Any tinnitus sufferers here....?
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As it turns out, going to a ton of concerts and sitting at a desk with headphones blaring 40 hours a week for 30 years isn't good for your ears. Who could have known?
I just deal with it. I tried some kind of pills off Amazon one time but it didn't help.
I just deal with it. I tried some kind of pills off Amazon one time but it didn't help.
Not much helps.
There are some apps that can match the sounds your brain is projecting. That can help a little.
Alcohol, stress and lack of sleep seem to make it worse.
There are some apps that can match the sounds your brain is projecting. That can help a little.
Alcohol, stress and lack of sleep seem to make it worse.
I have both subjective and pulsatile tinnitus. Have just lived with it for years. Don’t believe the cure hype, but if someone has a remedy, please let us know.
Had tinnitus years ago that I couldnt get rid of, turns out it was related to sciatic issues I was having. Changed my gym routine up a bit and started doing daily stretches focused on my lower back and both eventually got better. Didnt really link the 2 until a couple times my tinnitus would come back before my back would start acting up so these days it can be an early warning sign for me to take it easy.
I know there are other more common issues that cause tinnitus but if you have any kind of back/neck pain would focus on that and see if it helps. When my tinnitus was a problem the only thing that actually helped were some sound therapy videos I found on youtube, but it was only temporary.
I know there are other more common issues that cause tinnitus but if you have any kind of back/neck pain would focus on that and see if it helps. When my tinnitus was a problem the only thing that actually helped were some sound therapy videos I found on youtube, but it was only temporary.
This time about a year ago I went to the doc to complain about Tinnitus and a year later I am told I have that and Ménière's disease. Have practically gone deaf in my left ear in 12 months and still have Tinnitus. They tell me there is no cure.
Yes, for many years. Largely due to gunfire and explosions while serving in the Army.
Keep BP down (mine = 117/78 usually). Limiting caffeine helps some. Walking helps some. Otherwise, I deal with it.
Good luck.
Keep BP down (mine = 117/78 usually). Limiting caffeine helps some. Walking helps some. Otherwise, I deal with it.
Good luck.
DW has Meniere's. Eight years now. Lost half or more hearing in right hear. Also has noise & pressure in it. The degree of those come & go. Also has/had vertigo with it. Not too much these days. Was worst the first two years or so. I can't tell how bad she is at any moment. What we both notice is she often can't tell where an extraneous sound is coming from or what it is. Misses low volume, higher frequency sounds.
Yes I have all of that. Am hoping I am going thru the worst of it now.
Guy I know said one ear always "sizzles" like it's an intermitent static sound. He says it's just one ear and gets worse when he's conjested and better in the winter when everything outside is dead, so he knows it's allergy-related. He said decongestants make it go away but he has high blood pressure, so can't take decongestants. It seems like it could be anything that causes tinnitus.
I have played stringed musical instruments most of my life. I picked up a banjo 50+ yrs ago. My symptoms get worse/better according to how much I play my banjo....
I am pretty much never in silence. Only at work when nobody is talking. Even while asleep.
I have had tinnitus for 44 years. It’s true there’s no cure but there are some treatments. I recently finished a program with Lenire, a device that uses bimodal neuromodulation to train your brain to ignore the tinnitus sensation. The program is six months under the care and guidance of an auditory doctor.
I enrolled in a program last year in Lexington with Kentucky Audiology & Tinnitus Services. It’s expensive. To date, I have spent $5,300 on equipment.
I chose to do it because the Lenire device is the first treatment ever approved by the FDA. The treatment requires you to devote your time and energy to its goal. You use the device twice per day and are reviewed for progress every six weeks.
I think it was a success for me because I do mostly ignore the tinnitus and it isn’t as big a factor in my everyday life as it once was. It had become extreme in recent years due to hearing loss. I tried using hearing aids for distraction but they didn’t help. I have been finished with the program for six months now and I have to say my life is better now.
www.lenire.com
I enrolled in a program last year in Lexington with Kentucky Audiology & Tinnitus Services. It’s expensive. To date, I have spent $5,300 on equipment.
I chose to do it because the Lenire device is the first treatment ever approved by the FDA. The treatment requires you to devote your time and energy to its goal. You use the device twice per day and are reviewed for progress every six weeks.
I think it was a success for me because I do mostly ignore the tinnitus and it isn’t as big a factor in my everyday life as it once was. It had become extreme in recent years due to hearing loss. I tried using hearing aids for distraction but they didn’t help. I have been finished with the program for six months now and I have to say my life is better now.
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Lenire tinnitus treatment technology combines audio and mild tongue pulses to provide clinically proven relief from tinnitus.
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… sadly, I have no doubt that my insane tinnitus will ultimately take years off of my life … at a minimum, it has significantly impacted my quality of life …nothing masks, hearing aids, sound machines, nothing masks how loud the high pitch never-ending tone is …if a cure is found, I would pay a lot to make this go away
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Remedy? I haven’t found one. I have constant whistling in my left ear. Right ear is normal. I’ve just learned to live with it.
I have it but it’s fairly minor. I used to take a medicine that made it so bad I couldn’t sleep. Thankfully I got off that
What’s weird about mine, is that it’s just in my left ear, and the second thing is, I haven’t suffered any hearing loss. I’ve been to num ENT’s. Nothing they’ve tried has helped at all.
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That's great,hopefully your condition will get better or not any worse.
Honestly, I really think I need to get an MRI. However, every time I bring it up to a Doctor, they just ignore me.That's great,hopefully your condition will get better or not any worse.
Hearing aids with a low white noise type sound has helped somewhat but again that's just masking over and not a cure
My hearing aids help a little but not much overall.I just live with it and try to make the best of it.
I've just learned to live with it. Mine is a constant dog whistle type sound on the left and intermittent on the right. Some days are worse than others, fortunately no vertigo, etc. Family owned a paving/excavating company growing up and hunted and shot trap for fun. Hearing protection in the 70s was almost nonexistent.
I had my basement waterproofed several years ago. Even though a jackhammer was in constant use in an enclosed environment, none of the workers wore ear protection. I was shocked.
Been wearing these to shows for a couple of years now. I'm not sure that they help but they say it does so I wear them. You can hear a difference in volume but it's still clear.
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I have it in my left ear. It is really bas when I get stressed about something. This all started 4 years ago when some guy rear ended me at 70 mile per hour.
The only thing that saved my life was my work truck. I was in a 2018 Chevrolet 3500 dually with a Knapheide tool box that you can walk inside and has tool compartments all around it. Basically it was a tank.
About two day s after the wreck, I started with this. It is nothing but a curse. Hearing aids during the day, a sound machine at night.
Sucks.
The only thing that saved my life was my work truck. I was in a 2018 Chevrolet 3500 dually with a Knapheide tool box that you can walk inside and has tool compartments all around it. Basically it was a tank.
About two day s after the wreck, I started with this. It is nothing but a curse. Hearing aids during the day, a sound machine at night.
Sucks.