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Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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Mine started in one ear after a problem while ascending during a scuba dive. Something remained different in the region around my ear afterward. Then COVID did some sh*t to my sinuses which left them changed. Now I have relatively low tinnitus in one ear and very noticeable tinnitus in the other ear. The pitch is high... reminiscent to the squeal that an old CRT or tube TV would make if it had no signal. The tinnitus…

I have vertigo issues and have wondered whether scuba might have contributed to the inner ear damage that causes it. It was either that or, also like you, sinus issues.

During the diagnosis phase of my vertigo I learned a few things about how primitive medicine still is when it comes to inner ear issues. If the problem isn't BPPV, some large growth they can cut out (e.g. a fistula) or something that can be "solved" by just destroying your inner ear (gentamicin therapy) there is almost nothing they can do -- and in fact they can't even really diagnose the issue, just test out different therapies to try to find anything resulting in some mild improvement. Most doctors have no idea what the possible diagnoses even are; the specialist who eventually helped me was a neuro-otologist, which already seems unreasonably specialized, and he said he only really had an idea because his son had the same issue as me.

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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…

That's pretty much it. It's like the nose in your visual area. It's always there but normally you don't see it. Focus on everything else. Let it be there but focus on something.

Thanks. Thanks a lot. Now I see my nose. But I guess it’s like being conscious of breathing to where you feel like you have to manually inhale and exhale; it eventually goes back to automatic.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

#113
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…

Exactly. I can hear a loud high pitched tone right now. I wasn't consciously aware of it today before seeing this article.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

#114
post #32

Only 20% of tinnitus cases caused by loud noises- seems like we have a lot more research to do.

You claim that "20% of tinnitus cases caused by loud noises" without providing citation, then suggest there's more research do all in the same breath - well done.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

#115
post #32

Only 20% of tinnitus cases caused by loud noises- seems like we have a lot more research to do.

You claim that "20% of tinnitus cases caused by loud noises" without providing citation, then suggest there's more research do all in the same breath - well done.

> You claim that "20% of tinnitus cases caused by loud noises" without providing citation, then suggest there's more research do all in the same breath - well done.

GP didn't make a claim, they repeated a figure from the submitted article. Since you want to know where they drew the figure from, here it is:

> Cause of Tinnitus

>> While there’s no guaranteed method to prevent tinnitus given its complex causes, practicing hearing protection and managing stress levels can lower the chances of tinnitus. In the study, participants cited “noise trauma,” or exposure to excessively high levels of noise, as the primary cause of tinnitus (20.3 percent), followed closely by stress (7.7 percent).

Source: Scroll to the top and click on the link to the article.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

#116

Has anyone else noticed that AirPods Pro’s noise cancellation doesn’t work if you have just one earbud in?

That's an intentional setting (presumably because it wouldn't really make sense?) and can be changed in AirPods settings

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

#117
I have had tinnitus since I was about 20 and I am now 50. Its always been there until last year when I had a slight reprieve for about 10 seconds. I was sick, the sickest I had been for years. I came down a with bad flu and was on a cocktail of drugs... antibiotics, painkillers etc. So there I was, lying in bed staring out the window when suddenly everything went peaceful and very quite. I then realised that i could no longer hear the ringing in my ears. I was sick but not delirious. Try hard as I could, i couldn't hear the ringing in my ears for about 10 seconds when suddenly as quickly as the ringing appeared, it re-appeared again.

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

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post #33
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…

You're absolutely right, there is a weird 'information hazard' component to tinnitus. It's like losing 'the game'.

Happily ignorant of 'the game' reporting in! :^)

(I grew up on 4chan and know better than to check back here for replies. Nice idea though!)

Re: Apple Hearing Study shares preliminary insights on tinnitus

#120

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh come ON

If you're suffering from potentially-unwanted social constructs, you should update your infohazard signature database. https://xkcd.com/391/

>You're free

No I'm very expensive. Pay up!

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