I developed tinnitus in 2009, a neurological "gift" from a case of swine flu. (The other gift was chronic paroxysmal hemicrania, a nightmarish migraine-like condition that threatened to destroy my life until I got it under control with medication.) The tinnitus was exacerbated a few years later after a freak accident while inflating a mountain bike tire. The tire exploded off the rim, more-or-less directly into my right ear. I'm now partially deaf on that side, but of course I hear the tinnitus load & clear.
The Organ of the Universe: On Living with Tinnitus
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#23Place the palms of your hands over your ears with fingers resting gently on the back of your head. Your middle fingers should point toward one another just above the base of your skull. Place your index fingers on top of you middle fingers and snap them (the index fingers) onto the skull making a loud, drumming noise. Repeat 40-50 times. Some people experience immediate relief with this method. Repeat several times a…
I don't know if I did it right, but it changed the tone in my right ear.
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#24The first rule of tinnitus club is... don't talk about tinnitus. Because then you remember you have it and start hearing it again.
Had it about a decade now, I can ignore it most of the time.
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#27Suicide up next folks. Tinnitus for decades hasn’t been fun.
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#28I have intermittent tinnitus from djing but I barely notice it 90% of the time, even when it’s quiet. Every once in a while something will trigger it and it’ll be overwhelming and I’ll have to find something to listen to to drown it out.
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#29Place the palms of your hands over your ears with fingers resting gently on the back of your head. Your middle fingers should point toward one another just above the base of your skull. Place your index fingers on top of you middle fingers and snap them (the index fingers) onto the skull making a loud, drumming noise. Repeat 40-50 times. Some people experience immediate relief with this method. Repeat several times a…
Is there a good illustration of this method? I have tried to interpret it several times over the years and never experienced any benefit.
https://lifehacker.com/this-weird-trick-might-give-you-brief...
For me it only works partially and only for a brief time.
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Is there a good illustration of this method? I have tried to interpret it several times over the years and never experienced any benefit.
https://lifehacker.com/this-weird-trick-might-give-you-brief... For me it only works partially and only for a brief time.
Same here - 10 seconds of relief at most. Very welcome, certainly but so short :(.