Do you hear voices?
Do you hear voices?
What is this noise in my head?
Is it in my ear?
Well, that is too bad for us
Internal words modulate
Jammed by ringing in my ears
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I'm linked with Brendan at the Imaginary Garden with Real Toads,
http://withrealtoads.blogspot.com/2017/01/sunday-mini-prompt-with-brendan-voices.html
- I've had ringing in my ears since my Army days, too close to other shooters at the riffle range and not even knowing about ear protectors.
- After my service days I went to an ENT doctor who decided that the cause of my ear ringing could not be determined or stopped. I said to him, "It must be all in my head." I meant it as joking but this doctor swore at me while leaving the room, slamming the door on his way out.
Labels: Personal-Challenge-2017, Poem, Real Toads, Tanka
posted by Jim @ 1/22/2017 12:13:00 AM
12 comments
12 Comments:
I'm sorry for your ringing. There are voices we rather not have.
Yikes!! Hopefully the ringing will cease...
I have it too--not for such meritorious reasons--your poem wonderfully captures that feeling. Thanks. Thanks too for kind visit. Was part of the march and feel somewhat heartened. k.
Sounds like the doctor was pretty thin-skinned. Tinnitus must be very annoying to deal with, Jim.
My ears ring, who knows why. Harsh sound of the world, I suppose, loud rock n roll when I was a kid, etc. We learn to hear around it, or can't. The poems have to get around those reefs.
That was the most rude ENT! I'm trained as an audiologist. Ringing in the ears, wind in the ears, ear popping, pain, etc, ALL of this should be treated with compassion. Constant ringing is harder to live with than anyone can imagine until it happens to them. I wish you did not have this Jim.
It must be difficult to live with. I imagine dropping off to sleep would be hard.
Thank you,GEL. You are the first peson to offer compassion. Soon I plan to check my loss of hearing with the VA. My service time fits their eligibility window.
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Tinnitus is not something one wants. A pity that it attacks indiscriminately and one feels helpless when afflicted!
Hank
That doctor had no sense of humor Jim! I'm sorry about the ringing, I have some due to loud rock music but at times it goes away and I never had it looked at.
I served as a armorer and an infantry instructor for a long time, while in the Marine Corps. I know that ringing just too well. My left ear is half-worthless. But hey, at least we can say that we have our own soundtrack.
My firstborn suffers with tinnitis ... I feel for you.
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