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Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by wahnfrieden »

emporas wrote: post #211
mettamage wrote: post #196

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Oh, haha, I was really imagining it wrong :') Thanks!

The reason i am doing it, is to smooth out any wrinkles on my face. Not that i have many, one or two, but the ice cold water completes smooths out the skin. I found out accidentally, that it treated a very mild case of inflammation in the ear i had, for over a year. I probably had the same inflammation 6 years back, and i was in a lot of pain. I went to see a doctor, and he didn't want to prescribe any antibiotics, b…

have you tried a wet towel with ice inside for a simpler solution...

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by imetatroll »

Twirrim wrote: post #184
stinos wrote: post #152

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There is no permanent relief or treatment. Lots of snake oil. That's not what this recent book [1] says, at all. In Ducth, but [2] is a translation of the main point in an interview. As far as I'm aware, this guy is rather far away from snake oil. What is true though is that not all audiologists are caught up yet. Which is a bit weird because I already read about multidisciplinary approach working a couple of years a…

> "My message is not to learn to live with that beep, but to train your brain to classify that sound as harmless, allowing you to forget about it" This is essentially what I do. I've had it tinnitus for some 20 years now. Both ears, a constant high pitched ringing. Most of the time I honestly don't notice it, even in quiet rooms. As soon as something reminds me about it, or I'm trying to listen for something quiet, o…

I'm in a similar boat. Generally it is background noise until it isn't and then it is a REAL drag. If I am ill or stressed or both it can flare up and then I'm in for a few days of utter suffering.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by wahnfrieden »

ggambetta wrote: post #240

I got tinnitus after a fateful night at Ministry of Sound in London. There's a sign that says "CAUTION: excessive sound levels" and they're not joking :( I haven't found a permanent cure. Thankfully I'm not even aware of it most of the time, and it's never been an actual issue. I have found a partial, temporary cure - this was discussed on HN a few months ago, and someone linked to a YT video or audio file with some…

for me what helped was learning some meditation techniques, practicing, learning to control my focus / observe ideas/feelings pass through and away, and then combining that with non-damaging noise at times, trying to avoid harsh high tones (such as by projecting sound at the ceiling and hearing the softened reflection and ambient sound rather). It's still good though to learn to adapt to quietness because noise can be stressing in other ways, physically or psychologically.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by notbeuller »

Jsebast24 wrote: post #191
MichaelMug wrote: post #82

I’ve had tinnitus for about one year now. There is no permanent relief or treatment. Lots of snake oil. My hearing was tested by an Audiologist and my hearing was normal. The “sound” I observe is high pitched. Using a tone generator I matched it to around 16,500 Hz. Interestingly, if I play that tone I get temporary relief on the order of 2-10 minutes. As far as I understand my tinnitus is the result of something goi…

I've had tinnitus since a few years ago. It went away since maybe 9 months ago. It came back this morning in the same second I read the title of this post.

There was an old peanuts cartoon[1] where Linus suddenly becomes “aware of his tongue” - and Lucy gets angry because she comes aware too. A lot of spam ads I see these days reference tinnitus - and that’s when I notice it.

[1] https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1963/02/03

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by tbragin »

A couple of years ago, I started having headaches and debilitating tinnitus, and it went on for months. I was tested by audiologist - my hearing was normal. It turned out that (unbeknown to me) I became extremely anemic due to another health issue. Once I got diagnosed, and anemia was addressed, headaches and tinnitus went away.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by imetatroll »

od1nos wrote: post #126
simbolit wrote: post #120

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Yea, but he proposed shifting the phase of the physical signal (16.5khz) which supposedly matches the frequency of the imaginary signal. I still think it's unlikely to work.

I understand, and there could very well be some psychoacoustic cancellation when stimulating with a matching tone. But any effect will be regardless of the phase of the signal, because phase cancellation is a physical effect of sound waves that occurs before they are converted to neural activity (where tinnitus originates from). In simpler terms: tinnitus does not have phase, at least not in the same way a sound wave…

I think though that the brain is also considering the spacial relationship of the sound to the listener. Hearing the sound from an external source rather than "inside your brain" does provide relief in my experience.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by lightweb »

Yes. I stopped eating refined sugar and drinking any alcohol and my 90% hearing loss in one ear + tinnitus has gone away in about 3-4 months. I was suffering with it for years.

I also had all mercury fillings removed by a specialist with the correct equipment and procedures.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by JohnFen »

Twirrim wrote: post #184
stinos wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no permanent relief or treatment. Lots of snake oil. That's not what this recent book [1] says, at all. In Ducth, but [2] is a translation of the main point in an interview. As far as I'm aware, this guy is rather far away from snake oil. What is true though is that not all audiologists are caught up yet. Which is a bit weird because I already read about multidisciplinary approach working a couple of years a…

> "My message is not to learn to live with that beep, but to train your brain to classify that sound as harmless, allowing you to forget about it" This is essentially what I do. I've had it tinnitus for some 20 years now. Both ears, a constant high pitched ringing. Most of the time I honestly don't notice it, even in quiet rooms. As soon as something reminds me about it, or I'm trying to listen for something quiet, o…

This is my experience, too. Also, probably for similar reasons, my tinnitus comes back into my awareness when I get very tired or sick.

The very first time I noticed it at all was during a bout of the flu.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by spelunker »

imetatroll wrote: post #252
Twirrim wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "My message is not to learn to live with that beep, but to train your brain to classify that sound as harmless, allowing you to forget about it" This is essentially what I do. I've had it tinnitus for some 20 years now. Both ears, a constant high pitched ringing. Most of the time I honestly don't notice it, even in quiet rooms. As soon as something reminds me about it, or I'm trying to listen for something quiet, o…

I'm in a similar boat. Generally it is background noise until it isn't and then it is a REAL drag. If I am ill or stressed or both it can flare up and then I'm in for a few days of utter suffering.

Or talking about it, so now I'm very aware of my tinnitus again. Oops!
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