Question: Recently I have gone to the disco 6 times in 1.5 month period (that is once per week in 6 adjacent weeks). At the end I realized I had developed tinnitus. Even if it's not very loud, I can't describe how I feel for having caused myself a permanent damage .I am almost desperate

In the past I used to go to the disco much more rarely and that didn't cause me permanent damages.

I have two overlapped tinniti: - one being high frequency, like the 18khz tv sync noise, probably subjective - and one being very low frequency, around 20-30Hz: very likely a venous hum. Probably objective even if I haven't been tested both ears.

The low frequency one is WAY more distracting and louder. I want to cure this one, I don't care about the HF one. I stopped disco of course, and started to use earplugs. Then I tried ginkgo and vincamine (no easy access to vinpocetine) and also high dose of Rhodiola Rosea extract which seemed to improve my hearing and resistance to strong sounds before the tinnitus came. I took these things for 1 month now. The improvement is scarce to non-existent.

I am wondering if the cure for subjective tinnitus is the same as for objective tinnitus, and I suspect it is not!

What is likely to be the cause for a venous hum? Neo-vascularization within the ears? that is a newborn blood vessel near to the receptors? Or a previously existing but now distorted blood vessel in which the blood makes noise when traversing? Ginkgo and vincamine are vessel dilaters, are we sure that they will produce the right effect?

Answer: A doctor can listen in your ear to see what kind of sound it is if objective then determine what might correct the problem. If it is a clicking, for example, that might be a muscle spasm and a muscle relaxant might take care of it. If you have pulsing it could be an abnormal blood vessel or blocked blood vessel and that could be fixed with medication or surgery.

Sometimes time is a factor in whether an ENT can intervene successfully in subjective tinnitus, too, which is why it would help early to get a medical opinion. I agree that it is not easy to find someone that understands tinnitus, so call around and make an appointment with the office that answers your questions best - for example, ask, "How will the doctor be able to listen in my ear to see if s/he can hear the tinnitus, too?"or "If my ear suffered loud sound exposure recently, is there anything that can be done to intervene now?"