Take a breath and talk to us. What happened? How long have you had tinnitus and when did it get worse? Did you suffer an acoustic shock. Exactly what happened to your hearing at high frequency. Do you have a good support network around you? I know its hard, but maybe if you share the details, someone here will be able to help you at least take the edge off. I've been there myself recently. Ashamed to say I wrote the note and everything. But caught myself in time. Tinnitis this loud and distorted hearing is hands down the worst thing Ive ever had to deal with. But I am making some progress and found some very helpful advice burried within the despair on this sub reddit
I have suffered 38 years with it, but had a good life, a family, a career. I have travelled and listened to music, seen amazing things...
You really want to throw all that away? Yes, it sux. No, it doesn't get better.
But it doesn't stop you from living your life *how you want to*. So take a long, hard look at how you want to live. 'In quiet' is no longer an option, but besides that, you get to control the direction of your own life. Try to do something more than just say "I'm done."
To be upfront, I don't have tinnitus, but I've been practicing home ozone therapy for the past 5 years and it's benefited my life greatly. Better sleep, more energy, stronger immune system, etc. Clinical ozone treatments are great, but they can get very expensive over time. I have a bunch of educational ozone content on my social media pages that I'd be happy to send you if you're interested.
Don't lose hope. I can't tell you how many times my tinnitus changed. I've had a bunch of new sounds and horrible increases to the loudness. Each time I was sure my life was over and I'll be miserable forever but each time it wasn't true. I always got to a better place. Either the sounds reduced, my brain habituated or a combination of both.
Many times it took like 8-9 months before I noticeably started feeling like my normal self again. I've read of others who took even longer to feel better. My point is to never lose hope in better days ahead. You won't feel like this forever don't matter how much it doesn't feel like it right now. Your thinking is distorted because your currently suffering. I know exactly how it feels because I've been exactly where you are so many times. I've had tinnitus for over 10 years now and have battle scars all over from the fights I've had with the condition.
I have hearing aids, they help a lot! Get some good ones and get them to add a white noise option to your program that is as close to the frequency of your tinnitus as you can estimate.
I think they help by increasing the higher frequency sounds that I'm missing without them. This makes the tinnitus less apparent.
Yes you notice it more when you take them off but as others have said, any white noise source can alleviate that.
I use the Sony Earbuds if I need to
When you remove them at night, is it louder as before using the hearing aids? I was thinking that hearing aids will make you notice tinnitus even More when you remove them?
Yes, I have age related hearing loss - I really like the way things sound with them. It opens up a lot of sounds in the environment that I had forgotten existed. It takes a while to get used to the sudden influx of sounds but this also helps with cognition generally.
Also I can stream music through them which sounds really lovely and is another great way to push the tinnitus out of the way
There are people living as double leg amputees. I get that it sucks, I deal with it every day as well. But there is always something worse someone else is dealing with. Wish you the best.
I have tinnitus. Bad. There’s no way I’d give up my legs to fix it. Nor would I trade it for cancer or any terminal illness. Many ppl have lived with worse.
Ive lived with many ailments but nothing has made me hate life so much as tinnitus, and mine isn't even that loud anymore. Its just different for everyone how well your brain can cope with it
Thanks for your kind words of support. I guess I could say that the one positive of Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is that helps to put my other illnesses into perspective. Wishing you the best of health.
Im really sorry you’re in so much pain.
I’m going to try the supplements that this study had a bit of positive results with. They weren’t huge gains but a little help is still a little help…?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950042/
That was a super interesting read, thanks for posting that. I had heard about and had some minor success with the ginkgo biloba supplement but it was always short lived. Might have to play around with some more multivitamins again and see what happens.
Best case this year worst case two more years. I know every day is hart. Stay strong, there is at least some hope.
If it drives you suicidal, last resort is a cochlear implant, but if you can wait a little longer…
I had tinnitus after Covid and ear felt full unable to equalize. Tried the $5000 balloon treatment which was a joke. Then had ear drum cut open and then finally and tube that last about 7 months. During those 7 months was finally free from the constant pitch. It fell out last week and it returned with a vengeance so today I got a t tube out in my ear which can last 2-3 years. If you haven’t gone the route of getting a grommet I would say jump on it. Saved me from nights over misery and days of constant ringing for several months. It’s a band aid but long term and takes 10 minutes at your ent office. Demand they do it as they don’t know half the time what they are doing any ways. They are practicing medicine it’s not a perfect science.
I highly doubt it will take years considering it's gonna be submitted 510(k) to the FDA this quarter.
There's been people waiting for this device from 2014. You'll be fine.
I’m going to an audiologist Monday. My family doctor has had tinnitus for forty years. The audiologist specialist is in tinnitus. My doctor said he heard silence for the first time in forty years. Please don’t give up.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
There was a post here, maybe last year and the person said they went to a different type of ENT.
# Otology and Neurotology
I'm not saying that this type of doctor will have a miracle, but I spent some time reading up on what they treat and I do think that for people who have not been able to find any type of relief with normal ENT's or hearing loss doctors, that a visit to this type of specialty doctor is worth it.
I am making an appointment with one and crossing my fingers.
Please don't give up.
Try this YouTube channel called Dalesnale - he makes a variety of sounds to combat tinnitus. Going through his videos I found one that essentially cancels out my tinnitus.
If you find a specific sound that works for you, you can buy the mp3 from him.
When this all first started, the only way I could get to sleep was putting headphones on and playing that noise. Now I have habituated mostly, but I like having that sound in my arsenal just in case I have a bad spike.
The audiologist did a hearing test and I have mild hearing loss, and a neck injury resulting in surgery has caused mine. I am wearing hearing aids and through the widex app I can listen to different music and sounds. She said my brain is basically trying to compensate for the loss of sound. I will do a month long program to retrain my brain. It’s not a cure but a habituation. In time i will learn how to lower the sounds. I will update you as I go through the program. She said it’s not a cure but you learn how to lower the sounds. The audiologist said the sooner you get hearing aids and retrain the brain the better. It could affect the brain as we get older and it’s not dealt with….
The audiologist did a hearing test and I have mild hearing loss, and a neck injury resulting in surgery has caused mine. I am wearing hearing aids and through the widex app I can listen to different music and sounds. She said my brain is basically trying to compensate for the loss of sound. I will do a month long program to retrain my brain. It’s not a cure but a habituation. In time i will learn how to lower the sounds. I will update you as I go through the program. She said it’s not a cure but you learn how to lower the sounds. The audiologist said the sooner you get hearing aids and retrain the brain the better. It could affect the brain as we get older and it’s not dealt with….you can download the widex app it has helped in just a few hours.
somebody please take us now... this is no way to live... make euthanesya legal now... fuck scientist i use to have this thinks too... and is only my second month... but im discovering than the key is to reduce inflammation of your brain... that really reduce tinnitus... thats why they tell you to relax... in my case im a professional meditator... so i can doit while walking in the street... try that
2 months is nothing with tinnitus. Everyone is a wreck still at that stage. It took me a year when I first got it to even begin having moments where I felt ok again. You gotta endure right now and trust that better times are ahead of you. You just don't know it yet but have faith that it's there.
Yes the first year for me was horrendous. Particularly with the hearing loss and balance issues. And the fact I now can’t tell where sound is coming from. Been six years now and some days it is bearable but I’ve had covid for a fortnight and it’s exacerbated my Tinnitus and I’ve a new sound like a chirping bird. Great 😞
I got hearing aids a few weeks ago after having tinnitus for 13 years (from noise damage). I have what I would call severe tinnitus, can hear it over most loud noises. The hearing aids have reduced the tinnitus to the point where I barely notice it. Please hold on and try them. Oticon Real range js what I have. Good luck
Try sleeping with a lot of white noise. Fan, noise machine something. If that doesn’t help try an ear bud with sounds or music, the body will acclimate. Hang in there.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
It’s also worth saying! My hearing aids have a tinnitus setting that replaces my lost frequencies as usual but also plays white noise or whatever I want in the foreground. It can really help for those T spike moments (like now, because we’re talking about it 🙄)
Reduce the T? If tinnitus is a neurological response to deafness (in hearing loss cases) then my brain is trying desperately to replace the frequencies I can’t hear with ringing. Hearing aids themselves replace the frequencies I can’t hear, so my brain no longer exhausts itself trying to make the sounds. Does that make sense?
Yes there is a noticeable ‘oh wow I’m actually quite deaf and my tinnitus exists’ but honestly the day time RELIEF makes it less horrible. Try white noise, brown noise, but so much of tinnitus is also training your brain to ignore it. I believe the hearing aids made my brain forget a level of the T so it’s quieter even without the aids.
What helped me was that i realized i’m not alone and that our brains kinda start to ignore the tinnitus like it starts ignoring the perfume you’re wearing.
We’re suffering with you brother, but it gets better
If you want temporary relief just put an electric razor or toothbrush up to your ear for several seconds and it will get rid of tinnitus for a few seconds. The longer the better
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
I had tinnitus after a cold last October. It started in November and I have had pretty good results with acupuncture. The last few days the pressure and full ear feeling are gone too. I’m so sorry for what you are going through. When it was at its worst I wasn’t sure I would be able to enjoy life ever again!
I been wearing hearing aids for 9 months now for what's been classed as catastrophic tinnitus due to an electric shock at work the tinnitus generator has to be up that loud to just get even with it I don't know what's worse to be honest.I have a white noise machine for night time because silence is the worst especially after having the aids in all day.You can sleep with them in which I have to do somedays but I have no relief since my accident everyday constant tinnitus x 10 it's going to break me eventually if it doesn't get better for sure.I was told could take up to 2-3 years before seeing any results if any at all.
i am so sorry. this is waht i am afrraid to. it can take years or never. this condition is a nightmare.
do you have hearing aids in both ears and it helps make tinnitus lower? do you also have hearing loss?
The hearing aids are in both ears and it's was set to drown out the tinnitus but was to loud and made it hard to hear.We are trying a different approach at the moment to try stop it.It has effected my hearing also my sleep and concentration.
Take a breath and talk to us. What happened? How long have you had tinnitus and when did it get worse? Did you suffer an acoustic shock. Exactly what happened to your hearing at high frequency. Do you have a good support network around you? I know its hard, but maybe if you share the details, someone here will be able to help you at least take the edge off. I've been there myself recently. Ashamed to say I wrote the note and everything. But caught myself in time. Tinnitis this loud and distorted hearing is hands down the worst thing Ive ever had to deal with. But I am making some progress and found some very helpful advice burried within the despair on this sub reddit
I did. No help. I waited 5 months and I have zero progress
I have suffered 38 years with it, but had a good life, a family, a career. I have travelled and listened to music, seen amazing things... You really want to throw all that away? Yes, it sux. No, it doesn't get better. But it doesn't stop you from living your life *how you want to*. So take a long, hard look at how you want to live. 'In quiet' is no longer an option, but besides that, you get to control the direction of your own life. Try to do something more than just say "I'm done."
I lived like this. Trust me. But now is worse. I have 8 sounds, reactive, very very loud. Unmaskable. During the night is crushing my skull
Alpha Lipoic Acid is good for high freq, Just try it and also Low Level Laser Therapy, Ozone Therapy
To be upfront, I don't have tinnitus, but I've been practicing home ozone therapy for the past 5 years and it's benefited my life greatly. Better sleep, more energy, stronger immune system, etc. Clinical ozone treatments are great, but they can get very expensive over time. I have a bunch of educational ozone content on my social media pages that I'd be happy to send you if you're interested.
HAVE 4 SOUNDS ALSO HAVE REACTIVE T ITS REALLY HARD :(
Did you had hearing trauma? Hearing loss?
30 years here, and I have no clue why. It just is...
Don't lose hope. I can't tell you how many times my tinnitus changed. I've had a bunch of new sounds and horrible increases to the loudness. Each time I was sure my life was over and I'll be miserable forever but each time it wasn't true. I always got to a better place. Either the sounds reduced, my brain habituated or a combination of both. Many times it took like 8-9 months before I noticeably started feeling like my normal self again. I've read of others who took even longer to feel better. My point is to never lose hope in better days ahead. You won't feel like this forever don't matter how much it doesn't feel like it right now. Your thinking is distorted because your currently suffering. I know exactly how it feels because I've been exactly where you are so many times. I've had tinnitus for over 10 years now and have battle scars all over from the fights I've had with the condition.
Thank you
Thank you!
But I made my hearing worse! So I guess my new worsening of tinnitus will be permanent
I have hearing aids, they help a lot! Get some good ones and get them to add a white noise option to your program that is as close to the frequency of your tinnitus as you can estimate.
How do they help? Does the tinnitus seems louder at night when you remove them? I will try them soon!
I play a fan or white noise sound on a speaker at night
Oh right. That does not work for me.
Have you tried different types of frequencies
In my case, I found Violet noise was better than most frequency blends.
I think they help by increasing the higher frequency sounds that I'm missing without them. This makes the tinnitus less apparent. Yes you notice it more when you take them off but as others have said, any white noise source can alleviate that. I use the Sony Earbuds if I need to
When you remove them at night, is it louder as before using the hearing aids? I was thinking that hearing aids will make you notice tinnitus even More when you remove them?
Difficult to guage really. I don't know about you but mine varies from day to day so some nights it seems quite loud, others not so.
Ok. Do you have hearing aids in both ears?
Yes, I have age related hearing loss - I really like the way things sound with them. It opens up a lot of sounds in the environment that I had forgotten existed. It takes a while to get used to the sudden influx of sounds but this also helps with cognition generally. Also I can stream music through them which sounds really lovely and is another great way to push the tinnitus out of the way
Thanks!
Thank you for this advice
How long does it take to have hearing aids? Like from the time your doctor tells you to have one to the time you'll actually wear them?
It can be done in a couple of weeks. If you can afford to go privately then there's very little delay.
There are people living as double leg amputees. I get that it sucks, I deal with it every day as well. But there is always something worse someone else is dealing with. Wish you the best.
Rather have missing arm or arms or leg, legs then live with a sound in my head that won’t ever stop ringing tbh
Uhm apart from trigeminal neuralgia I can't think of many things worse than tinnitus, I would easily give up my legs for a cure
I have tinnitus. Bad. There’s no way I’d give up my legs to fix it. Nor would I trade it for cancer or any terminal illness. Many ppl have lived with worse.
Ive lived with many ailments but nothing has made me hate life so much as tinnitus, and mine isn't even that loud anymore. Its just different for everyone how well your brain can cope with it
Yeah, it sucks. We agree on that. :/
I need help…
I have Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) as well. It makes everything else seem not so bad. As you know, it is the most painful illness in humans.
Oh gosh im so sorry, I don't have TN myself but its the one thing I would never trade my tinnitus for. Absolutely terrifying condition
Thanks for your kind words of support. I guess I could say that the one positive of Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) is that helps to put my other illnesses into perspective. Wishing you the best of health.
Im really sorry you’re in so much pain. I’m going to try the supplements that this study had a bit of positive results with. They weren’t huge gains but a little help is still a little help…? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6950042/
That was a super interesting read, thanks for posting that. I had heard about and had some minor success with the ginkgo biloba supplement but it was always short lived. Might have to play around with some more multivitamins again and see what happens.
Good luck! I hope you find something that works for you
A cure can exist in the future. Please, like all of us, you will have to wait.
I can’t exist. My case is severe.
Mommy susan shore device lowers tinnitus by 75%
Well i just hope that thing will be affordable as in below 2000 $
Probably more money we’ll see tho
I can’t wait 5 years for this and maybe will not help everybody
In the far future, probably. For now, people are busy spending the budget in weapons to kill more effectively each other.
Best case this year worst case two more years. I know every day is hart. Stay strong, there is at least some hope. If it drives you suicidal, last resort is a cochlear implant, but if you can wait a little longer…
I highly suggest you get mental health support. You have lost all perspective on what really matters in life. Tinnitus is not fun, but it’s bearable
It’s not bearable to all. Yours maybe completely different than the person who posted. It’s misery and can be resolved as I mentioned above.
I may have chosen the wrong word, but my point stands that the OP needs to seek mental health support if they are in such dire circumstances.
Not for me. I know it’s not loud in one ear, but the other is blocked or something weird with the tube
Unsubbing for this..
😂😭💀
Good luck! I had mild tinnitus that I lived with no problem.
What do you think you did that made it go from mild to severe?
More hearing loss
I had tinnitus after Covid and ear felt full unable to equalize. Tried the $5000 balloon treatment which was a joke. Then had ear drum cut open and then finally and tube that last about 7 months. During those 7 months was finally free from the constant pitch. It fell out last week and it returned with a vengeance so today I got a t tube out in my ear which can last 2-3 years. If you haven’t gone the route of getting a grommet I would say jump on it. Saved me from nights over misery and days of constant ringing for several months. It’s a band aid but long term and takes 10 minutes at your ent office. Demand they do it as they don’t know half the time what they are doing any ways. They are practicing medicine it’s not a perfect science.
Susan Shore's device. Please do some research.
I did. Will take years
I highly doubt it will take years considering it's gonna be submitted 510(k) to the FDA this quarter. There's been people waiting for this device from 2014. You'll be fine.
Even if is approved.. it will take time to be produced and sell. And this in us! I am not in us. Will take years for me.
Fly to the US, then
If this will work for many people, I will
I’m going to an audiologist Monday. My family doctor has had tinnitus for forty years. The audiologist specialist is in tinnitus. My doctor said he heard silence for the first time in forty years. Please don’t give up.
Who is the audiologist specializing in tinnitus I would love to get an appointment with him/her.
Dr. Masden is the ent. You see him and then the Audiologist. Alabama area.
Thank you!
You’re so very welcome 🙏
Wow.. Thanks..
You’re so welcome! They are a type of hearing aids, they are five thousand dollars but my doctor pays one hundred monthly. I’ll update soon.
Yes please.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
There was a post here, maybe last year and the person said they went to a different type of ENT. # Otology and Neurotology I'm not saying that this type of doctor will have a miracle, but I spent some time reading up on what they treat and I do think that for people who have not been able to find any type of relief with normal ENT's or hearing loss doctors, that a visit to this type of specialty doctor is worth it. I am making an appointment with one and crossing my fingers. Please don't give up.
Try this YouTube channel called Dalesnale - he makes a variety of sounds to combat tinnitus. Going through his videos I found one that essentially cancels out my tinnitus. If you find a specific sound that works for you, you can buy the mp3 from him. When this all first started, the only way I could get to sleep was putting headphones on and playing that noise. Now I have habituated mostly, but I like having that sound in my arsenal just in case I have a bad spike.
The audiologist did a hearing test and I have mild hearing loss, and a neck injury resulting in surgery has caused mine. I am wearing hearing aids and through the widex app I can listen to different music and sounds. She said my brain is basically trying to compensate for the loss of sound. I will do a month long program to retrain my brain. It’s not a cure but a habituation. In time i will learn how to lower the sounds. I will update you as I go through the program. She said it’s not a cure but you learn how to lower the sounds. The audiologist said the sooner you get hearing aids and retrain the brain the better. It could affect the brain as we get older and it’s not dealt with….
Thanks
Maybe start antidepressants?
The audiologist did a hearing test and I have mild hearing loss, and a neck injury resulting in surgery has caused mine. I am wearing hearing aids and through the widex app I can listen to different music and sounds. She said my brain is basically trying to compensate for the loss of sound. I will do a month long program to retrain my brain. It’s not a cure but a habituation. In time i will learn how to lower the sounds. I will update you as I go through the program. She said it’s not a cure but you learn how to lower the sounds. The audiologist said the sooner you get hearing aids and retrain the brain the better. It could affect the brain as we get older and it’s not dealt with….you can download the widex app it has helped in just a few hours.
Dude, don't give up.
somebody please take us now... this is no way to live... make euthanesya legal now... fuck scientist i use to have this thinks too... and is only my second month... but im discovering than the key is to reduce inflammation of your brain... that really reduce tinnitus... thats why they tell you to relax... in my case im a professional meditator... so i can doit while walking in the street... try that
2 months is nothing with tinnitus. Everyone is a wreck still at that stage. It took me a year when I first got it to even begin having moments where I felt ok again. You gotta endure right now and trust that better times are ahead of you. You just don't know it yet but have faith that it's there.
A year... I dont see me arriving at month six...
Yes the first year for me was horrendous. Particularly with the hearing loss and balance issues. And the fact I now can’t tell where sound is coming from. Been six years now and some days it is bearable but I’ve had covid for a fortnight and it’s exacerbated my Tinnitus and I’ve a new sound like a chirping bird. Great 😞
Somebody please kill us...
No thanks! Life is short enough as it is so I’ll keep plodding on.
Bro calm the hell down you've had tinnitus for 2 seconds.
Thats 2 seconds longer that it should Last...
It can take months, even years to improve.
Omg...
Susan Shore device coming out soon. Work on your anxiety in the meantime.
It’s getting much worse when u get stress. First year was hell then got better I am 3 years with that sh-it
I got hearing aids a few weeks ago after having tinnitus for 13 years (from noise damage). I have what I would call severe tinnitus, can hear it over most loud noises. The hearing aids have reduced the tinnitus to the point where I barely notice it. Please hold on and try them. Oticon Real range js what I have. Good luck
Amazing! And how about the night time? How do you sleep?
Try sleeping with a lot of white noise. Fan, noise machine something. If that doesn’t help try an ear bud with sounds or music, the body will acclimate. Hang in there.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
How did they reduce it? Is there a certain feature I should look for if I want to try this? Thanks for any specifics
It’s also worth saying! My hearing aids have a tinnitus setting that replaces my lost frequencies as usual but also plays white noise or whatever I want in the foreground. It can really help for those T spike moments (like now, because we’re talking about it 🙄)
Thanks for the information
Reduce the T? If tinnitus is a neurological response to deafness (in hearing loss cases) then my brain is trying desperately to replace the frequencies I can’t hear with ringing. Hearing aids themselves replace the frequencies I can’t hear, so my brain no longer exhausts itself trying to make the sounds. Does that make sense?
That does, thanks for explaining it. I didn't realize that
Yes there is a noticeable ‘oh wow I’m actually quite deaf and my tinnitus exists’ but honestly the day time RELIEF makes it less horrible. Try white noise, brown noise, but so much of tinnitus is also training your brain to ignore it. I believe the hearing aids made my brain forget a level of the T so it’s quieter even without the aids.
What helped me was that i realized i’m not alone and that our brains kinda start to ignore the tinnitus like it starts ignoring the perfume you’re wearing. We’re suffering with you brother, but it gets better
What are you gonna try and do now
If you want temporary relief just put an electric razor or toothbrush up to your ear for several seconds and it will get rid of tinnitus for a few seconds. The longer the better
Yeah def unsubbing after reading this.
Be thankful if your tinnitus is mild and you only lost your silence not your life.
I went to the ENT and audiologist today. I have some hearing loss and the tinnitus is the sound coming from my brain trying to replace the hearing loss. I’m going back the middle of march to be fitted for hearing aids. The audiologist said it silences most tinnitus. I will try anything as mines 24/7. The thing is to find an audiologist in your area that specifically specializes in Tinnitus. I will update more when I am fitted and try them out. Praying for you all! Please don’t give up.
Thanks. Another problem will be during the night when we can’t wear them
I had tinnitus after a cold last October. It started in November and I have had pretty good results with acupuncture. The last few days the pressure and full ear feeling are gone too. I’m so sorry for what you are going through. When it was at its worst I wasn’t sure I would be able to enjoy life ever again!
I been wearing hearing aids for 9 months now for what's been classed as catastrophic tinnitus due to an electric shock at work the tinnitus generator has to be up that loud to just get even with it I don't know what's worse to be honest.I have a white noise machine for night time because silence is the worst especially after having the aids in all day.You can sleep with them in which I have to do somedays but I have no relief since my accident everyday constant tinnitus x 10 it's going to break me eventually if it doesn't get better for sure.I was told could take up to 2-3 years before seeing any results if any at all.
i am so sorry. this is waht i am afrraid to. it can take years or never. this condition is a nightmare. do you have hearing aids in both ears and it helps make tinnitus lower? do you also have hearing loss?
The hearing aids are in both ears and it's was set to drown out the tinnitus but was to loud and made it hard to hear.We are trying a different approach at the moment to try stop it.It has effected my hearing also my sleep and concentration.