 Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | I still have tinnitus to some degree but it's probably from years of being a musician. It was worse after the chemo - especially if you had Cisplatin. It should get better over time. In subsequent hearing tests, my high freqency response actually improved. Ear wax will cut down the HF response.
I saw a cartoon one time that said if you have a constant humming then they will put you in touch with a compulsive toe tapper.
Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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"You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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