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Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by rapjr9 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 8:05 AM UTC

JohnFen wrote: post #109

instagib wrote: post #56

I have had several audiologists begin their speech of “as you may know tinnitus is from damage to the ear due to loud … “, well mine is from Covid. I read about a study a few years ago that focused on shocking the tongue and its nice someone followed up on it. They described one year of relief post treatment. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/10/201015173126.h... Bimodal neuromodulation combining sound and t…

Hearing damage is the most common cause, but it's far from the only one. It can also be caused by other sorts of physical damage (TMJ, blood pressure, etc.), certain drugs, and some diseases. > diabetes, thyroid problems, migraines, anemia, and autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and lupus have all been associated with tinnitus https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tinnitus/symp... I don't find…

Many causes listed here:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8235102/

"...medicines used to treat other diseases, as well as foods and other ingested materials, can result in unwanted tinnitus. These include alcohol, antineoplastic chemotherapeutic agents and heavy metals, antimetabolites, antitumor agents, antibiotics, caffeine, cocaine, marijuana, nonnarcotic analgesics and antipyretics, ototoxic antibiotics and diuretics, oral contraceptives, quinine and chloroquine, and salicylates. This review, therefore, describes the medications currently used to treat tinnitus, including their mechanisms of action, therapeutic effects, dosages, and side-effects. In addition, this review describes the medications, foods, and other ingested agents that can induce unwanted tinnitus, as well as their mechanisms of action."

Aspirin (and NSAIDs in general) might be one of the most common drugs that can cause it (see section 2.12.7 in the paper). Table 15 lists the drugs that can cause tinnitus. The paper seems like a thorough, recent (2021) review.

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by throwaway63467 » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 8:48 AM UTC

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #178

throwaway63467 wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Apparently 60-80 percent of people can hear a sound like a faint buzzing or hissing when inside a perfectly anechoic chamber but Tinnitus is more noticeable in regularly quiet environments.

I’ve always wondered this. This sound which when reading about these low sound rooms, turns out to be blood flowing through the ears. Your brain is not getting any stimulation so amplifies your hearing - is this what tinnitus is but just significantly louder and all the time?

That’s pulsatile Tinnitus but what most people hear is more a buzzing or high pitched continuous tone.

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by alfiedotwtf » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 12:01 PM UTC

throwaway63467 wrote: post #182

alfiedotwtf wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I’ve always wondered this. This sound which when reading about these low sound rooms, turns out to be blood flowing through the ears. Your brain is not getting any stimulation so amplifies your hearing - is this what tinnitus is but just significantly louder and all the time?

That’s pulsatile Tinnitus but what most people hear is more a buzzing or high pitched continuous tone.

Ah. Thank you, good to know

Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus

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Post by cainxinth » Wed, Apr 17, 2024, 1:35 PM UTC

gagabity wrote: post #180

cainxinth wrote: post #169

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I developed tinnitus two days after my third shot. Never had it before, and it hasn’t gone away since that day.

There are a lot of people who have had this side effect but its difficult to search for info without running into full blown conspiracy theories or people treating you like an anti-vaxer.

Absolutely. I’m about as far away from an antivaxxer as it gets, but I studiously avoid mentioning my personal side effects to the shot. You get suspicious looks from the left, and people on the right want to hold you up as proof that their antipathy for the vax is justified.