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Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by c2xlZXB5Cg »

dt3ft wrote: post #3
fwsgonzo wrote: post #2

OK. That is interesting. Every so often something incredible comes out, like this. I assume that this only relieves certain types of sources of Tinnitus, as I know there are several causes. So, the question is, what percentage of people can be relieved with this?

I got mine from war, having survived mortar round blasts as a child on several occasions from as near as 3 meters (for example, one shell exploded right above our living room window while I was playing cards with my cousin, another exploded killing a woman and injuring several others while I was lying down behind an apple tree, having heard the sound made when a mortar shell is launched). I highly doubt that this wou…

Yeah, the moment I read your comment I knew this could only be one place and time.

I was transported back to my 8 year old self learning about speed of sound by looking at smoke appearing in the distance and counting seconds until I hear the explosion and multiplying by 300 to get the distance.

Also learning the different sounds explosions make depending on where they land (soft ground, hard target, different calibre or type of munitions)..

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by wazoox »

I have tinnitus since I've been on beta blocker treatment. I switched to some other molecule for a while, and it disappeared (however it induced other problems, like constant tachycardia, so I got my previous treatment back).

It's not clearly indicated as a side effect, but it's very clearly the cause.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by baron_harkonnen »

robertlf wrote: post #67

I'm tired of all of these "masking" type treatments that supposedly help your body to stop noticing Tinnitus. I want to see something that actually stops the problem at the source. Tinnitus usually gets worse over time so at some point, it becomes difficult to ignore. I've been dealing with it for over 20 years and I'm fed up.

I'm about 15 years of constant tinnitus. The trouble with curing it is that it seems to be a problem with your brain not receiving the signal it expects form from the auditory nerve.

This famous reddit trick[0.] for at least temporarily curing tinnitus seems to lend credence to this idea. It essentially involves making noise near the skull, which presumably does temporarily stimulate the auditory nerve even if the ear drum itself is not able to correct create a signal.

My tinnitus has nothing to do with my ear drum, and interestingly enough this trick does not work for me.

I suspect curing tinnitus would require understanding a lot more about how nerves work and how to simulate sending an auditory signal without actually sending one.

0. https://np.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/3l3uri/these_guys_light...

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by handedness »

brer wrote: post #17
Cactus2018 wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mayo Clinic has a long list of causes and triggers: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tinnitus/symp...

I was a heavy cell phone user for several years, I developed tinnitus in my right ear (same ear I would hold the phone to) it thankfully resolved itself when I stopped using mobile phones. Hope this information can help someone.

Not sure why this is dead.

> This study showed that there is significant loss in the

> dominant ear compared to the non-dominant ear (P > Chronic usage mobile phone revealed high frequency

> hearing loss in the dominant ear (mobile phone used)

> compared to the non dominant ear.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3918279/

Anecdotally, a hearing test performed after many years of having my earpiece in my right ear found that in the vocal frequency ranges my right ear has some hearing loss. (It was not like that before.) Which may or may not be coincidental.

It's not a stretch to think that holding a speaker–which is often far louder than it should be–right up to one's ear for extended periods every day could cause tinnitus in that ear.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by Twirrim »

quaffapint wrote: post #4

I've often wondered why sometimes it's worse than others. It's always there. I always hear the ringing, but most times I can ignore it, but there are other times it just seems so much louder. I would like to know what all those triggers are so I can try to avoid them. Some are obvious - real loud noises, heavy exercise, etc, but others not so much.

I've been dealing with it for nearly 20 years now.

I'm apparently fairly adept at putting it to the background these days, because I mostly don't notice it except for when it's particularly quiet, or something specifically triggers my awareness of it. Certain sounds in certain frequency ranges trigger it off too. My youngest kid had a playful shriek thing she did that would palpably hurt me and cause it to kick off.

Seeing this post on HN itself is triggering and I'm now very conscious of the high pitched ringing sound.

I would be willing to pay good money to be cured of this.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by monoideism »

joewrong wrote: post #5

I wonder if I could lick a 9 volt battery and play back some high frequency tones through my headphones to get a similar effect?

Probably not. It's become apparant that the timing component is critical. The electric pulses have to have certain timing characteristics.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by axetheone »

mrtksn wrote: post #71
axetheone wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tinnitus appeared to me at the beginning of this godforsaken year of 2020 and I think I have two separate types of tinnitus, with one most likely being due to neck tension (which is more intense on my left ear). I know this because when I stretch my chin to my chest (like exampled in https://www.healthline.com/health/neck-tension#treatments ) I start to hear a more pronounced wooshing sound on my ears and gives a bur…

I also have multiple, the scary one is the constant frequency one and it’s the one that comes back if I lay sideways with strain on the neck(Thankfully doesn’t stay anymore). The more tolerable one is the one that sounds like old tv with no signal, this one responds well to massage. There’s also one that sounds like water running in the pipes, I actually like that one - in even helps me sleep :) Anyway, The orthopedi…

"The more tolerable one is the one that sounds like old tv with no signal" That's actually the other type of tinnitus that I have, but this is actually the one that I find most tolerable (in the sense that at least it's the more silent one, which I can mask with other noises).

This tinnitus crap showed up to me randomly while working in an open office at the beginning of this year (I wasn't wearing headphones or anything) and a bit after COVID started acting up all over the world and I've been WFH since. As a consequence of this, I think I might not be able to ever return to a regular open office. Really funny timing if one thinks about it.

Re: Tinnitus Treatment from Neuromod

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Post by dmoy »

modeless wrote: post #78
furyofantares wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you using cotton swaps in your ears? What might be happening is that you shove wax in, clogging your ears and giving you tinnitus. That used to happen to me - the ear wax wasn't the problem, trying to clean it was.

To clean your ears yourself you need something like this: https://www.japantrendshop.com/coden-ear-scope-13000-standar... I thought it was ridiculous when I first saw it but I took a chance on it and it is actually a great product. You can clearly see everything and clean without damaging your ear. If you've ever had to go to the doctor to clear a blocked ear, you need one of these. With occasional use (~once/month)…

Oh wow that is amazing

I also get mild tinnitus for the last 6 or so years due to earwax (once it got completely blocked and I had to go to the doctor to have them irrigate it back out).

I don't use cotton or any scraping right now, but I do use the same stuff the doctor used to irrigate it every once in awhile, to middling effect.

Maybe I'll try out that ear scope thing.

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