Recent content by trevl

If they were still looking for further study subjects I would make the 800km trip to participate. I am frustrated at the responses from health professionals about my tinnitus. They dont get it. It would be good to have an objective measurement.

I know. I asked my tinnitus researcher about it. She was aware of the article. She reckons it has all gone quiet. Nothing further has been published by the Bionic Institute about fNIRS.

You sustained hearing loss after attending your first concert. A standard hearing test will not detect this kind of hearing loss unless the test is done using smaller intervals than typical audiometry. I used 250 Hz intervals to identify mine. Your tinnitus is caused by your brain not...

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Your son should protect his ears. If the sounds of his tinnitus are preventing him from sleeping, this is considered a comorbidity. He may need to consider sleeping pills, but it is important to proceed with caution. These medications tend to lose their effectiveness quickly due to the way the...

I use silicone 'Sleep Earplugs' that are specifically molded to fit my ear canals. I wear them whenever I go cycling, driving, walking along a main road, on windy days, when using power tools, while washing dishes, during visits to hospitals or certain shops, and in any environment where sound...

When you have ear damage caused by environmental sounds at excessive volumes, whether from a rifle range, working in a kitchen, playing in a band, or any similar setting, you are not exposed to just one frequency. There are always many frequencies involved in the damage, but the one with the...

Also, when the tinnitus at night reaches a volume or frequency that prevents you from falling asleep, or keeps you from getting back to sleep after waking up to change position, that qualifies as a definition of severe. The only solution is to take sleeping tablets. Someone has suggested that...

When tinnitus occurs at a frequency where you also have profound hearing loss, it cannot be masked. That is severe. When tinnitus is at a very high frequency, such as 11,433 Hz, and no readily accessible external sound can mask it unless those sounds are also debilitating, that is severe. When...

@Cloudious, you have measured seven data points in a spectrum of 8000 Hz. It is extremely likely that you have hearing loss, but it is also extremely unlikely that seven data points provide an adequate measure of your true hearing. Too much data is missing from your audiogram to make a...

@Nick47, a quick question: The Bionics Institute of Australia has a method for detecting the presence of tinnitus and measuring its volume. Can they also determine its frequency or frequencies? Just curious. I asked my tinnitus researcher about this. I believe the procedure was called fNIRS...

A very common comment on this and other forums is: “I have tinnitus, but my hearing tests show no hearing loss.” Hearing aid tests typically measure only six frequencies, and the dB-HL algorithm, which is commonly used, down-weights both high and low frequency responses. Other algorithms, such...

@Cloudious, hearing loss does not hide itself. It is likely that your hearing loss was not detected with the testing protocol that was used. What frequency intervals were used to measure your hearing? Try testing again with 250 Hz intervals.

Hello @Ant315, Below is a sample of my detailed audiogram compared to a hearing aid audiogram. Hearing aid audiologists can’t—or won’t—identify hearing loss in sufficient detail to make it meaningful. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/accuracy-of-hearing-test-audiogram.47565/post-718021

@Jupiterman, I wanted to use a more appropriate emoji, like a ‘Thumbs Down,’ but this forum doesn’t provide that option. It’s absurd to advise someone against gaining further information about their condition—understanding what damage has been done and where is essential. Only then can you move...