ringing frequencies louder "up high"

[jenriggs]

Hi,

Sorry the title is vague, as I wanted to say up in the mountains, but it's not a mountain.

I was at a state park on Sunday and I was hiking to the top. I noticed that my moderate ringing in the ears were getting louder and higher pitched the higher I hiked. When I reached the top, my husband and I both said at the same time "wow, it's loud here" I noticed the ringing lasted til the afternoon on Monday. My question is was that just being out in nature, or is there a higher frequency that we feel due to being higher up?

I also noticed yesterday I was getting jolts of intense ringing, which I get occasionally, but it was pretty strong, like the kind that you stop and think that you need to pay attention to your words or actions.

Side note: I was at Devils Lake State Park.

Thanks!