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

Post by squeaky-clean » Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 1:34 PM UTC

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.

Post by throwaway2990 » Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 1:38 PM UTC

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…

Post by bproven » Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 1:41 PM UTC

darksim905 wrote: post #215

jtwoodhouse wrote: post #208

I had horrible tinnitus for three months. I couldn't hear anything out of my right ear. Foolishly, I went to see Inception with it. That was so disorienting. My audiologist said I was SOL and there was nothing to do about it. A few months later, I went to see a nurse practitioner about something unrelated. The ear came up and she wrote me a Rx for a steroid just to try it and see what happens. Two weeks later, I went…

I would love to know what steroid this was.

Post by bayindirh » Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 1:44 PM UTC

ayewo wrote: post #222

bayindirh wrote: post #178

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Citations? I remember the prescriptions and Doctors' notes for the diet itself. He had to endure through IV drug treatments at home, was not able to sleep for 17 days because of the given drugs. I remember cooking everything without salt (then buying reduced sodium salt for some time because he missed the taste of it to a certain degree), stop buying sparkling water, how my father tried to cope with the remaining tin…

You've provided more than enough "citations" for your contribution and I learned a thing or 2 from it. Thank you for sharing it. To address the gp point, your original comment would have been fine without the last 2 sentences (unless of course diagnosing tinnitus is your occupation): > Dad went through acute hearing loss twice. They banned salt during recovery. Your tinnitus is related to blood circulation in the ear…

Post by emporas » Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 1:45 PM UTC

edgyquant wrote: post #216

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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…

For what reason do you do this?