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hearing therapy

I started having ringing, crickets, ocean whooshing sounds, etc a few years ago. Last year I went to a local place that advertised a free hearing check. I filled out the forms, jumped through the hoops, and so on so that I could get the hearing test. I had my suspicions to begin with being free and all.... Yup, it was a big sales pitch for hearing assisted telephones and such. Once the doc found out that I had no insurance (I do now) I was sent packing... quickly.
 
Bstable said:
I started having ringing, crickets, ocean whooshing sounds, etc a few years ago. Last year I went to a local place that advertised a free hearing check. I filled out the forms, jumped through the hoops, and so on so that I could get the hearing test. I had my suspicions to begin with being free and all.... Yup, it was a big sales pitch for hearing assisted telephones and such. Once the doc found out that I had no insurance (I do now) I was sent packing... quickly.
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You could try a COSTCO that does hearing aids for a check.
 
goldear said:
There are some health supplements out there which can significantly lower tinnitus. I've tried some of them, and they can definitely lower one's personal noise-floor a bit.
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Please elaborate on this, goldear. I worked for GNC for 5 years as an assistant manager, and most of those supplements contained blends of very common things, and occasionally some Chinese herbs I'd never heard of. Curious to know what you found successful.

Cadillac Kid said:
Success stories for tinnitus are rare. I tried the tones and it offered temporary relief.

Mine is, without a doubt , related to or affected by barometric pressure changes. Once I understood the pattern of my tinnitus it was much less bothersome.

The first two years were bad, very bad.
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I too have noticed the barometric pressure link.

My blood pressure, which needs to be treated and currently is not, really makes a difference. Aspirin makes my ears ROAR as well.
 
Ever since attending a Lillian Axe concert in a small club I've had tinnitus. It sucks.

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another day

Really great today. I did therapy yesterday but it didn't make a difference. This morning I woke to complete silence. First in weeks.
I don't know if the therapy did anything but it sure feels good to be quiet.

Paul
 
I.R.Brainiac said:
I use this online tone generator to scrub through my tinnitus frequencies.

http://plasticity.szynalski.com/tone-generator.htm

I can both feel and hear when I land on the correct frequency.It can completely eliminate the ringing and it feels amazing.

Unfortunately the relief is very temporary but if I am experiencing a particularly annoying whine,it is comforting to know I can knock it down.That will usually allow enough time for it to drop to normal so I can forget about it and ignore it.

The author of that webpage also has a good bit of informatiuon on dealing with tinnitus.(there is a link at the bottom with his name)

Stress,poor health/medications, and diet have an effect on the volume of tinnitus.

For falling asleep I listen to quiet music/slow tempo that has instruments in my worst tonal ranges.(2 to 4k naturally)

Violin music is strong in that range.

Good luck all...someday we may beat this...til then,learn not to let it beat you...that only makes it worse. :)
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Great site. Thanks for the input(pun intended). I know now what frequency is the optimum. Much better than my 50 yr. old Knight kit signal generator that has a pointer 1/2" wide to tune frequency.
Around 9400 is my optimum. I am going to hook up a meter to monitor the level and make adjustments.

Paul
 
I have broadband tinnitus...multiple tones spread all through 1k to 13k.
Some are predominant and once I scrub them out I can hear the others.

Once I go through all of them the silence is eerie. ;)

There is also a way to make music that is composed of your tinnitus tones.It can be played in the background as you work or when falling asleep.

Just having the tones come from an external source is a relief compared to it being inside your head. :)
 
onwardjames said:
Aspirin makes my ears ROAR as well.
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Aspirin is ototoxic. So is nicotine if I recall.

My mother in law had a book about ototoxic drugs which is probably around the house still. She liked to blame her hearing loss on chemotherapy drugs instead of genetics or age.
 
The site above is also useful for demonstrating comb filtering and phase cancellation. In searching for the primary frequency of my tinnitus, all of the sudden the tone disappeared. Moved my head a little and there it was again. :scratch2:
 
Interesting stuff. I've had tinnitus since childhood, though no idea what caused it. Most of the time I'm pretty unaware of it. Any good solution would certainly be welcome!
 
One of the main things the guy that made that website recommends for dealing with tinnitus is NOT listening for it.
If you listen for it purposely,you will hear it,and it will seem worse.
By learning to ignore it,you will lessen the self reinforcing aspect.

When it just cant be ignored,have methods of masking it ready and you wont be as distressed.Allowing yourself to be stressed by tinnitus just reinforces it mentally.
 
Interesting that your treatment is to play the same frequency as the tinnitus. I just saw a video where they claim that the method is to process music to REMOVE the octave centered around the tinnitus frequency, which seems a bit strange, actually.

The random noise generators (rain, nature sounds, etc.) are useful if you sleep in what would otherwise be an extremely quiet room. It seems that your hearing becomes more sensitive and you are more easily disturbed as a result. What I find is that most of the patterns repeat frequently enough that I "tune in" on them. The only one that seems to work is the swamp full of crickets.
 
Yes, aspirin and certain antibiotics are very ototoxic, and tinnitus sufferers are best to avoid them.

I suffered from tinnitus after a blank gun was discharged about 6" from my unprotected ear. Since the most common form of tinnitus arises from highly irritated stereocilia, I started wearing an earplug throughout the day, whenever I could. Definitely when in a car. I just let the ear rest and recover as much as possible. Zero aspirin. Certainly no targeted tones right where the ear was already hurting. I'm pretty certain this regimen helped, and led to an 85%+ reduction in t-tones, but it took more than a year.

-k
 
ken kantor said:
Yes, aspirin and certain antibiotics are very ototoxic, and tinnitus sufferers are best to avoid them.

I suffered from tinnitus after a blank gun was discharged about 6" from my unprotected ear. Since the most common form of tinnitus arises from highly irritated stereocilia, I started wearing an earplug throughout the day, whenever I could. Definitely when in a car. I just let the ear rest and recover as much as possible. Zero aspirin. Certainly no targeted tones right where the ear was already hurting. I'm pretty certain this regimen helped, and led to an 85%+ reduction in t-tones, but it took more than a year.

-k
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What anelgisics can you take that don't aggravate it?
 
hearing therapy stuff

I have been not posting for a long time.
I found that sometimes I am very rewarded with 10 minutes of 12,553 and sometimes it seems the therapy aggravates the problem.

I am still doing it almost daily but like I write sometimes it doesn't work.
I guess I will keep looking.
I will try other frequencies also.

Paul
 
Pio1980 said:
What anelgisics can you take that don't aggravate it?
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I recommend Morphine, if you can get it....

Seriously, NSAIDs are much, much better than aspirin. (Eg- Motrin/Ibuprofen, Naproxen Sodium, etc.) Tylenol is not ototoxic. It just destroys your liver....

-k
 
aspirin VS nsaids

I felt a long time ago that aspirin is the miracle drug.
At 70 I am still fit and work at projects daily. Some projects are arduous but they keep me fit, along with the aspirin.
An old doctor I went to regularly swore by it and at this time in my life I must agree and continue.
If I must give up a little like ringing, so be it.
And if I can find other ways around it same.
I did a treatment for 10 minutes today and the ringing is very far away. First time in a week.

Paul
 
In my case, the ringing isn't annoying .... yet. More like the 60 Hz hum from an old AC-DC table radio that was just always there, always audible in the background, and you learned to ignore it. However, I have a friend, age 71, who used to listen to classical music and attend live performances frequently, and the deafness and ringing reached the point to where he is no longer listening to music and was considering selling a 1500 CD collection.
 
goldear said:
There are some health supplements out there which can significantly lower tinnitus. I've tried some of them, and they can definitely lower one's personal noise-floor a bit.
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Also don't know if this was mentioned yet but my ENT told me that alcohol, caffeine as well as certain foods can have impact on the tinnitus ringing.
 
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