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Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Most people having a peeep tone tinnitus including myself can experience complete silence for a few seconds (up to 30) by listening to a tone at the specific frequency of their Tinnitus. For example listen to the following, at a level that it isn't uncomfortable and your Tinnitus might be gone for a short time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNf9nzvnd1k This is called residual inhibition. You can Google "tinnitus re…

nice that worked for 5 seconds

this works for 2-4 mins for me

https://youtu.be/2yDCox-qKbk?si=eEjtlP97v8UiubX4

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Has anybody tried or know somebody who tried the Lenire device? It's been out for a little while now and is in the price range ($4k) where I think it might be worth a shot. https://www.lenire.com/what-is-lenire/

intrigued but wondering if this is a shameless plug

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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I don’t know if this is a clue, but I can do muscle movements in my head/face/jaw to make the tinnitus worse (only as I make the movements, immediately reverting back to “normal” tinnitus as soon as I relax). Some examples: - jutting my jaw forwards - moving my ears back with my face muscles - pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands Another possible clue: this has been true since I can remember — even as…

> pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands

Have you tried pulling up to make it less noticeable? I’ve long suspected my neck muscles had something to do with making tinnitus worse. Or, like you said, maybe there is a correlation or interaction with head & neck muscles that isn’t causal but nonetheless seems to affect the symptoms. Cervical traction, i.e. a device that pulls up on your head, sometimes seems to help me, as does neck stretching & relaxation. Make sure to consult a doctor or physical therapist about cervical traction, it’s easy to overdo it without guidance.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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https://uselullaby.com "Lullaby can lower your Tinnitus' volume and improve your quality of life with an experimental treatment designed specifically for you." I'm just promoting this because I've tried this myself and it kind of helps. At least to relax when the noise gets too painful to bear My case is linked to the neurovascular conflict, but the tool is for the brain, so I hope it helps someone else too.

why do you need this paid service? seems they're monetizing 1 audio clip

here's a YouTube video that does the same thing

https://youtu.be/qNf9nzvnd1k?si=HCFBFkuTCeVd2d_9

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Maybe the article is on to something, but it mostly doesn't seem to apply in my case. As I sit here with my ears ringing, I can tell you that my hearing has recently been pronounced "perfect" by a doctor of audiology (not just an audiologist). So I apparently have no damage, but I still have the ringing. My ears don't ring all the time though -- often the ringing begins after I eat. I haven't narrowed down which foods could be responsible. It's possible that I have a mild food allergy that I'm unaware of.

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I’m trying to suss out whats my tinnitus. I’ve had persistent fullness in my head for about 2 years now that I can’t find an explanation for. Audiologist says I have better than average hearing for my age (41). The precipitating event in my mind was an Opeth concert in 2021. However, I never thought anything was too loud there, and wore earplugs for most of it. Additionally that was a very stressful time. Also, I hav…

Opeth are just a band more suitable for making studio albums than touring. You'll find other metal bands that are amazing live but boring when listening at home.

Metal concerts are loud sure, but the loudest concerts I've gone to have been electronic or indie stuff with heavy electronic influences - they try to make you feel like you're in a night club I guess.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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I don’t know if this is a clue, but I can do muscle movements in my head/face/jaw to make the tinnitus worse (only as I make the movements, immediately reverting back to “normal” tinnitus as soon as I relax). Some examples: - jutting my jaw forwards - moving my ears back with my face muscles - pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands Another possible clue: this has been true since I can remember — even as…

Interesting. I can “play my eardrums”, which I describe as the ability to consciously control something in my ears that causes a loud fluttering, ringing sound that is something like wind entering my ear canals combined with a bell. After some research I’ve found some people can control something called the “tensor tympani” and generate sounds described as a “roar” but being a subjective experience I am not certain t…

I've always been able to do this, and I've always assumed that it's not unusual. It does not seem to be at all related to my tinnitus.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Just anecdotal, but I always noticed people I knew that had tinnitus had a history of using a lot of over the counter pain medication

fwiw, I have mild tinnitus and have never had anything stronger than child Tylenol syrup - and that maybe once every two years or so.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can do that, as well, and it has a practical purpose when going hiking in the mountains or scuba diving. But nobody I've talked to about it understand what I mean, and I can't even explain what the technique is; I'm tensing of some muscles, certainly, but I can't explain how and which ones they are.

I learned to do it by isolating what made my ears pop when I yawn. I explain it as “kinda like yawning without opening your mouth” which seems to work.

This is how I explain it. When I first started scuba diving and explained to the instructor that it wasn't an issue to pop my ears, he was kind of horrified and was like no don't yawn underwater to do that. He didn't seem to understand, no matter how many times I explained it, that I can do it without actually yawning. You just like... mimic the start of a yawn. And then can continue it into a full actual yawn if you want to.

Re: Tinnitus linked to undetected auditory nerve damage

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I don’t know if this is a clue, but I can do muscle movements in my head/face/jaw to make the tinnitus worse (only as I make the movements, immediately reverting back to “normal” tinnitus as soon as I relax). Some examples: - jutting my jaw forwards - moving my ears back with my face muscles - pushing downward on the top of my head with my hands Another possible clue: this has been true since I can remember — even as…

Where are you based, and would you want to troubleshoot with a friend who notices similar things? :)
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