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From: Vixen.*@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Vixen *)
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Subject: TINNITUS
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Date: 1 Feb 90 20:30:36 GMT
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Hi,

As some of you know, I was taken very much by surprise when I found one
of the symptoms of my hearing loss to be Tinnitus. As I said before, it
seemed incongrous to me that I should be driven nuts with this whining
in my ears when my hearing is going away!

Well, this morning, the old Tinnitus was whining like Sirens in both
ears and a thought or rather question came to mind. Since I am losng my
hearing and yet still have this Tinnitus problem, can "Profoundly deaf"
have Tinnitus as well?

Thankfully, most of the time my Tinnitus is manageable and I can
tolerate it. But, when it's really bad and seems like it could drowned
out what hearing I have left, I can imagine that "deafness" might
almost seem desirable. That's when I began to wonder if profoundly deaf
people can have this problem as well?

Keepin' the faith!       I just misplace it now and then!

.                         Vixen

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