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Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Post by MoonGhost »

MarkusWandel wrote: post #183

If I understand the ear correctly, you actually hear in the frequency domain (spectrum) rather than in the time domain (waveform) where a large number of "hair cells" are each sensitive to a particular frequency and once damaged they don't regenerate. Thus older folks lose high-frequency hearing because those hair cells deteriorate first; thus you may lose hearing at certain frequencies and... why not, the cells can…

> Comments? I don't see a single reference to "hair cell" in this comment stream so far

Hairs can mess up from loud sound. there was a story a few year back, a man killed himself a month after a loud concert. This is only one possible reason.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Post by MoonGhost »

firemelt wrote: post #178

I have it for 3 years already, I feel so sad, I got this after my middle ear have infection because I cleaned my ear with cotton bud. I think the doctor have done some malpractice to my ear. I cleaned my ear because my sony xm4 in ear keep clogged and dirty if I know, I would change the eartips to silicon since beginning instead foam, fuck the redditard who ridicule me for asking about tips to reduce the dirtyness of…

And what is the right way of cleaning ears? There are a lot of things on amazon, like endoscopes with silicon tips. These are new development.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Post by mickelsen »

firemelt wrote: post #180
mickelsen wrote: post #114

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Several! In this one I shared what I did to deal with my case: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33905368 For those with unilateral tinnitus that seems influenced by neck stretches or TMJ issues, try sleeping on your back or on the opposite side to avoid pressure on the affected ear. Also, consider getting an MRI to check for possible causes; in my case, a vascular loop was found contacting the vestibulocochlear n…

so how is ur tinnitus is it completely gone or just reduced?

Gone, like 95% of the time. Reduced to me would mean lower pitch, quieter but still always there. My episodes resolve in a matter of hours.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Post by MoonGhost »

khazhoux wrote: post #33
missedthecue wrote: post #7

Why is the new style to avoid capitalization when writing? I see it everywhere now. I can only imagine the annoyance of fighting autocorrect just to format your content like this.

my thoughts are too profound and vibrant to slow down for the shift key

also all proper keywords are in low case. if/then/else/define/inline/sizeof etc.. people develop a habit after a few years.

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Post by skeaker »

acjohnson55 wrote: post #90

I get a weird transient tinnitus where my hearing drops out in one ear or the other for about 15 seconds, and is replace by a tone, which slowly fades as my hearing comes back. It sometimes happens multiple times per day, and sometimes not for weeks at a time. I've seen a couple specialists about it, but no known cause. I also notice a low-level tinnitus when I'm in very quiet places. I keep white noise machines arou…

I've had this for as long as I can remember. I have distinct memories from being maybe toddler-aged and having this. I've found that the Valsalva maneuver can make it fade away faster, as can placing your palm over your ear and squeezing it to pump air around. Always figured it was something to do with the pressure in my ear.

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Post by acjohnson55 »

packetlost wrote: post #99
acjohnson55 wrote: post #90

I get a weird transient tinnitus where my hearing drops out in one ear or the other for about 15 seconds, and is replace by a tone, which slowly fades as my hearing comes back. It sometimes happens multiple times per day, and sometimes not for weeks at a time. I've seen a couple specialists about it, but no known cause. I also notice a low-level tinnitus when I'm in very quiet places. I keep white noise machines arou…

I have this too. My theory is the random "drops" are caused by the inner ear hairs attuned to that frequency get disturbed by something (like a shift in fluid) and overloading their respective nerves, similar to the afterimages that come from staring at a bright light. The low level tinitus in a quiet room seems pretty normal to me, it's your brain looking for really quiet noises that are at the limit of what your ea…

> I have this too. My theory is the random "drops" are caused by the inner ear hairs attuned to that frequency get disturbed by something (like a shift in fluid) and overloading their respective nerves, similar to the afterimages that come from staring at a bright light.

Interesting theory. Yeah, for me, it often happens when I'm sitting still working. I have never noticed it in response to sound. But, yeah, I can imagine it being some innocuous physical thing in the fluid.

> The low level tinitus in a quiet room seems pretty normal to me, it's your brain looking for really quiet noises that are at the limit of what your ears can pick up. Or something, I'm no expert on it.

Yeah, might be somewhat like the hum when the gain is turned up on a guitar amp and nothing's playing. Basically just amplifying the noise floor. I'm not sure if it's true tinnitus, or just my brain filling in for the white noise I normally have in the background.

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Post by acjohnson55 »

kaitak wrote: post #154
acjohnson55 wrote: post #90

I get a weird transient tinnitus where my hearing drops out in one ear or the other for about 15 seconds, and is replace by a tone, which slowly fades as my hearing comes back. It sometimes happens multiple times per day, and sometimes not for weeks at a time. I've seen a couple specialists about it, but no known cause. I also notice a low-level tinnitus when I'm in very quiet places. I keep white noise machines arou…

This happens to me as well, I believe the official term for this is "Sudden Brief Unilateral Tapering Tinnitus". Seems like it is fairly common, and can occur regardless of whether one has tinnitus or not [0]. [0]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21970850/

Oh wow, I have tried to research it, but never came across the name. This is exactly it. The neurologist (who I saw for a cluster of similarly petty symptoms) and the ENT I've seen about it didn't provide that term for me.

Re: I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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Post by khaoohs »

anonzzzies wrote: post #15

I have it from being a death metal singer/guitarist 30 years ago, but it gets much worse when tired or higher blood pressure (handy though ; most people don't have an actual audible alarm for that). It's indeed not recommended, it is, however very clever how the brain mostly filters it out unless I actively think about it. I am in my 50s and the most notable 'side effect' is that I must avoid conference calls; it see…

What band?

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Post by msephton »

richwater wrote: post #34
msephton wrote: post #31

I also have tinnitus, as well as hearing loss related to loud music from nightclubs and concerts, and of course natural aging. AirPods Pro and the ability to adjust the audio to be personalised to my audiogram (hearing test results) is a huge quality of life increase. All done on device, no need to go anywhere or see any specialists.

Hey there...could you expand on "the ability to adjust the audio to be personalised to my audiogram"? Sorry i'm not familiar with AirPods pro but suffer from tinnitus.

If you think of tinnitus being a frequency (let's assume it's one for this example, but this all holds for multiple frequencies and losses) that is persistent, whatever you listen to will have that frequency masked or removed: you won't hear it because it is drowned out by your tinnitus. An audiogram hearing test (done via Health app, or third party app like Mimi) your hearing test will show that missing frequency (and more). After you activate "Headphone accomodations" what you hear will be boosted in all the right places by an amount that will counteract your hearing loss. So, you'll be able to hear the frequencies again! Music like you heard it in your teens. I think you can do the same on macOS, too. Headphone accommodations, Hearing aid and Personalised audio are separate but related features.

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Post by msephton »

turnsout wrote: post #61
richwater wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey there...could you expand on "the ability to adjust the audio to be personalised to my audiogram"? Sorry i'm not familiar with AirPods pro but suffer from tinnitus.

AirPods Pro 2 are now FDA approved to act as hearing aids, and during the setup, you will take a hearing test that generates an audiogram (essentially a personalized EQ adjustment). [0] I have pretty mild hearing loss, but it was very wild to turn it on for the first time. It’s like taking OFF a filter. With that said, I don’t think it would lessen tinnitus, and I don’t think the parent comment was suggesting it woul…

Headphone Accommodations (what I was referring to, adjust to audiogram), Hearing Aid (boosts speech, reduces background noise, and perhaps also audiogram) and Personalised Audio (measure your ears, and other features) are separate but related features.
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