Tinnitus
Tinnitus is a roaring sensation in the ear. It’s as though you have a seashell up against your ear and can be described as a roaring/rushing sound or even as a high whistling sound (some describe it as crickets.) It is said that the brain becomes used to having input from the ears. When there is NO signal from the ears at times the brain can “create” something to fill the void. Since one of the symptoms of Meniere’s disease is hearing loss (which I think the pressure in the ears provokes), the brain starts to create sounds to fill in the gaps of what it’s used to receiving from that ear.
I remember having tinnitus for days on end. It would vary in the loudness and the type of sounds. Tinnitus can make sleeping very difficult. I have heard of some people that have bought white noise generators to help mask the tinnitus. What is particularly challenging with tinnitus is having it in one ear while the other ear is perfectly clear. It makes it difficult to hear directions of sounds and can make it harder to hear conversations and distinguish one conversation out of several or out of background noise.
