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

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Post by Jsebast24 »

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.

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

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Post by spacebanana7 »

nzoschke wrote: post #188

Not complete or permanent but it’s mellowing out over time to where I almost never hear it during the day, and it’s no bother at a quiet night, and easily masked by a fan or a podcast. The main things for me were - take a major break from djing and clubs. I was playing out a lot - get great earplugs. I have westone custom molds - talk to friends about it In talking about it I have been absolutely shocked to learn how…

> get great earplugs. I have westone custom molds

I recommend using ear defenders whenever possible in louder environments. They're much more powerful than earplugs and much cheaper. A 30 decibel reduction for $30 is quite realistic.

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

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Post by guntherhermann »

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…

Same, I have had tinnitus since a child. The more you focus on it, the worst it gets. Best to accept that you have it and once you do the issues goes away (mostly), I still wake up sometimes noticing it, but it goes away.

I think this is a good approach to many mental & physical ailments, however it is easier said than done.

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

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Post by techbuttman »

slyall wrote: post #189

Not permanent but there is a trick to make it go away for a short time. I read about it recently and it works for me. 1. Place both hands on your ears. Palms tight on the ears and fingers backwards 2. Now tap with your fingers on the back of your neck. It doesn't have to be hard. It will sound very hollow. 3. Keep tapping for 30 seconds 4. Stop and remove hands from ears Your ringing should have gone away. For some p…

This is always posted and it always irritates me for some reason. It isn't even worth the effort and it makes me more anxious knowing the tinnitus will return in seconds. It never works longer than that for me.

The only relief for me is to accept, ignore it, and do no further damage. Healthier living (lower blood pressure) and time (8 years) seems to has lessened the symptoms.

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

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Post by thfuran »

spacebanana7 wrote: post #192
nzoschke wrote: post #188

Not complete or permanent but it’s mellowing out over time to where I almost never hear it during the day, and it’s no bother at a quiet night, and easily masked by a fan or a podcast. The main things for me were - take a major break from djing and clubs. I was playing out a lot - get great earplugs. I have westone custom molds - talk to friends about it In talking about it I have been absolutely shocked to learn how…

> get great earplugs. I have westone custom molds I recommend using ear defenders whenever possible in louder environments. They're much more powerful than earplugs and much cheaper. A 30 decibel reduction for $30 is quite realistic.

You can get 30 dB out of earplugs too.

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

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Post by mettamage »

emporas wrote: post #179
mettamage wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait, what? Why? So you just come up every minute for breath or something? It sounds interesting! Not as a tinnitus relief, just the practice of doing this.

Well, lying down on a bed or a sofa, and putting a big bowl of ice water on the side. Then immersing the head slowly at first, into the ice water. The nose, is facing the sky. Then alternate between the two ears, putting them as deep as possible into the water. There is no problem in breathing, because the nose is always out of the water. The first days of doing that, you will go right to sleep after the cold water a…

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

Thanks!

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

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Post by linsomniac »

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…

Same here. Your reply sounds like I could have written it. Until I started reading this thread, I don't remember when the last time I noticed my tinnitus was. Maybe a week or two ago I noticed it and just thought "oh right" and went back to ignoring it.

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

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Post by mettamage »

lxgr wrote: post #180
mettamage wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It depends on your tinnitus itself. My tinnitus gets crowded out by a loud environment, I don't tend to hear it. I only hear my tinnitus when there's no sound. So for me, noise-cancelling headphones do give some temporary symptom relief. Wearing a Bose QC 35 is so important for me when I go to sleep, because the ANC also blocks out sound and blocks out my tinnitus to some extend. It's a bit of a skill to sleep with t…

But active noise cancellation removes (perceived) sound. Wouldn't that make it worse, then?

The way I experience it is as follows.

Normally:

- Tinnitus: 100%

With ANC:

- Tinnitus: 50%

- Bose ANC: 50%

I like the ANC sound more than my tinnitus.

I haven't noticed my tinnitus becoming worse or less worse.

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

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Post by wanderingstan »

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…

Same for me. I’ve had mine my whole life probably due to ear infections as an infant.

As a small silver lining, my tinnitus now serves as an audible “alarm system”: too much stress in my life? Drank too much coffee? Overdoing it at the gym? All of these will raise the ringing volume and signal me to make changes.

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

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Post by digitalsushi »

I think mine might correspond with my blood pressure. It normally comes in with my morning coffee, or when I am being very stressed out by work. If I am ruminating while trying to sleep it will be fantastic levels, piercing.

I'm a slave to white noise, and during power outages will wake from a dead slumber to listen to the needle threading between my ears.

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