Thanks to everyone who contributed here and hopefully will continue to toss this subject around. I�ve been all out of ideas so I�m grateful I�m able to bounce this off of you fellows. Also my sympathies to those who are living with Tinnitus.

Diki pointed me to the Wikipedia description of Tinnitus. Reading this I�ve learned a lot more about this condition. I can see I DO have some form of Tinnitus. But I also noted here that �Tinnitus is not itself a disease but a symptom resulting from a range of underlying causes.�

My doctor (who has known me for 25 years) said it�s nerves and stress that is doing it. I could also look into losing some weight and think to see if anything I�m taking internally is causing it.

Al Giordano wrote: �I sometimes become very sensitive to low frequencies such as those found in sub-woofers.�

Me: I�m wondering still if the low frequencies on the piano caused this despite the doctors denying it.

Korg4god�thanks. I found the Roy Hughes contact info on his MySpace site.

Kbrkr: Can you tell me what you meant by: �I attribute this to diet?� I�m a firm believer in cleansing your diet when you have a medical problem.

Mike�I�m inclined to go a lot with what you said here. My intuition is telling me it IS from the low frequency piano sounds. Not only that, but the piano is out of tune and I�m wondering if that also upset some kind of balance in there?

I DID try NOT playing for 2 weeks but no change in the condition. Then I tried using headphones and ear plugs but they were no help.

Yes, I would like to allow my body to heal itself. But my situation is I�ve only ever known playing music all my life and for me to stop would be a disaster for me. Still...if I have to I will to stop the condition from getting worse, but I�d have to think long and hard to be sure that�s what I need. Mike, for now I WILL give it another temporary rest while I digest what everyone has written here so far.

I had a friend many years ago who stepped in front of a loudspeaker just as there was �feedback� from the microphone. He did so much damage to both his ears that he had to completely block and seal them up for two years to allow healing. Lived in a world of silence for those two years. So there�s something to what Mike said here. I�d just hate to do something like that (hopefully for a shorter period) and discover the condition still there.

Do any of you know where I can get medical information or find a medical doctor that I can explore what Mike has written above?

Mike: where did YOU come up with this? Did you go through the same thing?

Jerry T asked for info about ear plugs. Anyone using the ones that trim the frequency range at all points (even across the board). Or anyone using �noiseless� headphones to shield their ears?