A tongue vibrator with a pair of headphones is $4,000? And insurance doesn't cover it...
If I knew it would work, that would be the easiest $4k I've ever spent.
An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
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Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
#92I've had a mental visualization I've used to control tinnitus flares for about 20 years now - i.e., "biofeedback". I image the entire soundscape (what I'm possible of hearing) as a long, thin line which is warbling a bit, as I'm hearing things right now -- like the line in an oscilloscope. The present tinnitus represents itself as a sharp spike in this visualization, the location dependent upon its texture (sharp pin…
I don't have tinnitus, but I do have this thing where when I'm falling asleep, my eyes (despite being closed and in a dark room) will start to feel like they are looking at a brighter and brighter light. This is very irritating for me.
For that I usually open them really briefly and imagine some kind of equilizer level-set thing happening and that makes it dark behind my eyes again. I wonder if there is a way to do it without opening them
These feedback things are interesting, thank you for sharing
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#93> 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…
Could you share the specific brand/dose for the magnesium and ginko that helped you?
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I may be having this now, E-Tube tinnitus due to seasonal allergies and inflammation, likely worsened by prior earwax/infection/COVID factors. 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.
Can people close to you hear your tinnitus as well?
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
I'm having unilateral pulsatile tinnitus, and it's been 3 months so far. 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 tra…
I hesitate to recommend this because of how woo woo it sounds, but... I had terrible pulsatile tinnitus (both sides) for over a year and half. I went to doctors, specialists, tried steroids, the works. I had to sleep with headphones to drown it out. Eventually my wife suggested I try craniosacral therapy. After the first session it started to get a lot quieter and even would "stutter" out for short periods of time. After the second session it disappeared and hasn't been back. The practitioner came from https://milneinstitute.com/what-is-vcsw/
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#96I have tinnitus only when I think about it. The rest of the time my brain just ignores it.
Same for me, I think I probably had it since a young age (lots of middle ear infections) but it seemed normal to me so I didn’t realize it was unusual until much later in life. I freaked out about it for a few years but realized it was and will always be there and didn’t bother me before, so I pretty much went back to it not bothering me anymore.
I had a mental health crisis when I first realized I had it (triggered by a really bad audio mix at a concert and some rando chastising "you're gonna fuck up your hearing" when I didn't have earplugs). A few months followed of "oh shit, is my life experience permanently broken now?" and all the bad feelings that connotes. I was in a really bad place.
I've always been someone who can hear electronics - when CRTs are popular, I'd know if one was in the upcoming room while I was still in the hallway. At some point, I realized that I heard all sorts of minor sounds just by existing in my apartment, and that tinnitus isn't much different than that. Helped me chill out about the whole scenario.
My mom taught me "lean into the good, and you'll feel more of the good; lean into the bad, and you'll feel more of the bad." That's certainly been my experience with tinnitus. Letting yourself panic and gloom about it is the worst part of having it. If you don't assign valence to it (don't let it be good or bad, just a thing you experience), it loses its power to drive you mad.
Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
#97I've had a mental visualization I've used to control tinnitus flares for about 20 years now - i.e., "biofeedback". I image the entire soundscape (what I'm possible of hearing) as a long, thin line which is warbling a bit, as I'm hearing things right now -- like the line in an oscilloscope. The present tinnitus represents itself as a sharp spike in this visualization, the location dependent upon its texture (sharp pin…
I don't have tinnitus, but I do have this thing where when I'm falling asleep, my eyes (despite being closed and in a dark room) will start to feel like they are looking at a brighter and brighter light. This is very irritating for me. For that I usually open them really briefly and imagine some kind of equilizer level-set thing happening and that makes it dark behind my eyes again. I wonder if there is a way to do i…
This is actually an experience that people that engage in the tantric practices in Vajrayana Buddhism -- of which Tibetan Buddhism belongs to -- cultivate. I've encountered the instructions as part of the dream yoga practices, to cultivate it so that you actually watch yourself fall asleep and enter the dream state completely lucidly. I've only ever been able to "catch" the dream and become lucid when already in the dream. Maybe you're way ahead of the rest of us! [1][2]
Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
#98For anyone suffering tinnitis: In alternative remedy circles I once ran in, some people reported relief from improving their magnesium status.
Re: An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus
#99I've had a mental visualization I've used to control tinnitus flares for about 20 years now - i.e., "biofeedback". I image the entire soundscape (what I'm possible of hearing) as a long, thin line which is warbling a bit, as I'm hearing things right now -- like the line in an oscilloscope. The present tinnitus represents itself as a sharp spike in this visualization, the location dependent upon its texture (sharp pin…
I do the same thing though I have a different mental analogy, but it works!
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#100Am I the only one that hear tinnitus only when sleeping and if I yawn a LOT I can finally remove it? I can't understand why it's happening and fortunately it doesn't happen always
My tinnitus is worse when I am congested (because I guess there is more pressure in the internal ear or something). Yawning can help relieving the pressure.