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Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by joe_the_user »

y-c-o-m-b wrote: post #47

This is pretty cool, but unfortunately I have somatic tinnitus, so this doesn't work as well. The frequency/tone is very dynamic with my version of tinnitus and I can even change it by moving or massaging my neck (especially at the base of my skull) in certain ways. The good news is that also means there are brief windows of time where I have zero tinnitus because my neck and muscles are in a position to temporarily…

I assume that I have somatic tinnitus because my tinnitus seems very associated with tension in my jaw, should and head. But every medical practitioner I talk to about this just seems say "uh...huh...what" and makes no effort to understand or investigate the phenomena.

I have found doing the Alexander Technique helps me quite a bit with the tinnitus.

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Post by LeoPanthera »

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…

> 10-hour videos on YouTube of TV static

Please consider a local noise generator. Static is incompressible so you're using quite a lot of data.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by BobbyTables2 »

typpilol wrote: post #89
glimshe wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's very much like eye floaters. They are always there, but you can tune them out most of the time.

Brains crazy I had a slight crack in my windshield right at eye level view. And after a minute of driving I don't notice it at all anymore

The fact we don’t notice our nose is crazy! It’s right in front of us!

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by BobbyTables2 »

jskopek wrote: post #161
tbossanova wrote: post #96

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You can get earplugs that only lower the sound quality a tiny bit these days. I bought some from the drum shop and they’re great. As you say, $20 or so to avoid lifetime ear damage is a very very good investment. I feel like concerts aren’t quite so loud these days too, maybe audio gear quality is better and the sound engineers don’t feel the need to turn it up quite so loud.

I’ve also noticed that younger people seem to wear earplugs at concerts a lot more often. I get the feeling there’s been a change in attitude towards hearing protection. My guess is that instagram ads for earplugs and AirPod hearing health features have had something to do with it

The last time I attended a concert, it was still very loud even with earplugs!

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by BobbyTables2 »

rufus_foreman wrote: post #81

A bunch of people with tinnitus in their left ear. That's kind of weird. That's what I have. Anyone with tinnitus only in their right ear? And yeah, I've had it since the early 90's and it mostly only bothers me now when someone brings it up. Thanks Hacker News!

I only have it in right ear.

First kid had colic and measured crying at close to 100db, basically two months exposure to a jackhammer… Always held on right side — maybe a coincidence…

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by gridspy »

sixtyj wrote: post #106
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…

Kids told me that I am losing my hearing. So I went to hearing lab. When I told doctor that I have tinnitus in left ear for almost 10 years, he recommended lorazepam in tough times… that it works. :)

Note - Lorazepam is one of those drugs which causes dependance if you use it regularly. If you find you need it often, get a substitute which is safe to use all the time.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by YZF »

tbossanova wrote: post #96
bsimpson wrote: post #83

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Earplugs are like condoms: They make a sensual pleasure less pleasurable, and they also protect against life-altering consequences.

You can get earplugs that only lower the sound quality a tiny bit these days. I bought some from the drum shop and they’re great. As you say, $20 or so to avoid lifetime ear damage is a very very good investment. I feel like concerts aren’t quite so loud these days too, maybe audio gear quality is better and the sound engineers don’t feel the need to turn it up quite so loud.

Earasers is one brand. Concerts are still pretty loud.

I wish I took better care of my ears as damage is pretty much irreversible.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by senectus1 »

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…

same here. now 51. I reckon i got it in my early 20's.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by senectus1 »

BobbyTables2 wrote: post #168
bsimpson wrote: post #80

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I've always been someone who hears high pitched noises that "normal" people don't. I'm also in my 30s, and I'm sure those "teenage alarms" in Japan would work on me. I was the one who would walk up to a CRT and turn it off when everyone else thought it already was. What helped me accept (and ignore) tinnitus was realizing that I had already grown accustomed to tolerating that sound indoors. When's it's something you…

Funny I could hear CRTs too. In teens could hear faint high pitched noise in extremely quiet outdoor settings. Bad tinnitus 15 years later. Slowly reduced and I’m less conscious of it now.

huh. I could hear that noise as well and I have had tinnitus for 30 odd years.
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