Recent content by DanielN

I did TRT with continuous sound therapy using hearing aids. They thought I had minor hearing loss at first, but it tested normal later. My audiologist allowed for minor amplification of the environment, which was helpful. I tried many noises, but white noise worked the best for me long term. You...

Yes, sufficiently loud! I could hear the audiogram tones; they just had to be over 55 dB in the frequency ranges of the loud tinnitus! This is why I was marked with hearing loss for that amount, although it may not have been the case; it could have just been the loud tinnitus, and I could hear...

I don't take audiograms all the time, so I don't know. It's frankly not relevant because your perceived noise is what the issue is. I've had tinnitus a small amount my whole life, and it could be that eight years ago, it just got completely unmasked by my brain or something. Since then, I've...

It would have been when I was fitting my second set of hearing aids so probably 4 or 5 years after the initial onset. I can assure you I could not have heard those tones over my tinnitus. My tinnitus sounded (and still sounds) an awful lot like the high frequency tones in the first place and it...

Well, maybe it would have, but it's certainly what I needed at the time eight years ago; I guess my therapy was about 1 to 2 years long tapering off. My audiologist is a dear friend to this day. I think that you're partially right in that habituation cannot be stopped, really, and that is a part...

Update: I have had tinnitus for eight years now; I just thought I would drop a line. Life is good, and it has returned to practically 100% normal almost 100% of the time. Of course, I still have tinnitus, although it is rarely terrible. There was no magic bullet other than the sound therapy...

I was thinking the same thing; the Logan's Run soundtrack sounds quite simliar at times! Looking forward to trying this on bad days.

Last week I had small T (what I've had since age 3 at least) when I went to bed for the first time since August. Yesterday and today I had hardly had any T most of the day. Kinda bummed it came back but.. put the aids in and chilling with ambient noise and reading. Manageable. I broke my no...

Grats! Starting yoga soon myself!

Great post

Not quite six months (10 days left) but I felt like posting today on a so-so day (neither bad nor good). I had 55+ db six months ago hit me over night, 15-16 k hz at first... The next 2.5 - 3 months were a miserable blur that I cannot even remember some of. The extreme loudness has subsided...

One day at a time. Roller coaster is common in the beginning. Get a good audiologist (or two). Try to find your stress triggers (which can be hard, what I'm doing under guidance), being around people, being a little busy. Give yourself little things to look forward to every day and week. Avoid...

Yes, that is the plan. I listen to nearly constant background noise either in the form of music or white noise. I am using hearing aids and you can stream to them via the phone.

I am pretty new to (loud) T but it is pretty bad and nearly unmaskable (15k - 16k hz with a little H thrown in I'm finding). I am having an awful time with it and my own stress/anxiety which was going before this summer pretty bad (midlife/work/etc). I have only minor hearing loss so...