KELLY Rowley has spent the past decade coping with a continuous buzzing in her ears.

Kelly, 38, suffers from the unseen and incurable syndrome, tinnitus.

It makes an enemy of silence, it interferes with her sleep, makes conversation difficult and almost succeeded in pulling her down into a deression from which it was difficult to recover.

With the help of husband, Greg, advice from her doctor and a willingness to help hersel, Kelly has turned her own affliction into a reason to raise money for the British Tiniitus Society.

"After speaking with my GP, they decided I would do a small exercise activity each day to help me," she said.

"At first, I was scared to actually do this.

"I had gone from a sociable person and very active to battling hearing loss and tinnitus, which has totally changed my life.

"I was scared of living and had withdrawn from everything and thought exercise would be impossible – that’s how bad depression and tinnitus had me.”

But she put aside her feats and has walked 60 miles during the month and raised over £200 so far but hopes to exceed that total by Sunday.

Tinnitus affects around 55,000 people in Cumbria alone. It is a condition which causes a constant ringing in the ears. 

There are degrees of severity depending on the strength of the noise.

In Kelly's case, it is extremely intrusive, causing difficulties including the ability to listen to conversation.

She has been given a hearing aid set to produce "white noise" to disguise the ringing to a certain extent and has been prescribed sleeing pills to help her through the night.

She finds exercise helpful and has returned to the gym on a regular basis.

To help fund mor research on this condition or just to pay tribute to Kelly for her efforts, readers have until Sunday to contribute to her just giving page: justgiving.com/Kelly-Rowley7.