Tinnitus Quotes

I've seen Animal Collective live, and I suffered permanent hearing loss from that show!

"Doctor, I have a ringing in my ears." "Don't answer!"

I don't go to see bands any more because I've got tinnitus, so I have to avoid loud music. You get used to it, but when it's quiet you hear a constant ringing.

I have a rat inside my skull that runs on a treadmill - pitta-patta pitta-patta pitta-patta. I enjoy the company of other people who experience that pitta-patta in their skulls.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

I've always worn earplugs, but I'm sure my hearing's not great.

I can't sleep without the TV on. It doesn't matter where it is. I don't like silence. My ears ring from loud music.

I am a little deaf now. Without my hearing aids in, I miss a lot of peripheral sounds. I had tinnitus, too, for a while.

Yes, it's in my left ear. It's excruciating... I mean, it's the worst thing 'cause it's not... It never... It does go away - it's not true to say that it doesn't but, uhh... It doesn't... The doctors say it won't... It isn't actually going away - you've just gotta suppress... They try to come to terms with what it actually... Why some people fear it - that's the psychology behind it. They know it's there but why is it such a horrible sound? Well, you can say why is a guy scratching at a window with his nails such a horrible sound - I couldn't put up with that! This is worse!

I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

My hearing after 50 years of playing music sometimes isn't too great.

I've had tinnitus for about 10 years, but since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse. Looking after your ears is unfortunately something you don't think about until there's a problem. I wish I'd thought about it earlier.

I have a condition called Menieres disease which is a problem with fluid retention in the inner ear. It has four symptoms: ringing in the ear, pressure in the ear, fluctuating hearing loss, and attacks of vertigo.

I've had tinnitus for about ten years, and since I started protecting my ears it hasn't got any worse - touch wood.

Its rock n' roll that has done my hearing in.

I always have my Beats by Dr. Dre headphones turned up high. I'll probably be deaf by age 50.

I'm not a fan of the sound quality of our first album, because there's a noise in my head.

The sound levels on stage were so loud with all that constant banging and smash, smash, smash; it did untold damage to the fine nerve endings in the inner ear, though it is worse in the left, which is the side of my snare drum and the monitor.

I am going slightly deaf in my right ear. It's tinnitus... something like that.

My hearing is usually O.K.

The sound of wind had become, for me, silence. When it went away, I was left with the squeak of the blood in my head and the aural glitter of all those little eardrum hairs quivering like a drunk in withdrawal.

As anyone who has tinnitus knows, it's not something that you can ignore, and you have to deal with it on a daily basis.

I have really severe tinnitus.

I can't be quiet, as that's when I notice the ringing in my ears.

I carry out my full duties as Deputy First Minister and accept I have tinnitus but appreciate the hearing that I do have and that it does not limit me in a professional or personal capacity.