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If it can, then it must be easier said than done since all the devices in the past 10 years have pretty much been failures. I am not saying that Lenire is part of this group yet, though it appears not to be the breakthru treatment that most were hoping for. From the beginning I have never...

Awesome job @Markku & @Hazel! Although I don't post very often, Tinnitus Talk will always have a special place in my heart for helping me get through some of the most difficult moments in my tinnitus life! Happy Holidays!

That is not that unusual. I think many tinnitus people have it this way.

If your T is driving you crazy constantly which also means you are fighting a mental battle all the time. Yes, that can make you tired. Mental fatigue is real. I just tried to keep busy when awake and sleep as much as I could even if in pieces. If you are not working try to find some...

There might at least be some truth to that and most severe sufferers tend to post on forums. I know plenty of tinnitus sufferers who have never heard of Tinnitus Talk, never go to tinnitus forums, or search for anything about tinnitus online. In fact many I have known for years whom I never...

80% has been the reported "magic number" of success for several tinnitus devices going back a decade or more. It was even kind of a joke here on Tinnitus Talk a number of years ago. And of course, none of those "80%" devices ever had any meaningful results for real world tinnitus sufferers...

Sounds like a much better way of measuring tinnitus distress than current. On a side not, I regularly take full spectrum CBD before bed. Not sure what it does to my cortisol levels but I wake up well rested (I monitor my sleep nightly via my watch and app), generally feel good and even if my...

Decaf is not good for you because the decaffeination process involves soaking and washing for hours with chemical solvents to remove the caffeine. At that point, caffeine is the least of your worries.

Expectations vs reality.

I have been using cannabis off and on for the past few years. This year I have been taking full spectrum CBD regularly for about 6 months and my tinnitus overall is reduced significantly. I have always had super loud tinnitus, at least since 2012. My tinnitus is not gone and this is not a...

Agreed! Placebo effect is always enhanced by high expectations. That doesn't specifically mean that a device like Lenire doesn't work, but rather other factors are at play. The brain and body's perceptions tends to change when you receive treatment or think you are. This effect generally...

There's nothing wrong with being skeptical. Most people don't know what to believe, only what they wish to believe.

Give it a rest jazzer!

Having taken dozens of flights a year, I stand by my Bose headphones. I get a spike from flying whether I wear them or not but certainly it is better and quieter with them on.

Earplugs are better than no earplugs in certain situation. Most people don't take the time to learn how to use them correctly, because you just don't shove them in your ear and hope for the best. Go spend the money and get some customs. You won't be sorry. Night and day difference.

Agreed. I believe I have habituated but my tinnitus is still there and I am aware of it. I did get CBT and it was effective for me but it was for my anxiety, stress and panic not necessarily for my tinnitus. Indirectly, it did help my tinnitus but I would not say CBT is the "be all" for the...

We will know within weeks of Leniere's release if this thing is going to work on a mass scale, how much and for how long. My gut feeling is that it will indeed help some people but will not be the sweeping changes everyone is hoping for. Just as your brain can adapt to changes in hearing with...

Congrats on your book. I am sure it will be a great help to many people. I find my own tinnitus is a daily mental battle with myself which I find I am winning most days though I do have my moments.

It is a combination of both. And yes, treating one generally helps the other.

My point exactly for hearing regeneration and neuromodulation devices and therapies. We are never as close as it has always seemed. It is necessary to report some progress from time to time to keep the funding coming in.

If you don't mind not having the absolute latest model you can get the 2nd gen Sony's SONY WH1000XM2 or Bose QC35 Series I's for about $100+ less than the latest models and still have close to the best NC headphones on the market

I increased my dairy massively 5 days ago by eating more cheese and greek yogurt and stopping red meat. The past 3 days my T is the lowest it has been in the past 3 months and is barely audible after screaming bloody murder daily the past few months. Just goes to show you how we are all so...

That's because supplements won't work unless you are deficient in what you are taking the supplement for. Otherwise most supplements just exit the body when you pee and are a waste of money. Researchers used studies from the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, and PubMed databases to conclude that no...

Yes, hyperacusis can make tinnitus feel and seem worse. Having the two together as I did in the beginning is far worse than tinnitus alone.

Spiking is normal with tinnitus. No real rhyme or reason to it much of the time. Increasing activity even slowly can cause T to increase especially if your blood pressure changes.

Wow I am impressed! Nice job @Hazel :)

Because mice hearing and human hearing are not that similar. Actually mice, rats and humans are not really that similar at all but studies are done on them all the time and studies that work initially in mice and rats often fail in human trials. Mice have a far more dynamic range of hearing up...

You should always get a hearing test when you first get tinnitus to set a baseline, especially if you haven't had one in a while. Also, if possible get a high frequency audio gram in addition to it since standard hearing tests don't measure higher frequencies. That way if down the road, your...

Glad those work for you. I will tell you there is a pretty significant difference in noise cancelling quality of the higher-end Bose and Sony which are probably the two highest rated, and the lower end. It basically comes down to much better cancelling, ANC circuitry quality and customization...

The origin of his tinnitus may have been caused by under protection but let's not overlook the seriousness of overprotection. Hearing damage from a press conference is highly unlikely unless you have your ears to the speakers. I have done dozens of pressers over the years and it has never...

Exactly! Every tinnitus treatment device in clinicals is 80% effective, every drug treatment is only 5 years away, total tinnitus cure within 10 years. - Been going on for decades and we are still not as close as some may believe.

I fly often and try to stay away from plane engines if I can. I don't wear plugs, but bring my Bose noise canceling headphones with me and they are sufficient. I usually will look up the type of plane I am flying on ticket or seatguru.com and then figure out if it is a plane with engines on...

Not to make light of your situation, but I have worked in one for years and I feel your pain. Nevertheless, sometimes laughter is the best medicine - sad but true!

Probably because they want more proof that it works first. It would be interesting to get a consensus on what the foremost tinnitus experts at TRI really think about the efficacy of the bimodal treatment model. Maybe @Hazel can find out on her visit! :)

OTO-613 has been in research for 5 years and I would estimate that if this is viable, it is still 10-15 years out.

I look at it this way - at some point in everyone's life, you have to deal with some type of chronic illness (or more). I can't think of one person I know after a certain age that doesn't deal with something serious. Tinnitus just happens to be my curse (and epilepsy) and today it is blaring...

I use a MacBook Pro 2015 and it is dead silent about 95% of the time. If I am doing graphic intensive work or editing videos, fans do come on but even then not loud enough to cause me any issues.

No not at all. I sleep pretty well since I usually take 20-30mg of Full Spectrum CBD oil before bedtime.

I don't see how you really can affect it one way or another. You cannot really predict or control how loud it is going to be at a given moment. The less attention you give it, the better you will be in the long run.

I stopped gauging my T long ago. There is no real reason to. It has a mind of it's own and always will (for now) with no rhyme or reason to why it does what it does. I know there are things I do that will make it louder. In the end, there is really nothing I can do about it and the less...

Yea I can give that a shot. I tried Resveratrol by itself for a while a few years back.

I am mostly against supplements having tried mostly everything over the past almost 10 years. However, I have been using Tru NR based on the positive research for about 4 months now. I am doing 125 mg x2 daily. I have noticed I have more energy and generally feel better especially in late...

Ginkgo does not work including its various concentrates such as EGb 761 which has been around for 20 years. Gingko has been touted as a tinnitus treatment for decades and has failed at that. These favorable ginkgo studies for T and other conditions were mostly funded by the ginkgo...

The tinnitus you get from only ETD is different than hearing loss tinnitus which is what most people have. If anything, tinnitus from only ETD has the most chance of just going away at some point.

Of course! It was a difficult time for me because I couldn't understand why my face and jaw hurt all the time. Having the headaches on top of that was baffling and confusing. I took meds and supplements, got massages etc and nothing worked. It was only when I realized the stress was causing it...

Soccer 3-4x a week, mountain biking, mountain climbing, hiking, skiing and walks

Yup

;) Would have to meet for dates at the library.

I think a lot of this decision depends on where you are at along your tinnitus journey. If it is fairly new, you will be more overly cautious as that is a natural reaction with a something new and alarming. As time passes, you tend to loosen up a little more. I have had tinnitus for almost a...

Ginkgo does nothing for T but it does lower your bank account!

Man, I cannot believe this guy is still around peddling his nonsense.

I actually do more now than I did before tinnitus once I got over the initial shock and stress of it all. The only thing I really don't do any more is attend concerts but I hadn't done much of that in the years leading up to my T anyway. How do you strike a healthy balance you ask? By just...

Yes I would say a combination of stress and anxiety about this condition can cause all that. I remember how stress I was the first few years and always had headaches, migraines, facial/jaw pain, floaters and more. The stress of it all caused me to be tense all the time and having your muscles...

I am in Spokane, yes, keep in touch!

Not sure. I need to review my exam report. I did have to pay extra out of pocket for one test.

It is hard for me to plan out that far ahead with my current employment situation, but I would be willing to revisit this as we get closer to the 2020 date.

Not likely. If it was indeed a revolutionary way to repair your hearing and other conditions (and this has been around for quite some time), it would be front page news worldwide and we would have heard all heard about it.

Yes I used them for 29 days a few years ago. I did like the Zen tones but since my hearing was fine, they really did nothing for me that I couldn't get for free from the "Relaxing Melodies" app on my phone.

2020 Vancouver B.C. is not that far from me. :)