Can sleeping to white noise cause hearing loss over time?

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During the summer I sometimes have to sleep with a fan on, it's a regular homestyles 8 inch desk fan, but by my standards (a musician, so I know what loud is) it's louder than I'd like to sleep with next to me. If it's not the fan making noise while I sleep, it's my computer's fan, which is about half as loud as the desk fan but still noticeable when I'm trying to fall asleep and want silence.

I have minor tinnitis and have minor hearing loss in my left ear (the one that now faces the fan) and I don't really want to make the tinnitis or hearing loss any worse over time if I can help it. I do know it takes a certain SPL over a certain amount of time to cause hearing damage/loss, I know this isn't going to make me go deaf but I'm just curious if it will be enough to cause some additional hearing degradation over time?

I can't even sleep with the window A/C on because it is definitely too loud for me to sleep through, thus why I sometimes have to use the fan. During the fall, winter and spring this won't likely be an issue.

I'd also prefer not to get suggestions for sleeping with cold damn towels as an alternative, as I tend to toss and turn alot so they wouldn't stay on, and I wouldn't want to end up accidentally getting mold in my sheets/mattress.
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Intermittent hearing loss in right ear and pain in moving my jaw?

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I have a history of more than ten yrs sinusitis and middle ear infections. Most recently, I had two middle ear infections that were severe, and damaged my hearing. Hearing came back partially, now in my right ear I have hearing difficulty that varies according to the position I hold my head in, balance problems and a crunching / grinding sensation and noise in right ear when i open my jaw more than halfway.
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What causes sudden hearing loss with periods and abdominal pain?

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I experience sudden hearing loss and vision loss when I have sudden menstrual cramps (Dysmenorrhea). This also happens when I experience abdominal pain related to diarrhea or constipation, which sometimes happens right before my period starts. Sometimes the GI system and the uterus are both affected at the same time.

When I lose my hearing, all I hear is ringing, and everything turns bright, unless Im in a dark hallway. Indoors, I cant see. I think my pupils dilate and the blood flow to my ears constricts. What causes this?
There could be a number of possibilities going on such as endometriosis (just using endometriosis as an example only) but the only way to know for sure what is going on is to see your doctor for further evaluation of the situation to see what they think could be going on.  (+ info)

How do I improve my severe/profound sensorineural hearing loss naturally without hearing aids?

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Has anyone been able to improve their sensorineural hearing loss naturally? I want to hear better without(and with) hearing aids, especially in the high frequencies. What kinds of herbs or medicines can do this? Also what kind of hearing exercises should I do?
IMPOSSIBLE!

once the hair cells are damaged they are damaged. there is no magical-medicinal cure for a sensory/ neural hearing loss.

buck up and get your self some hearing aids. if you have a high frequency loss. make sure they have directional microphones and at the very least 8 channels so the audiologist has greater programming ease.  (+ info)

Can hearing loss develop at a later point in your life from a previous experience?

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Let's suppose you're a veteran coming back from combat and your hearing seems normal, but later in life you begin to lose your hearing. Is your hearing loss due to the combat?
No it would not be due to the combat - noise exposure causes hearing loss immediately as above person stated. That is why usually when you exit the service you get a hearing test to rule out the possibility of hearing loss from combat. The only way to be sure your hearing was normal when you exited the service is with a hearing test. I see people in my office everyday who think there hearing loss is normal and they sometimes end up having a huge hearing loss.

I used to work at the VA. In order to get service connected for hearing loss you have to file a claim. Your service medical records will be reviewed. If you did not get a hearing test when you exited the service and you now have hearing loss you may get a service connection. However if you had normal hearing at exit your claim will be denied and no service connection disability will be awarded. The only way to know for sure is to file the claim. Also I don't know when you served in the military, but mostly back for WWII vets and some Korea vets they were using the whisper test for hearing test. They would stand you in a room and whisper numbers and have you repeat them. If you passed you were considered normal. This test has been proven to be invalid. The standard test involves you wearing earphones and listening for beeps at different frequencies.  (+ info)

How many decibels of hearing loss would make it so you need a hearing aid?

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How many decibels of hearing loss would make it so you need a hearing aid?
This will depend on your life style. Perfect hearing is -10 to 10, Normal hearing is 0 to -10 and Average is -10 to -20 dBs. Some people that are involved in Music will want a hearing aid if they are at -20 because they will be needing to hear some frequiencies more clearly.

GENERALY speaking, if you are at -30 and below in frequencies 250, 500, 750, 1000, 1200, 2000 ---- You will want a digital hearing aid.

There is an American Guy in South America that I bought My Aids from. He works in Peru helping the Poor and the 3rd world people hear. He has a company called AccuToneUSA and he told me to send my Ear Impressions to Him. He build me 2 VERY nice 32 channel 64 band hearing aids for about $1200 total. These hearing aids retail in the USA for $4000 each. So you should contact him if you have any questions. his name is Doug at accutone, and his email is [email protected]

Hope I answered your question!!  (+ info)

What would cause sudden but temporary hearing loss?

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I'm writing a book in which a character needs to have instant, complete hearing loss which does not go away on its own, but remains until treated.

Preferably caused by trauma or infection, but it needs to to happen very quickly and be reversible.

Anyone have any ideas?
a blow to the head, my f brother used to do that and now i got like tinitues  (+ info)

How common is hearing loss? Is it less common than vision loss?

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It seems like a lot of people have vision loss and need glasses but I don't see that many people with hearing loss.
How come vision loss is a lot more common?
Glasses are almost always given for near or far vision, and reading glasses. Eye sight does decrease somewhat with age.

Hearing loss, especially, high tones invariably decreases with age - males more than females (So the man who can't hear his wife calling him might actually be telling the truth!!)

Congenital and childhood hearing impairments relatively common due to ear infections, meningitis, etc, etc.

Hearing aids are almost invisible these days too.  (+ info)

Whats the difference between High frequency and Low frequency hearing loss?

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I have hearing loss in my right ear (60%) and my army recruiter told me, if its High frequency hearing loss its a good chance that it would get Waived. I will have to go through MEPS and get cleared, But I would like to know before hand. So please be specific.
Sound occurs over a wide spectrum of frequencies. The human ear is sensitive to a frequency band withing that spectrum. Since sounds occur at different frequencies, you will not be able to hear the sounds at the high end. The frequency that dogs can hear covers a different range. That is why a dog can respond to a human voice, but also to a silent dog whistle which is too high of a frequency for humans. The most common frequency hearing loss for men is the same frequency that their wives speak.  (+ info)

What is the best hearing aid for a profound hearing loss?

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I want a hearing aid which really works for a profound hearing loss no matter how expensive it is. please help me.
Absolutely the best, if you are evaluated as an appropriate subject, is the cochlear implant. You need to read up on it, and it is a surgical implant, but it is what they use nowadays for even little children with profound hearing loss.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochlear_implant  (+ info)

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