sé de shliocht na Cairibe – ach d'éirigh sé a fháil beag, áiseanna éisteachta digiteacha donn a chuid is mó dá botún chairde do gléas fiacail gorm. “Tá mé ar ais ar mo chiall den iarmhéid ar mo thaobh na láimhe clé agus tá an áis éisteachta laghdaíodh an tinnitus dramatically,” Conrad deir. Tá córacha leighis éagsúla atá ar fáil ar féidir leo cabhrú le daoine déileáil le tinnitus. Áirítear orthu sin áiseanna éisteachta, teicnící scíthe chun iarracht a laghdú leibhéil imní agus gineadóir fuaim cois leapa a chuireann ar fáil an fhuaim an bháisteach, na farraige nó éin a d'fhéadfadh cabhrú le codladh. “Dóibh siúd a ndeachaigh tinnitus, Is féidir le teiripe síceolaíoch i bhfoirm teiripe chognaíoch iompraíochta a thriail,” Deir an Dr Baguley. Andrew Goodwin chuaigh i mbun an teicníc scíthe Tai Chi chun cuidiú leis déileáil lena tinnitus, a fuair sé an-rathúil. “Feidhmíonn an análaithe chabhraigh liom scíth a ligean agus go calmed síos an tinnitus,” deir sé. Is féidir le strus agus imní difear freisin leibhéil tinnitus, mar taispeánann Andrew. “Má fhaighim béim, Faigheann mo tinnitus níos measa. Tar éis fada, lá tiring, Is é mo bhealach tinnitus ag insint dom go mall síos.” taighde reatha ar tinnitus é ag díriú ar dhrugaí a bhféadfadh tionchar déine an tinnitus, agus maidir le húsáid an cheoil scagtha a laghdú fuaim an tinnitus. Tá taighde á dhéanamh freisin ar conas is féidir an ghníomhaíocht ar an inchinn tionchar a bheith ag baint úsáide as maighnéadas nó a spreagadh leictreach. Tá an taighde seo ag céim níos turgnamhach, Deir an Dr Baguley. taithí Andrew's thug air a bheith ina chomhairleoir faisnéise agus for-rochtana le haghaidh Taighde Bodhaire Ríocht Aontaithe. Is é a phost le camchuairt na tíre ag caint le daoine faoi conas a breathnú i ndiaidh a n-éisteacht agus comhairle a thabhairt dóibh ar conas déileáil le caillteanas éisteachta agus tinnitus. Tá a comhairle ar tinnitus simplí: “Labhair le duine éigin faoi. Tá cabhair. Ní féidir leat é a leigheas ach is féidir leat a dhéanamh soláimhsithe é.” Foinse: BBC