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Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by EvanAnderson »

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.

Similar story here. I hear something like CRT whine all the time (except higher than the typical 15Khz NTSC tube whine). When I was a kid I played with the SOUND statement in GW-BASIC and figured out my tinnitus s was between 17 and 18 Khz (listening for bleating interference between my laptop speaker and the tinnitus). Today my hearing tops out between 12 and 13 Khz but I assume the tinnitus whine is still the same old frequency.

My daughter has it, too. My wife doesn't, but my daughter has described it to me.

I haven't felt negative about it except for the time I visited an anechoic chamber exhibit at a local museum (COSI in Columbus, OH) in my early 40s. It really messed with my perception and the tinnitus was much louder than normal for days after. Even thinking about it makes me edgy.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by mouse_ »

victornomad wrote: post #90
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 started having tinnitus in both ears 10 months ago. I don't know the exact cause, but I started noticing it during a job-related burnout and a series of work-related events that significantly increased my stress levels. It was so bad to the point I had to abruptly quit my job (FYI, freelancing without a safety net sucks). My doctor gave me pills to help calm my brain and the noise, especially during the night. I al…

You can do it.

It will be easy once you start.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by upcoming-sesame »

I started having tinnitus right after a COVID infection.

it's not too bad, only one ear and it comes and goes pretty quickly.

For me the COVID correlation is 100%, but I haven't found too much literature about it and wonder if anyone experienced it as well

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by tbossanova »

bsimpson wrote: post #83
oh_my_goodness wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got tinnitus in one ear after using music in headphones to block out other noise. I was probably using the headphones too loud and too often. This happened 15 years ago. It was pretty bad at first. Since then, very slowly, it has mostly "healed" or something. It's still there. But it's much less severe than it was. I also experienced significant hearing loss around the same time. My hearing had always been absurdly…

Earplugs are like condoms: They make a sensual pleasure less pleasurable, and they also protect against life-altering consequences.

You can get earplugs that only lower the sound quality a tiny bit these days. I bought some from the drum shop and they’re great. As you say, $20 or so to avoid lifetime ear damage is a very very good investment. I feel like concerts aren’t quite so loud these days too, maybe audio gear quality is better and the sound engineers don’t feel the need to turn it up quite so loud.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by gikkman »

WarOnPrivacy wrote: post #58
CGMthrowaway wrote: post #51

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Ear tube surgery?

> Ear tube surgery Almost certainly. My Dr feels mine created a weakness that enabled tinnitus to develop 4 decades later.

Yeah, thanks. Didn't know the English term. I had them for years, and I've been told by my doctor that's the likely cause to me having it for as long as I can remember.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by cryptoegorophy »

Whoever is suffering with tinnitus, try this - firmly press on your jaw muscles - if your tinnitus amplifies then it is related to your clenched jaw muscles! A therapy on these muscles will either reduce the tinnitus or will completely make it go away! Wish my doctor told me that years ago instead of doing useless ct scans and hearing checks. Wish you all silent nights!

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by ricardobeat »

typpilol wrote: post #89
glimshe wrote: post #36

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

Brains crazy I had a slight crack in my windshield right at eye level view. And after a minute of driving I don't notice it at all anymore

We have a projector instead of TV in the living room, and there is a small outlet inside the projection area, top right corner. We can go months without realizing/remembering it's there, until it accidentally matches a shadow or object in a scene... the brain just deletes it.

Re: Tinnitus Neuromodulator

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Post by atombender »

janmo wrote: post #20

The only way to temporarely get rid of my tinnitus (completely gone or at least very reduced for up to 30 seconds) is to listen to this beep tone from 8 to 12 KHZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNf9nzvnd1k apparently the phenomenon is called residual inhibition. If only there was a way to make this work permanently...

Works for me, too. Interestingly enough, playing the Tinnitus Neuromodulator for 20 seconds (with certain sliders set and some off) also works.
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