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Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by breendreams »

tombert wrote: post #6

I've had tinnitus in my left ear for about six months now. I was hoping it was the result of an earwax impaction or something, but after having several specialists look at my ears, test my hearing, and getting an MRI to check for tumors, the overwhelming medical consensus of the cause appears to be "I dunno", and at this point I have given up on it being temporary. About 95% of the time, I can fairly easily just tune…

I’m basically in the same exact situation as you, only ringing in my left ear. MRI/hearing/etc tests have all shown nothing and I haven’t received any answer for it. I’ve had it for close to a decade now. NYC definitely helps drown it out but life would be better without it.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by emil-lp »

objektif wrote: post #9
joshdavham wrote: post #4

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

What type of fan is best for this? Box fans or the round powerful ones?

You can buy an air purifier, like IKEA FÖRNUFTIG.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by tptacek »

joshdavham wrote: post #4

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

Same, for going on 40 years now. I can sleep without some kind of white noise, but it's really challenging. I have one of those Dohm thingies, which has been relegated to my office; in our bedroom we've got an air purifier and I have a tiny desk fan on my nightstand.

I've found that stuff like this site and therapy approaches like it tend to make me hypervigilant about my tinnitus, which is exactly the opposite of what I want. My tinnitus is moderate-severity (it's loud but never competes with real sound) and just by keeping background noise around I'm at a point where I think about it maybe a couple times a week tops; most of the times I'm persistantly thinking about it, it turns out I have a sinus infection or something.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by tptacek »

objektif wrote: post #9
joshdavham wrote: post #4

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

What type of fan is best for this? Box fans or the round powerful ones?

If you're interested in optimizing, the Dohm classic "sound machine" isn't very expensive (maybe 2x what a decent fan costs), is portable/packable, has tunable sound, but is fundamentally just a fan that doesn't move air around your room.

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Post by bwanab »

objektif wrote: post #9
joshdavham wrote: post #4

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

What type of fan is best for this? Box fans or the round powerful ones?

It's different for different people. The air purifier method suggested works for me, but any fan is better than no fan.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by DrewADesign »

joshdavham wrote: post #4

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

Have you tried the Dohm mechanical noise machines? The original white noise machine AFAIK. Might be a little more power efficient while still making sound by moving air rather than a speaker.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by ionwake »

nostromo wrote: post #8

Here’s my hot take on tinnitus: First and foremost, ignore it. When you find yourself listening to it, distract yourself and immediately move on. Secondly, add more white noise into your environment. The best approach I find is just opening a window or adding a little fan or water feature to your desk. White noise generators don’t work as well for me, but they can help in a pinch. I believe that our modern day indoor…

Dont know why you are getting downvoted

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by amelius »

joshdavham wrote: post #4

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

Look up "pink noise".

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by janmo »

The only way to temporarely get rid of my tinnitus (completely gone or at least very reduced for up to 30 seconds) is to listen to this beep tone from 8 to 12 KHZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNf9nzvnd1k

apparently the phenomenon is called residual inhibition. If only there was a way to make this work permanently...

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