Recent content by painted_mirrors

Update! I got 5 free download codes from the audiologist who gave me my copy! Copy #1 Copy #2 Copy #3 Copy #4 Copy #5

The hardest part of this for me was the unpredictability. But the more experiences I have, the more I feel like it is not truly unpredictable, just something annoying. Our ears and brains are constantly changing, and in my view, avoiding everything is the worst way to encourage positive...

I drummed growing up, and by the time anyone told me to be careful of my hearing, I had some tinnitus. I really play bass more since college, and had a few rehearsals that pushed me over the edge, even when using hearing protection on bass. So I had it gradually, but then in my 20s, playing...

This was the book. She gave me a QR code link to it but that was in the office. I'll email the audiologist and see if I can get that link.

I mean, it feels quieter to me. But maybe I'm just paying less attention to it. If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? If my tinnitus doesn't bother me as much, and because of that I am not perceptive of it as much, is that not a reduction in...

Hey @DamagedJoe, I am a musician with tinnitus. I wish I had an easy solution for you, but I have had tinnitus for more than 20 years, and it has been a rollercoaster the whole time. Recently, I have made some changes that have really helped, but it has taken a lot of trial and error. The best...

I have never noticed if I can hear my tinnitus in my dreams, and now I am almost afraid to check 😂 I have been working on lucid dreaming, and I wonder if I could develop the ability to “turn off” my tinnitus while I sleep. It is a strange way to experiment with it, but it seems low risk.

Hi! I have had tinnitus for decades, but it only started getting really bad in the last five to seven years. When it first began, I was told there was nothing I could do, and I was much younger. Around five to seven years ago, sometime between 2017 and 2019 before the pandemic, it started...