What does tinnitus sound like?
EEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeEEEeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. Annoying right? Welcome to the world of my tinnitus. But surely all tinnitus is the same? A ringing sound in the ears. Yes, I thought the same when I…
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How going on a silent retreat stopped me farting
I had many expectations about going on a silent retreat. Some realistic (finding some quiet space and alone time), some not so much (writing a novel in five nights and…
Swimming in silence
Last week the tinnitus community came together to raise awareness through Tinnitus Week and #ThisIsMySilence, and what a heart warming and breaking week it was. Stories of acceptance and acclimatisation…
Coping with lockdown 2? Not really!
Ok, so I may have said that I was prepared for another lockdown. I may have been confident that my coping skills were ready to take anything another lockdown could…
Sounds beyond the ringing
This piece came about as part of an exercise I did at uni. We were sent out to explore the area focusing on one sense. I chose hearing… Tinnitus sucks.…
Hearing therapy and what it’s taught me about tinnitus
Walking down a grey corridor in an unloved NHS community hospital, the curled edges of leaflets about coping with old age poking out of wire stands, I’m feeling a bit…
Hush! 