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Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by mk_stjames »

Refreeze5224 wrote: post #5

MyNoise.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 repeats german numbers (those stand out to me too easily)... and it's like some magical productivity hack of my brain.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by bad_haircut72 »

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…

Im curious did you also experience hearing loss? I started getting tinnitus in my left ear almost 12 months ago, but 12 months before that I started noticably losing hearing in my left ear (with audiology tests to back it up, Im basically deaf in one ear now). Also mid 30s.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by foxfired »

I'm so happy mine is gone. It came in waves for me and funny it enough, it sounded like ocean waves crashing [0]. I used to play ocean sound for my kids to sleep, so I didn't notice that a good part of the sound wasn't coming from the device, but from me. It was unbearable for several weeks before it just disappeared.

[0]:https://idiallo.com/byte-size/nightmare-on-ocean-street

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by riedel »

joshdavham wrote: post #4

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

While I can normally tune out my Tinnitus, i also love the constant city noise and in my office I have a collection of solar toys that keep clicking randomly, which help me focus. Actually I tried the OP site and trying to tune the thing actually made my Tinnitus pretty unbearable ATM. I guess the trick is to use it without trying to directly hear the effect...

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by netule »

Nux wrote: post #30

White noise is key here. Luckily I do not have tinnitus, but I have small children and they sleep great with this on. And so do their parents, especially handy when going on holiday in noisy hotels etc. I can't go on holiday without it now! :) I've just downloaded this audio track with yt-dlp, placed it on an sdcard and I play it in a loop on a small speaker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMfPqeZjc2c

This appears to be brown noise, not white noise.

I have no affiliation with this macOS app, but I use it for the same reasons you do. It's paid, but worth it IMHO. It generates the noise on your own machine, and you can pick what kind of noise you want to hear: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brown-noise-ambient-noise/id15....

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by glimshe »

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…

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

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by tombert »

bad_haircut72 wrote: post #32
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…

Im curious did you also experience hearing loss? I started getting tinnitus in my left ear almost 12 months ago, but 12 months before that I started noticably losing hearing in my left ear (with audiology tests to back it up, Im basically deaf in one ear now). Also mid 30s.

Nope! I haven't really noticed any significant loss in hearing at a "vibes" level, but I actually got my hearing tested in both ears to be sure, and my hearing is actually slightly better than the average 30-something.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by radium3d »

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…

Yeah, it just blends into the background for me, I've had it for decades. I blame the loud music as a kid.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by tmcz26 »

cnnlives8387 wrote: post #21
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…

I’ve noticed that if I’m eating more salt, don’t sleep well, under a lot of stress, or taking anything that increases my blood pressure or affects vasodilation (supplements, some foods, stimulants, etc.), it causes me to have tinnitus. Loud concerts / music / sound-reducing headphone / noise can do it also.

Look into Ménière’s disease . I got diagnosed recently and those are all triggers for it. When undergoing episodes I also have vertigo. There’s medication for controlling the bigger symptoms.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by VPenkov »

Arch-TK wrote: post #29

I've had a low grade (although who knows, it's not like I can hear someone else's tinnitus to compare) tinnitus for as long as I remember. For my childhood I thought it was just normal to hear this noise when there was no external source of other sound. Honestly, I never felt particularly negative about it. I guess if you never know what true silence sounds like, you never know what you are missing.

Same here. A few years ago I thought maybe the ringing isn't normal. It hadn't occurred to me before that.

I found a YouTube video of a "tinnitus demo" with the right sound and frequency. I could only start hearing it at about 80% volume. I gave my headphones to my partner and she said it was unbearable. I guess I'm used to my normal.

I slightly regret knowing about it, I seem to be paying more attention to it now.

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