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Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by ddmf »

lazy_moderator1 wrote: post #72
ddmf wrote: post #56

My tinnitus is there pretty much all of the time, and then for an hour or so it will disappear. Over the last year or so I've developed really bad hyperacusis, this coupled with misophonia had made me severely suicidal, I even contacted the local mental health services and autism charities. I've reduced that by wearing coloured lenses, I had been diagnosed with irlen but I see it as a little bit woo, however the colo…

where did you get the glasses from?

They're GloFX, the rose coloured ones. Got them from eBay. They do all the irlen colours under the guise of colour therapy.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by [deleted] »

lxgr wrote: post #209
mettamage wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way I experience it is as follows. Normally: - Tinnitus: 100% With ANC: - Tinnitus: 50% - Bose ANC: 50% I like the ANC sound more than my tinnitus. I haven't noticed my tinnitus becoming worse or less worse.

Oh, by “the ANC sound”, do you mean the white noise floor of the ANC? In that case, have you tried something like the Bose Sleepbuds? Same idea, much more comfortable to sleep with.

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Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by mettamage »

lxgr wrote: post #209
mettamage wrote: post #198

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The way I experience it is as follows. Normally: - Tinnitus: 100% With ANC: - Tinnitus: 50% - Bose ANC: 50% I like the ANC sound more than my tinnitus. I haven't noticed my tinnitus becoming worse or less worse.

Oh, by “the ANC sound”, do you mean the white noise floor of the ANC? In that case, have you tried something like the Bose Sleepbuds? Same idea, much more comfortable to sleep with.

It doesn't seem to have ANC, so it doesn't noise cancel, it only masks. And if ANC is the same as masking then they'd need to put that in their marketing.

Also: yep, that's what I mean by it, the white noise sound.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by DavidPiper »

culebron21 wrote: post #379
DavidPiper wrote: post #187

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Do you happen to have a list of the neck exercises you did? I've got a set now and wondering if there could be any relation (unlikely, but you never know).

1. A plank on elbows -- like push-ups, but static just standing on elbows, keeping spine and neck straight. 20-30 secs, not trying hard to keep it longer -- doctor said better do it correctly than long. May gradually increase time as muscles get stronger. 2. Same way, but on left/right elbow, turning body on side, 90 degrees to the floor. 3. Turning neck left/right to the limit, not quickly. 4. Leaning forward and ma…

Thank you! I might incorporate those into my sets :)

Currently I'm doing resistance exercises: stand straight, look ahead, then try to turn your neck left, right, up and down, but prevent that by using your hands to push against that.

I'm also doing lying down chin tucks to strengthen my neck. Turns out 10 years of desk work bad.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by dmje »

I'm a sufferer, possibly for the last 2 years or so. I'm so sure (soooo sure) that this is physical - albeit with some psychosomatic elements to it. As of right now I am reasonably certain that I have some kind of eustachian tube issue, or possibly even SSCD.

But - very glad to hear from lots of people, it makes me feel better :-)

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by JnBrymn »

If you get tinnitus, spend the first couple of months looking for a solution. Get opinions and second opinions. If that doesn't work, then wait for 6 months and then try again. If that doesn't work then wait for 9 more months then try again. If that doesn't work wait for 12 more months and then try again.

Most likely you'll habituate to the sound (as I have). What was once a living nightmare will become (miraculously) a non-issue. Occasionally, as one person said it even becomes "comfy" - or as I told my wife recently, it's just the sound that the world makes when you're alive. Really, it's not much different from other signal processing affects in other senses. If you close your eyes and concentrate you can see visual noise. It's also there when you open your eyes (floaters for example). But you don't worry about that because it's commonplace. Sound seems different because it's new - but it will become the same type of thing.

An important part of getting better is accepting that (likely...) you're not going to get better. And then, after just being with it for a while and not trying to push it away, you realize that it's not so bad - you get better. Just let life suck for a while. My experience hasn't been pleasant, but I've learned a lot about the nature of life. Fair trade. Wouldn't want to do it again, but glad to have done it.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by butlike »

criddell wrote: post #127
MichaelMug wrote: post #82

I’ve had tinnitus for about one year now. There is no permanent relief or treatment. Lots of snake oil. My hearing was tested by an Audiologist and my hearing was normal. The “sound” I observe is high pitched. Using a tone generator I matched it to around 16,500 Hz. Interestingly, if I play that tone I get temporary relief on the order of 2-10 minutes. As far as I understand my tinnitus is the result of something goi…

I’ve had tinnitus for something like 5 years now and mine varies from day-to-day. Mine seems to be somewhat connected to diet. I think salt might be a trigger. If I have a French Fries or some other salty snack, I’m in for louder ringing an hour or two later.

Blood pressure can be a cause, I'm sure. Also, I'm sure that extends to any pressure in your ear (say for instance, you constantly clench your jaw or grind your teeth).

I've heard ambient pink noise (not in headphones) helps, but anectdotally only.

Re: Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from tinnitus?

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Post by mattpallissard »

Mine is 100% resolved. If you haven't gone to an ENT, do so

My whole life I'd cleaned my ears with q-tips. I knew I shouldn't as it's written right on the package. I'd stopped doing that after I was told not to by countless people.

Fast forward a few years and I had tinnitus. Went to an ENT, told him of my symptoms, and mentioned a story about my great grandmother's hearing being impacted by ear wax build up. He tells me "Well, we'll take a look but chances are you're going to have this the rest of your life".

As he takes a look in my ears I hear him mutter, "Oh, we're going to fix this right now". He promptly fishes two plugs of ear wax out of my ears. Ringing resolved 15 minutes after that.

I asked him what should I do to prevent this? He said "You could come back and I fish them out again, or you know... you could use a q-tip to clean your ears on occasion"

Edit: he did mention that once the build up is bad enough you can't clean it out on your own. That cleaning it on your own could push it further in, causing damage.

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