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We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Re: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Post by _8j7i »

Is it possible that tinnitus is actually just a person's inability to ignore natural noise in the hearing systems? More of a physchological issue like chewing fingernails or having OCD, but which can be amplified by legitimate physical hearing damage?

I ask this because for all the life I can remember, I've always been able to perceive a high-pitched tone, even in completely quiet environments. If I actually focus on it, it's quite loud and annoying.

It's just that my "default state" is to not think or notice this tone, and instead focus on "actual" sounds.

I have been tested to not have hearing damage.

Re: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Post by cevn »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #80
mitch-snipline wrote: post #55

I would urge anyone that suffers from tinnitus to get their hearing checked if they haven't already. Getting hearing aids has given me significant relief from tinnitus and if my hearing aid battery dies the tinnitus comes back fairly quickly. It's as if my ear is trying to compensate for the lack of sound. Of course, there are multiple reasons for tinnitus to occur so your mileage may very, but it's absolutely worth…

> It's as if my ear is trying to compensate for the lack of sound. Holy crap. You just blew my mind. "Silence is deafening" makes more than just figurative sense. From a young age, I've always noticed a light ringing while in extremely quiet places. Not enough to bother me, but enough to notice my ears straining to hear sound.

I hear it right now. Doesn't everyone?

Re: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Post by sauwan »

_8j7i wrote: post #81

Is it possible that tinnitus is actually just a person's inability to ignore natural noise in the hearing systems? More of a physchological issue like chewing fingernails or having OCD, but which can be amplified by legitimate physical hearing damage? I ask this because for all the life I can remember, I've always been able to perceive a high-pitched tone, even in completely quiet environments. If I actually focus on…

I have the same thing. When I'm aware of it, it's really loud and annoying. Probably 90%+ of the time I'm not aware of it though. Was never sure if this qualified as tinnitus.

Re: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Post by service_bus »

mjlee wrote: post #2

This reminds me of the technique that went viral via Reddit a couple of years ago: https://lifehacker.com/this-weird-trick-might-give-you-brief... I don't suffer from tinnitus, but I know people who do and some of them have said that this helped them.

I remember reading this on reddit as well and all of the comments were saying the same as the article.

It works momentarily, but that's it. Not enough to provide any actual relief and does nothing for the situation long term.

It's more or less a party trick for people who are suffering from this.

Re: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Post by soapboxrocket »

_8j7i wrote: post #81

Is it possible that tinnitus is actually just a person's inability to ignore natural noise in the hearing systems? More of a physchological issue like chewing fingernails or having OCD, but which can be amplified by legitimate physical hearing damage? I ask this because for all the life I can remember, I've always been able to perceive a high-pitched tone, even in completely quiet environments. If I actually focus on…

Yea, I second this. I had my hearing tested and the results came out "very good."

I talked with the doctor and she basically said that what is most likely happening with me is that I have "better" hearing than most and this is what is making it difficult to hear. She said what is probably happening is that I hear a lot of ranges outside the test window and/or I just hear the lower background noises better than I hear human vocal range.

She talked about how she would like to do an experiment that allowed testing to be expanded but didn't have the resources or time to try it.

Re: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Post by papreclip »

mjlee wrote: post #2

This reminds me of the technique that went viral via Reddit a couple of years ago: https://lifehacker.com/this-weird-trick-might-give-you-brief... I don't suffer from tinnitus, but I know people who do and some of them have said that this helped them.

It works for about a minute, then the tinnitus gradually creeps back. The brief experience of being tinnitus-free is refreshing, but it's not a quality of life improvement for which I would constantly perform this exercise or wear a vibrating headband

Re: We ‘may’ have discovered a potential remedy for tinnitus

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Post by tristanlange »

I have had it for 20+ years from DJing + performing. They ring 247, you get used to it.

The ringing is caused by damaged nerves in your ears turning audio signal into white noise. It's hearing damage. Any cure that doesn't fix the damaged nerves causing the problem, is bs.

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