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Attributes insomnia, tinnitus and hearing loss to IT work and later a smart meter, with some improvement after leaving work and replacing the meter.
- Occupational exposure: “I worked in IT for a cable company for eight years, working in VERY b”
- Neurological symptoms & sleep: “ my right ear, and then I started to develop tinnitus before I finally quit. It got a bit better after that,”
- Smart meters: “ where the bed was against a wall that had a Smart Meter outside, it got way worse. I experienced several years”
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I worked in IT for a cable company for eight years, working in VERY buzzy cable head ends (full of servers), and before that I worked as a computer tech for several years, always in front of a computer and always on a cell phone. The more time I spent in server rooms and on the computer, the more it interfered with my sleep. Also I'm right handed so this affected the hearing in my right ear, and then I started to develop tinnitus before I finally quit. It got a bit better after that, but then when I moved to a new house and I had to sleep in a room where the bed was against a wall that had a Smart Meter outside, it got way worse. I experienced several years of terrible loud tinnitus roars and whistles before I understood that I might be affected by electro magnetic... something, anyway. I made the power company come swap it out for an analog meter and my tinnitus has gotten a little better since then, but now I've lost hearing in one ear.
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