Recent content by david c

An interesting argument and I agree with a lot of what you say (though not everything). Interestingly, the BTA a long time ago had a discussion about the 10 priorities for the research they were prepared to fund, in which I and a significant number of others strongly argued the case for stem...

Hi, I managed to habituate to tinnitus quite some time ago. It wasn't easy and took quite some time. However, I would say absolutely the most important thing for me was to take careful steps to avoid loud noise exposure as much as possible. Being in quiet environments and avoiding anywhere such...

Look at it this way - in terms of deciding whether to try Lenire you are in a much better position than the people three years ago who had to decide whether to spend a lot of money and effort on the device based on no data at all. You now have a large number of reviews in the User Reviews...

So you said: But here's some (apparent) news for you. Tinnitus is a subjective condition which means there is no objective measure of whether a patient's tinnitus has got better or worse, the only way you know is by asking the patient how they feel and believing what they say. There is no...

The clue really is in my previous post which said: So if you wish to enquire further I would read through the user reviews thread (now many pages long) in which people who bought Lenire give their feedback. It's particularly worth focusing on the later sections of that thread as several users...

Yes, some of us were extremely sceptical about the Lenire device from the very beginning and questioned whether Tinnitus Talk giving it such prominence (pinned threads etc) was really a good idea. To be fair to Tinnitus Talk, most of the pushing of this was from a Director who's since left...

£190 for some mindfulness therapy you could quite easily get online - that is if you are that keen and really think you would find it helpful - is daylight robbery. Avoid.

I'd be very, very cautious about what you do from now on. You say that: That initial hyperacusis was a warning sign to make major changes in your lifestyle regarding noise exposure. Unfortunately, you read your slow if irregular progress from that point as an opportunity to go back to normal...

Sorry to hear of your tinnitus onset. I think you have been given good advice regarding the cause of your tinnitus. Stress can make tinnitus worse but it is very unusual for stress to cause tinnitus on its own without any other causes. Therefore it is much more likely that your use of headphones...

Sorry to hear of your bad experience with MRIs. You're right about the dangers and the frequent lack of warnings regarding the decibel levels. I would definitely recommend anyone having an MRI to ensure they have double hearing protection of ear muffs over ear plugs - simply going with the...

I wouldn't claim to know what the cause of your tinnitus was. Stress on its own can very often make pre-existing tinnitus worse - but the immediate cause is usually another reason - ear infection / ototoxic reaction / loud noise exposure etc. It may be that your doctor is right and that neck...

In general there is quite a lot of truth to this, though it does crucially depend on the cause. With some common causes of tinnitus such as ear infections or loud noise exposure, the sooner treatment is started (e.g. with antibiotics or steroids etc depending on the cause) the likelier it is...

First of all sorry to hear of your tinnitus due to MRI. They can be crazily loud, I had one a couple of months ago and with double protection of muffs and earplugs managed to get through it but wouldn't have wanted it to be much longer. Secondly, I'm sad but not remotely surprised to hear of...

I had the AstraZeneca vaccine yesterday. No impact on my tinnitus at all. No noticeable side effects apart from slight headache that evening which had gone by today.

I had the AstraZeneca vaccine yesterday. No impact on my tinnitus at all. No noticeable side effects apart from slight headache that evening which had gone by today.