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Originally Posted by !LittleDragon
I dunno how those could work, the source of the ringing isn't external?
My trick is to just distract from the ringing. I always have some sort of background noise happening... TV on, play some music, etc...
I'm still convinced that it may be an earwax issue because I was watching TV one day and it just came on. I thought it would go away quickly with the flow of ear wax like it has many times before but it never did... just stuck around... doctor says my ears are clean... who knows... It could also be how I keep my jaw clenched... there is the odd morning I wake up and it's gone
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It could be a jaw issue - worth talking to an ENT about it.
My right ear is really fragile (beyond my moderate-severe hearing loss) - it can cut out in the middle of a conversation, when higher pitched sounds get too loud it turns to static and my ear physically hurts (like someone is stabbing it with a needle), and it often will feel clogged - I can hear sounds but they are all muffled.
My ENT said all 3 of those symptoms were actually jaw issues - your jaw is connected to your ear via tendons and muscles. When the jaw is tired or inflamed it will "clench" my ear causing my problems. The fixes were to wear a mouthguard at night to reduce grinding, to chew less on my right side, improve my sleep, and cut out crunchy foods and stuff like chewing gum.
All of these have helped (maybe a 20-30% improvement) and when I don't wear my mouthguard for a couple nights or have a bad night of sleep I can noticeably feel the difference.