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Seems basic enough that this device should be available without the whole "go to a Lenire doctor" consultation, but I guess people gotta get paid.
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I have it only if the room is too quiet. Any reasonable level of background white noise makes it go away.
Does everyone not have ringing in their ears when they really pay attention? Or like when they are trying to go to sleep? I always thought everyone had it because I had it since childhood. Still have to this day, same intensity. During the day it does not bother me, nor do I notice it. But if I pay attention, it feels pretty loud.
> It includes a plastic mouthpiece with stainless steel electrodes that electrically stimulate the tongue. All I can picture is the device John Lithgow uses in Buckaroo Banzai. I might need to try this soon. I've had tinnitus for about 6 months after a cold. Last week, the doctor said my hearing is perfect and to just wait it out. It's frustrating.
It’s frustrating, I’ve been through that - hearing is fine, but tinnitus persists. There’s no single recommended treatment studied by medicine so far. I’m not a doctor but I visited multiple doctors and tried many things, and I’m doing better now. The obvious stuff: - Stress management. - Cut caffeine and alcohol. These substances affect blood flow of the inner ear. - Do you have neck pain? Pain in the neck region af…
Hmm, seems interesting but it's intended to take the "focus" off of the ringing rather than actually fix the underlying cause. Personally, having tinnitus for so long I don't even notice it anymore; it would be nice to experience complete "silence" again though.
“Silence” really does belong in quotes. I spent some time in an anechoic chamber (a few hours a day over 6 weeks) and could hear the blood flowing through my ears. It was quite strange and convinced me that true silence doesn’t exist unless you’re deaf.
Anybody try using a stim machine for tinnitus? I've read that had helped some people. I wonder if it works similar to other areas where it helps promote healing so maybe some of the hair cells recover?
Idk if I can fashion a tongue clip but maybe one that attaches above the ears for bone conduction hearing also.
There’s been some studies into magnetics for neuropathy treatment, migraines, etc. They are called PEMF devices but most are quite expensive ~ $5k.
> It includes a plastic mouthpiece with stainless steel electrodes that electrically stimulate the tongue. All I can picture is the device John Lithgow uses in Buckaroo Banzai. I might need to try this soon. I've had tinnitus for about 6 months after a cold. Last week, the doctor said my hearing is perfect and to just wait it out. It's frustrating.
Same except for me it was covid. It's likely caused by eustachian disfunction and they've all told me it takes so long to correct itself.
It's been 3 months of pulsatile tinnitus, this week I am finally waking up in silence some days, but it returns by the afternoon.
I have tinnitus only when I think about it. The rest of the time my brain just ignores it.
I had an interesting experience a few months ago. I seem to be incorrectly remembering it as percussive tinnitus - all I can find now is pulsatile tinnitus. Whatever it's called, it was a tapping in my ear at about 120 bps, only noticeable when going to sleep. It was possibly caused by a bike fall, very jarring to the body, no head contact, and disappeared after two or three weeks.
I had that in one ear for 2-3 years. By pulsatile tinnitus I assume you mean the loud "whooshing" sound that is in sync with your heart beat (hearing the blood flow basically). Doctors were pretty ignorant about the phenomenon, I gave up. It was not constant either, would go away for a few hours, start again for another few hours - repeat. One day, it stopped and never came back. Pretty mysterious.
My doctor thinks its often just eustachian tube seasonal allergies, and so gets better on its own slowly. The steroid spray I've been using for months just hurts my nose.
It was pretty constant up till this week, now for several mornings I wake up all clear! What relief! But it comes back over the afternoon. I really hope it improves on this trajectory.
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…
NHS tinnitus awareness course had a bit about accepting it as background noise (vs just concentrating on it and being annoyed), I rubbished that at first but it helped quite a bit in the end.
That was before Covid after that it's got much louder, it comes back whenever I think about it, so seeing the article brought it back, hopefully I can make it go again.