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Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by piva00 »

otherme123 wrote: post #103
guilamu wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A message of hope. I got mine in my 30's too. The first week I thought I was going crazy, and this was the end of my life. I was shocked, I couldn't go to work for a whole week. I then saw a doctor who said to me: "Man, I've got tinnitus since 20 years and I barely hear it anymore. The more you accept it, the more it'll fade." A decade later, my own experience is exactly this. I accepted it as one of the body malfunc…

For me, after 20'ish years with tinnitus, the only thing that brings the buzz to the foreground is reading/hearing the word "tinnitus".

Almost the exact thing to me, 20+ years of tinnitus which sits calmly in the background most of the time except when I read the word tinnitus, or I'm feeling anxious for some reason: when I can't fall asleep when I need a good rest, life stresses, and those moments when a different pitch shows up in one ear and louder. In those occasions I can clearly hear the tone of mine.

It's mildly annoying but I've definitely learnt to live with it pretty ok.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by fernly »

None of the sliders sound anything at all like my tinnitus, which is a very high complex hiss, maybe up around 6-9Khz? and steady, or varying slowly in volume. But no beeps or boops like this system.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by Crontab »

guilamu wrote: post #23
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…

A message of hope. I got mine in my 30's too. The first week I thought I was going crazy, and this was the end of my life. I was shocked, I couldn't go to work for a whole week. I then saw a doctor who said to me: "Man, I've got tinnitus since 20 years and I barely hear it anymore. The more you accept it, the more it'll fade." A decade later, my own experience is exactly this. I accepted it as one of the body malfunc…

I've had it for four years and I don't notice it most of the time anymore. But for reason just reading about it makes me notice it.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

#154

Post by grugagag »

r2ob wrote: post #147

I've had tinnitus since 2018. I got used to it. it's not the worst thing for me. I'm 5'2" bald guy LoL If you're suffering from tinnitus, remember, at least you're not bald and 5'2" tall.

Tinnitus is extremly annoying when you remember about it but as soon as your attention goes elsewhere it’s almost not bothering at all, you’re so used to it that it’s hard to notice it.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by neonsunset »

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…

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Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by austinjp »

fernly wrote: post #152

None of the sliders sound anything at all like my tinnitus, which is a very high complex hiss, maybe up around 6-9Khz? and steady, or varying slowly in volume. But no beeps or boops like this system.

It's not meant to mimic tinnitus, it's intended to help you cope with tinnitus. Tweak the settings until you find an arrangement that helps you. Of course, there are no guarantees. Personally, I like it.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by emeril »

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…

maybe see "Won-Taek Choe" - he's a legit smart hearing specialist ENT on UES

that said, prob nothing to do other than wait and hope for the best really

when i had tinnitus following an ear infection years ago, it lasted several months and gradually went away but I always had at least white noise around me and some people say "notch" therapy can be helpful...

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by brandonmenc »

Arch-TK wrote: post #29

I've had a low grade (although who knows, it's not like I can hear someone else's tinnitus to compare) tinnitus for as long as I remember. For my childhood I thought it was just normal to hear this noise when there was no external source of other sound. Honestly, I never felt particularly negative about it. I guess if you never know what true silence sounds like, you never know what you are missing.

Same.

I'm half convinced it's something like blood vessels too close to sound receptor thingies in my ear. Or something similar.

I had a hearing test done a few years ago and my hearing is actually slightly above average for my age.

It would be nice to not have it, but whatever.

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