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When you reduce external sounds like that, your tinnitus can seem much louder. I’ve been using the new Apple AirPods for hearing protection whenever possible. They provide hearing protection with audio pass-through, which limits the number of decibels reaching your ears while still allowing you...

Anecdotally, I can report that Psilocybin has no effect on my tinnitus but I've never done a "heroic dose." I've tried Ketamine (full dissasociative dose) and found it had no effect either.

Finally got my device from NYU Langone! It was custom-made to position the anode and cathode over the appropriate brain region. I did my first session with them this morning, which lasted 20 minutes. They suggested that I play my tinnitus tone at a low volume during the treatment. This isn't...

Thank you for the response, @Henry Orlando FL. I’m very interested to hear if anyone with constant, unmaskable tinnitus has used this method successfully. If so, how did you approach noting your response to tinnitus that doesn’t come and go but is instead constant? Did you make just one note...

Henry, thanks for the response. This approach feels very familiar from my experience with meditation. In Anapanasati meditation, the focus is on the breath, and you note each time your attention drifts from it. This practice is quite similar. I go about my day and note whenever my attention...

I have a similar question as @Francesco. My tinnitus is constant, and the only thing that masks it is the sound of the shower. So, I’m pretty much always hearing it. My attention shifts from what I’m doing (watching TV, talking to someone, typing this response) back to my tinnitus about every 10...

I've been trying out the AirPods Pro 2 with Apple's Hearing Protection and Assistance features, and I have to say, it's an excellent product for anyone with hearing damage and tinnitus. This is the only product I've encountered that provides all these functions in one: Hearing Protection...

It’s great to see another clinical trial starting! However, I’m curious about one of the inclusion criteria: “Suffering from subjective idiopathic tinnitus.” Does this mean that if you know the cause of your tinnitus, such as noise exposure, you’re ineligible?

This is pretty exciting: https://www.apple.com/airpods-pro/hearing-health/ Apple is releasing earbuds that double as clinical-grade hearing aids. They offer hearing protection, sound amplification, and background noise control. This seems like a great product for tinnitus sufferers. I currently...

I think it's white noise passed through two band-pass filters: one at the tinnitus frequency and one at the hearing loss frequency. Then, somehow, they are mixed back together to create one sound. I'm not an audio engineer, but I dabble. So I guess we would need to find out from the study: How...

The study follows a specific protocol for generating sound using white noise, which is then processed through two band-pass filters: one for the tinnitus frequency and another for the hearing loss frequencies. You would need someone with audio engineering skills to create this type of sound. I...

Reading the paper, it seemed like creating a specific sound for each person is somewhat of an audio engineering challenge. It requires various filters and audio mixing techniques. I’d be very interested in trying this at home, but I’m not sure my relatively basic audio engineering skills are up...

From what I have read, MDMA is not a good candidate for microdosing. Unlike other hallucinogens, such as mushrooms or LSD, MDMA has no noticeable effect until it reaches a certain threshold dose, at which point it produces a significant impact. In contrast, very low doses of LSD or mushrooms...

I see this place in Germany is still offering TMS as a treatment. Has anyone tried it? Does anyone know of a comparable option available Stateside?

After doing some investigation, it looks like there may be one hearing aid that does Notch Therapy on audio passthrough: https://www.signia.net/en-us/tinnitus/therapy/ Has anyone tried this?

There seems to be some confusion in this thread about what Notch Therapy actually is. As I understand it, the core concept involves reducing the volume of the audio signal reaching your ear, but only for the frequencies around your tinnitus. For example, my tinnitus is around 4300 Hz. To apply...

Is it just me, or does this study seem poorly designed? There's no control group, a small sample size, and the outcome measures are subjective. It seems like it would have been useful to at least modify the regimen for different subsets of participants. For example, Group A could follow the...

I've done the initial consultation. It was via Zoom and cost $250. They have not treated tinnitus before, but they are familiar with the studies and are willing to try it with me. I'm currently in the process of ordering the headset from them. It's all virtual. I am on the US West Coast, which...

It sounds like you can just buy a device, strap it to your head, and zap yourself. But I'm personally a little wary of doing that with as little medical knowledge as I have. I found this program. I'm doing a screening call with them later in the month. They lease you a device and walk you...

UMich has a program called Innovation Partnerships, which helps researchers take their products to market. Auricle is a part of that program. I can't find a link now, but I know that one of the delays in bringing the product to market was working out the investment agreement with UMich in the...

Thanks! Where did you pull that from? I would like to see more of a side view of (b).

Yes, I still get tickling and the occasional ache inside my ear canal. I wonder if it is the cochlea slowly healing over time? It feels like it could be. I did a pretty extensive HBOT, and like anything else, it's so hard to say if it helped. I don't know if I'd be worse today without it. I...

I'd be willing to try Oasis Pro. Does anyone know if it's possible to determine where exactly they placed the electrode? Is there a more detailed paper available somewhere?

I was diagnosed with "otitis media with effusion" (which just means fluid behind the ear drums) after my acoustic trauma. The doctor absolutely misdiagnosed it first as an ear infection and then a sinus infection. I later saw an ENT who told me that acoustic trauma can definitely cause fluid...

I have severe unilateral tinnitus from acoustic trauma, which started about 10 months back. I often feel a dull ache in my ear canal, about an inch in. It usually corresponds with tinnitus spikes. It's unrelated to noise, so I don't think I have what folks call hyperacusis or noxacusis. Does...

Dr. Shore was asked this question in the Q&A (about whether she thought continued use beyond the 6-week duration the study tested would provide continued reduction). She said she didn't know, but the study showed a downward trend during the whole duration, and she hazarded a guess such a trend...

During the webinar, Dr. Shore shared that a 7-ms delay between the somatic and electrical stimulus would excite the neurons, whereas a 10-ms delay would depress them (depressing is what you want for tinnitus). I'm not sure I have those numbers exactly right, but they were in that range. I was...

Sorry for the necropost, but I was going through this thread and saw your post. Have you considered using bone-conduction headphones like the OpenComms? What is great about these is that you can wear regular earplugs and still hear the white noise (because the sound is generated through the...

Super informative post, @Jonno02! That's also why it was such a big deal that Auricle got support from the UMich Innovation Partnership program. They help bridge the funding gap from research to successful launch and also provide a lot of other non-financial support in the form of advice and...

Sorry to hijack the thread, but can you share a link with more information about these? I got a pair of custom-molded earplugs with filters. I did not realize there were fully solid ones.

Hi all, I developed tinnitus from noise exposure in October 2023. Over the last few months, I had finally started to habituate a bit; I would sometimes forget about it for about 30 minutes at a time. Last week, I got a CPAP machine. The doctor accidentally set it to max air pressure. I wore it...

What I keep going back to, which gives me hope despite the unanswered questions from the studies, is that UMich has decided to back the device through its Innovation Partnership program. I would guess that UMich would not give their money and support to fund something they did not think would...

Agreed with folks who are saying this is no news or maybe even good news. She did the science, now Auricle needs to do the business operations to get the product to market. As a board member, she's not going to be that heavily involved. And also, Auricle is based in Northern California so if...

I just bought the Konftec home laser. I've read some posts talking about the correct angle of the earplugs. What is the correct angle? Should they point straight into the head? Or a little forward, back, up or down?

I guess I meant supplements or natural remedies. I don't want to take medicines like Xanax.

I think I've experienced the same thing. I had unilateral loud tinnitus in the left ear after a concert 4 months ago and so was mostly wearing earplugs in my left ear. I went out a few times to noisy environments (nothing major) with just my left ear plugged and had some tinnitus spikes which...

Has anyone ever had myopia from HBOT? After my last run of 13 sessions over 15 days at 2.5 ATA, my distance vision has degraded significantly. I just had an eye exam and my nearsightedness prescription has doubled. It happened basically overnight a couple days after my last treatment. I've read...

Yeah, that's my understanding as well. They are just teaching you techniques. There's no patient/therapist bond or rapport component in CBT. TRT would be awkward to do online because they need to do the tone tests and re-program your in-ear masker (if that's what you are using).

No, I will add it to the list, thank you @BuzzyBee! I also learned Kava has some similar GABA effects; I was going to try that.

There is only one provider listed in my state. I've met with them and wasn't sure they were that qualified. I was hoping there might be some way to visit with someone online. @Michael Leigh, thanks for the advice. I'm actually heeding it which is why I said "at some point".

Hi @sjtinguy, thanks for sharing your story. Any advice on how to find a therapist who can help with CBT and TRT? I am interested to give it a try at some point but I can't seem to find anyone in my area who seems at all qualified.

Xanax drops the volume of my tinnitus significantly. It goes from something I can hear over almost anything to being something I have to actually listen for in a moderately quiet room. I don't want to take it long term though because it makes me spacey and the fact that you can become addicted...

Ah, you're right. I was looking at the "intent to treat" population graph when I should have been looking at the "per protocol" one. It's 70% of the group that actually got the treatment who had a "clinically meaningful" TFI score reduction. It was 60% of the initial population but a bunch of...

Anyone have any success using the notch therapy function of the Signia hearing aids? Seems interesting.

For anyone interested in trying Acoustic CR Neuromodulation for free, the TinnitusPlay app created by folks who run Tinnitus Talk has a great tool for it. You can match your pitch and it gives you 5 different programs to listen to. There are links to all the research about the treatment as well...

For folks who are hopeful about Dr. Shore's device and skeptical about Lenire, why is that? They seem like very similar devices. I know Dr. Shore's study was far more rigorous. But it still only worked for 60% of people and the amount it reduced symptoms was quite variable for that group...

I am currently midway through a 15-day course of 2.5 ATA HBOT. During the treatments I occasionally feel some pain or ache deep inside the ear with tinnitus. My tinnitus also seems to get much louder on some days after the treatment. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Meditation is the most effective thing I've done for managing my tinnitus. I started meditating using the Headspace app when it first came out ~10 years ago. I now meditate 30 minutes - 2 hours every day and do a 10 day silent retreat each year. When I meditate, I focus my attention on my...

Hi @Michael Leigh, I read your articles, thanks very much for putting those together! I see where you say you don't recommend starting TRT until 6 months after onset, but I did not see where you say why. Maybe I missed it, can you point me to where you talk about what the harm might be of...

Hi @Michael Leigh, thanks very much for the detailed response. Yes, I had barely noticeable tinnitus which just recently became constant and loud because of a loud concert (I think the ear infection was a red herring). I'm pursuing HBOT and LLLT right now because those are time sensitive...

I have two centers nearby. One does 2.0 ATA and floods the chamber with 100% oxygen. The other does 2.4 ATA but delivers a 97% oxygen mix via a mask. Anyone know which of these would be the more effective route?

If I can ask then, what prompted you to travel to Florida then, rather than getting a Konftec and trying it at home? This is the question I'm asking myself right now.

Does anyone know what wattage/frequency lasers are used at Dr. Wilden's facility and the Lumomed facilities? I'm looking to see how these compare to the lasers one can get for home use. Looks like years ago there might have been a big difference but less so now? EDIT: I heard back from Lumomed...

I'm a bit confused about the difference between masking and TRT. I went to see an audiologist today asking about TRT. She gave me a Oticon Real hearing aid and "shaped" the white noise it generated to my tinnitus. She increased the decibels around my tinnitus frequency (4 kHz). I tried to ask...

Thank you. No more concerts for me, that's for sure.

@scotty03874, do you know what wattage and frequency Dr. Lieurance uses? I asked for details and they told me it was "proprietary". I was considering a trip to Florida but am now re-considering given they won't share the treatment details. I'd only try this if it matched what some of the studies...

Hi all, Introducing myself so I can share details about the various things I am trying to reduce the impact of my recent tinnitus. I got persistent tinnitus after a concert in October 2023 (I've always had mild tinnitus due to too many loud concerts as a kid without protection). Before I could...