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

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Post by magnetic »

tim333 wrote: post #143
0hijinks wrote: post #88

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Tinnitus is sometimes neurological, seemingly caused by the brain compensating for a loss of sensation. I can imagine a horror story in which this just makes it a thousand times worse, on top of permanently losing all hearing. Now, being able to use a hot-swappable audio sensor instead of an ear made of tissue would be pretty dope.

I hear that theory but I don't believe it - I have tinnitus. Nothing else in the nervous system behaves that way - lack of light doesn't suddenly make you see blinding light etc. It's much more likely the sound sensor in the ear is jammed in the on position.

There are various explanations about the genesis of the sound for T sufferers, and it obviously depends on the kind of T that one has (this chart [1] helps navigate the variants).

But if you are one of the "common kind", which is typically an insult to your hearing apparatus that damaged your cochlea, then the work from Susan Shore [2] is a reasonable explanation of what could actually be going on (genesis by the fusiform cells of the dorsal cochlear nucleus). You may be interested in checking out her publications listed in the wikipedia article quoted.

[1] https://www.tinnitusresearch.net/index.php/for-clinicians/di... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Shore

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Post by Padriac »

I have permanent continuous tinnitus as a result of being exposed to high intensity noise and concussion association with 155 mm artillery in my work with Army. Although it never stops I can mentally block it out somehow but whenever I think about it it is always there, a loud, high pitched continuous tone. If I'm tired, sick or stressed it can be worse.

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Post by inverted_flag »

Spivak wrote: post #155
inverted_flag wrote: post #10

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Did you use the Lenire? I was hoping the Susan Shore device would be available by now since it supposedly had a much better study backing it but it seems to be stuck in limbo. I’m not even sure if it’s been submitted to the FDA yet.

Yep, I used Lenire. Based on the the comments on the internet I expect the other device to work better but Lenire was what was available and it did the job for me.

I’ve been reluctant to seek out the Lenire since a number of people claim it made their tinnitus worse

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Post by instagib »

OutOfHere wrote: post #170
instagib wrote: post #128

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I got mine from Covid. I’ve read that some medicines may have a side effect of tinnitus and stopping them can make it disappear.

Some medicines cause permanent tinnitus too by killing of hearing cells. Stopping them medicines then does not make the tinnitus disappear; it is permanent. One such medicine is valproate.

Valproic Acid is such a unique drug. They did studies which included it and found using only that substance instead of a compound with it led to the benefit without other significant side effects.

It’s on my list. Great news, 11% chance of tinnitus reported in one study and 7% in another. Tinnitus > Migraines any day.

https://reference.medscape.com/drug/valproic-acid-343024

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Post by gettingoverit »

I have tinnitus for a couple decades for completely random medical reasons.

Except for occupational hazard of being reminded of it once a year in IT newsletter by people spreading awareness, it's mostly fine. It only takes a couple of weeks to forget about it again.

Probably I should make an IT blog that brings awareness to the process of breathing.

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Post by mattmaroon »

tim333 wrote: post #146
tmtvl wrote: post #124

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Concerts have to be so loud because audiences are loud. As in the band members on stage wouldn't hear anything but the audience levels of loudness.

Also the tech's probably cheaper and more capable. You probably needed a lot of money to get 110db sound in the 60s.

Right and back then you had one, maaaaybe two monitor banks. It was a lot harder to delay the signal to the speakers at various distances from the stage to prevent echo effect. Now it’s trivial.

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Post by mensetmanusman »

dakr wrote: post #202
no_time wrote: post #118

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But that isn’t tinnitus right? I noticed mine right around the same time and I call it the “aether noise”. To me, regular tinnitus (which I also had for a few days after concerts) could be matched and recreated with a tone generator, and is much more “in your face” despite being the same volume by the end of my ears healing. Aether noise on the other hand sounds multi tone, not a buzz or a hum. I have not yet managed…

The audiologist I went to said tinnitus is anything you can hear that doesn't have an external source. In his case, he's always been able to hear his own heartbeat.

There is research I only learned about recently that is showing that some tinnitus can be heard with a microphone (surprisingly), this is showing that some are due to spasms causing actual sound!

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Post by OutOfHere »

instagib wrote: post #214
OutOfHere wrote: post #170

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Some medicines cause permanent tinnitus too by killing of hearing cells. Stopping them medicines then does not make the tinnitus disappear; it is permanent. One such medicine is valproate.

Valproic Acid is such a unique drug. They did studies which included it and found using only that substance instead of a compound with it led to the benefit without other significant side effects. It’s on my list. Great news, 11% chance of tinnitus reported in one study and 7% in another. Tinnitus > Migraines any day. https://reference.medscape.com/drug/valproic-acid-343024

I hsd used it briefly for pressure migraine. It gave me permanent tinnitus.

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Post by rossant »

technothrasher wrote: post #38
grg0 wrote: post #27

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Are we talking about that thing you hear when in absolute silence in the dead of night? Is absolute silence even a thing?

I don't know what anybody else hears in absolute silence, but I hear a high pitched ringing. I can hear it any time I think about it. Like the other poster said though, my brain filters it out typically when other noise is around and I'm not paying attention to it.

I realize just now I hear this as well. Always have. Always thought it was normal. Guess it isn't.

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

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Post by forgotoldacc »

wiseowise wrote: post #93
forgotoldacc wrote: post #50

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saying "the way i write is correct. the way they write is signaling (and that's implicitly wrong)" is not a stance any serious linguist will support. it is an interesting point to take, to claim that lowercase makes reading difficult. 12 year olds have no problem communicating this way and it's very easily understood. same with 30 somethings such as myself. it's not really the responsibility of the youth to limit the…

>> “it’s not signaling!” > continues to provide reasons why it is signaling

it's called communication, yes

if the mere act of people using language to communicate frustrates you, that is a personal problem

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