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Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Post by nabla9 »

outside415 wrote: post #4

the newer generations of AirPods absolutely trigger tinnitus for me. The gen 1 AirPod Pros are the best. I really have to crank the volume to trigger it. The Gen 2 AirPod Pros are the worst. Even low volumes rip apart my ears. Constant ringing all of the time. The USB-C Airpod Pros Gen 2 are ok at low to mid volumes, can't use them at high volumes what so ever though, they also let in a terrible amount of wind noise…

"triggered" tinnitus from in-ear headphones or normal headphones is not necessarily from the sound level. Try to massage ears (pull earlobes forward, back, up down, and massage muscles around ears) head and jaw muscles. Stretch your neck muscles.

If you do it from time to time and tinnitus eases even a little, it might come from how the AirPods or headphones press your ear or head causing tensions.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Post by umpalumpaaa »

I had really bad Tinnitus for years. Then I took a hearing test. Doc concluded that I needed a hearing aid. Then I got the Lyric hearing aid which sits deep inside your ear canal 24/7 and it immediately did not only fix my hearing but also my tinnitus.

Its an analoge but digitally programmable hearing aid which needs to be replaced every 3-4 months or so.

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Post by jader201 »

extr wrote: post #5

I have mild tinnitus and the best advice I've ever read on the internet for it is: Stop reading. Don't look up information about tinnitus. Don't think about it. If you happen to notice it, try to distract yourself immediately. There maybe legitimate hearing damage but for the psychological aspect, the more you think about it the worse it becomes. I think I saw a quora answer somewhere where the doctor said "Nobody co…

Or further, if you do read stuff about it and start thinking about it, don't sweat it.

You'll eventually stop thinking about it, and life will go on.

When I first started dealing with tinnitus, it sucked. Until I realized it didn't.

Would I rather not have it? Sure. But life is not near as bad as I thought it would be at first, and I'm perfectly fine several years after it started.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Post by ycombinete »

Eumenes wrote: post #3

Interesting, so Apple is providing the cause (Airpods) and treatment (Airpods) for tinnitus!

Cynically I did wonder if they’re using Jennifer Lawrence’s arsehole trick to confound the search results for “Apple AirPods Tinnitus”.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Post by evilfred »

zzzeek wrote: post #17

OK I'll bite (ha ha), why is Apple doing this? they think airpods cause tinnitus? eh

anecdotally, my ENT said he has had an onslaught of young patients w tinnitus who use them. but kids also tend to blast volume.

unrelated: another big cause of tinnitus is Viagra. it drives too much blood to the sensitive ear arteries

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Post by whimsicalism »

extr wrote: post #5

I have mild tinnitus and the best advice I've ever read on the internet for it is: Stop reading. Don't look up information about tinnitus. Don't think about it. If you happen to notice it, try to distract yourself immediately. There maybe legitimate hearing damage but for the psychological aspect, the more you think about it the worse it becomes. I think I saw a quora answer somewhere where the doctor said "Nobody co…

yes, like many common chronic diseases there is a significant psychological/anxiety component. i have noticed the exact same about my tinnitus

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Post by whimsicalism »

evilfred wrote: post #26
zzzeek wrote: post #17

OK I'll bite (ha ha), why is Apple doing this? they think airpods cause tinnitus? eh

anecdotally, my ENT said he has had an onslaught of young patients w tinnitus who use them. but kids also tend to blast volume. unrelated: another big cause of tinnitus is Viagra. it drives too much blood to the sensitive ear arteries

reported tinnitus is heavily anxiety correlated and younger generations are more anxous, it seems

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Post by Twirrim »

jader201 wrote: post #24
extr wrote: post #5

I have mild tinnitus and the best advice I've ever read on the internet for it is: Stop reading. Don't look up information about tinnitus. Don't think about it. If you happen to notice it, try to distract yourself immediately. There maybe legitimate hearing damage but for the psychological aspect, the more you think about it the worse it becomes. I think I saw a quora answer somewhere where the doctor said "Nobody co…

Or further, if you do read stuff about it and start thinking about it, don't sweat it. You'll eventually stop thinking about it, and life will go on. When I first started dealing with tinnitus, it sucked. Until I realized it didn't. Would I rather not have it? Sure. But life is not near as bad as I thought it would be at first, and I'm perfectly fine several years after it started.

"Don't sweat it" is the most important thing, I've found, especially with tinnitus.

As with a number of things, I've found I can actually move the needle when I give myself grace to fail, as long as I can genuinely try again and resolve to do better. A recent example being stopping telling myself I'm tired in the morning. Such a bad habit that self perpetuated. I was always feeling tired, in part, because I was telling myself I was tired.

Chewing fingernails on the other hand, damn... that hasn't worked so far because I give myself grace, but never really resolve to do better. Someday I'll figure that out.

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