Comments on: Ear Job (3): Tinnitus

By: John

John — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:18:47 +0000

Sarah: Of all people, I’m certainly not one to say, like, “Nah… THAT won’t work.” Like I said in the post, my main distraction was always reading of some kind; if, like me, you’re a reader who easily loses herself in the nearest book or magazine, well, the worst possible outcome is that you’ll be better-read. :) Let me know if you try it!

marta: Don’t know if you’re familiar with an old(ish) folk song, called something like “My Get Up and Go Has Got Up and Went.” A portion of the lyrics go: “Old age is golden, so I’ve heard it said./But sometimes I wonder as I get into bed./With ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup,/My eyes on the table until I wake up./Ere sleep dim my eyes, I say to myself,/Is there anything else I should have laid on the shelf?” Thought of that song when I read about your family and friend.

Unpredictability was for me the worst thing about teenage girls. Well, right after inscrutability, anyhow. And their wicked-scary mindreading abilities.

By: marta

marta — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:28:06 +0000

Well, I had an uncle with a hearing aid and a great-uncle with a wooden leg (yes, really) and a family friend with a glass eye. Perhaps I would have taken your hearing aid in stride.

Then again, teenage girls are rather difficult to predict.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:10:29 +0000

Interesting. I have vertigo issues, and the last doc I saw gave me some exercises for “re-programming” my response to it- a way to rewire, so to speak, my brain’s reaction. Haven’t tried it yet, but your strategy of turning your attention away is similar, from what I can tell- what the doc said, essentially, was “when it starts to come on, don’t roll wtih it, don’t go with it- distract yourself.” I guess I should try it!