My AirPod pros gave me or really exacerbated my tinnitus
Same. I read that this only happens if you use noise canceling.
That was my experience.
Tinnitus Neuromodulator
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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 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…
I have a (completely unscientific) theory that my tinnitus is a result of early exposure to CRT TV's and my brain trying to compensate for the noise. The reason I say that is that it's roughly in the same frequency band as the PAL horizontal refresh. It's been with me basically my whole life, since long before any real hearing damage would have set in anyway - I remember asking friends when I was 9 or 10 whether they could hear it too. It wouldn't surprise me if there was a window of opportunity when the brain is still plastic for these kind of "adaptations" to set in place.
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#243I thought I was alone but there is so many comments I wonder how much people is there and if it’s really random or if there is common sources like some stress, airpods or some kind of psychoacoustic event. I have like 3 different frequencies and it « exploded » in a stressful event at work. I always thought it was music all day with AirPods but it might be stress actually because everytime I’m tired and stressed it’s…
Stress and "posture" are certainly big contributors. Any kind of pressure on the veins and nerves around the ear can cause tinnitus, which includes the muscles in your neck, many of which attach to your shoulders. Sitting at a desk all day, or looking down at a phone, is probably a big contributing factor for many of us. Stress can also cause us to subconsciously clench our jaws, which again can contribute. Feeling s…
Very interesting because I just noticed that when doing an effort like clenching my jaw or something that mobilize neck muscles the sound is x10. So maybe because of bad posture along the years my baseline is higher than it should be ?
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#244Whoever is suffering with tinnitus, try this - firmly press on your jaw muscles - if your tinnitus amplifies then it is related to your clenched jaw muscles! A therapy on these muscles will either reduce the tinnitus or will completely make it go away! Wish my doctor told me that years ago instead of doing useless ct scans and hearing checks. Wish you all silent nights!
My tinnitus gets louder when I press my jaw/cheek, but no amount of neck/jaw therapy, exercises, or dry needling has made any difference. The scans and hearing tests are not useless, they help rule out the nastier causes of tinnitus. Calling them useless and going straight for jaw therapy is potentially dangerous advice for some. Sure, give it a try, but don't skip the rest of the diagnostic process.
Masseter botox?
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#245MyNoise.net is such a great site, consider throwing them a couple bucks, it's basically a pay what you can model. I can't count the number of hours I've spent programming listening to their different soundscapes, rain on a tin roof, and cafe noise are 2 of my favorites.
Absolutely. I have a person favorite setup... which is to have these two playing at the * same time * and play around with the combos of sliders / set to automate. Pair: https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/numberStationsRadioNoiseGe... with: https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/magicDuneArrakisGenerator.... I set the numbers stations to 'narrow' and Arrakis to 'wide' and stereo field, mute the numbers stations that repeat…
There's some really neat stuff that can be done with automation and Custom Super Generators. I call this one "Frequency Drift":
https://mynoise.net/superGenerator.php?g1=custom.php%3Fc%3D1...
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#246Tinnitus is one of the ones that scares me. There's no accepted cure, and a loud impulse of noise can permanently damage the ears.
I've always thought of it as a sunburn; you don't get cancer the first time, but if one keeps going out in the sun, one's chances go up. If I keep going to shows without hearing protection, then I might not get tinnitus the first time, but eventually the damage will be done. It's why I wear hearing protection every time.
That all being said, this looks promising and I'm glad people are working in this space.
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#247I'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…
I started having tinnitus in both ears 10 months ago. I don't know the exact cause, but I started noticing it during a job-related burnout and a series of work-related events that significantly increased my stress levels. It was so bad to the point I had to abruptly quit my job (FYI, freelancing without a safety net sucks). My doctor gave me pills to help calm my brain and the noise, especially during the night. I al…
Did they really suggest white noise? I imagine it was pink or brown noise? As I understand it, white noise is the only damaging one since there's no "falloff" to the PWM, it's just "white" or "black," so the spikiness of the modulation can be damaging.
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#248Earlier quoted context omitted.
I got tinnitus in one ear after using music in headphones to block out other noise. I was probably using the headphones too loud and too often. This happened 15 years ago. It was pretty bad at first. Since then, very slowly, it has mostly "healed" or something. It's still there. But it's much less severe than it was. I also experienced significant hearing loss around the same time. My hearing had always been absurdly…
Earplugs are like condoms: They make a sensual pleasure less pleasurable, and they also protect against life-altering consequences.
After wearing some to every show now, I prefer it.
Gotta get better about the condom usage though
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#249Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
Ambient crowd noise before the music starts is ~85dB inside a venue (not to mention festivals), which is ~10dB above the acceptable limit for permanent hearing damage. The loudness, to some extent, is a necessity. That being said, I've noticed diminishing returns from a ~100dB show to a ~110-112dB show.
Street fests are the worst since you have a perfect combination of amateur sound engineers, outside sound shaping, and an amateur audience to boot. Sometimes I think bringing children to steet fests should be illegal if there's going to be that loud of music. I've seen some clock in at ~115dB! Ridiculous.
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#250I'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.
Be nice to yourself. It's the only way.