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...kHz and up to an impressive 24-bit /192 kHz. The ease and convenience that modern technology provides enables a person to listen to digital audio across many devices - I too have succumbed to it by ripping some of my favourite CD tracks to computer to be replayed in any order of choice...

It used to spike permanently and immediately. Now it doesn't, not unless I really go over the limit. I've gone on at least 10 flights so far, plugged with Xtreme Hearoes and Peltor X5A with HY80 gel cups. Haven't spiked from a single one.

...teachings. Her name is Tracy Holcomb. https://tinnitusreliefsummit.com I can go for walks and drive with earplugs. I do spike. Digital audio causes bad reactivity and it never used to. I can tolerate some louder sounds, just specific frequencies do me in. Phone audio blasted me yesterday by...

Please discuss tinnitus masking in the form of MP3s, CDs, YouTube videos/audios and other digital content in this thread. Share your favorite ones!

...I am starting to rediscover my vinyl records since buying the Akai reel-to-reel tape recorder. The simplicity and ease of listening to digital audio have taken hold of me for quite some time. You may or may not be aware that it's important to have solid-state amplifiers, DACs (digital to...

...a great day - and this is still an ongoing process. Lifelong. ...BUT, I can listen to a lot more than what I could before - including digital audio. But I do, to this day, limit my time on the phone. And I only speak through the loud speaker - no matter where I am. I use SMS and emails a lot...

...for here. I don't really have loudness hyperacusis, but my tinnitus reacts incredibly quickly and strongly to almost all forms of digital audio - haven't been able to listen to the TV since December. I listened to two songs last week on a high quality speaker at around 50 dB, with earplugs...

...the music? This happens to me (even with volume 1 music), & it's so discouraging. So I don't know whether I should stay away from digital audio longer to allow my ears to heal, or start to desensitize very slowly. I'm also wondering whether you ever experienced any prolonged numbness in your...

...and being in places where you can’t control the sound. I started off with light reactivity but a year and a half later I can’t tolerate digital audio, any fans, or driving. I still expose but if I expose to triggering sounds for too long, my tinnitus reacts with what used to be a light soft...

Thanks - I will try leaving my amp on all the time. I tend to turn it off at night. I suppose it costs a minimal amount of money to keep it powered up anyway.

Thanks for the advice. Have you dealt with this sort of thing before? If you have, how long do you suggest your ears should rest for?

I've had mild to moderate tinnitus since birth and could listen to tinny phone audio all day long without any issues or any type of spike. Now though I have a lot of issues with audio; pressure and sensitivity from a digital source. In terms of research, I do feel there are tricks being...

I admire your determination. I'm glad you got the cost covered for the repair. That is an interesting comment about the reel-to-reel stripping the hardness away from the CD. I think this is probably true of digital LPs, which I find better-sounding than CDs with the same recording, though I do...

...gives me hope I can still carry on with my annual trips to the United States. Apologies for the question over question, but I was just wondering how your tinnitus reacts when you say it’s sound reactive, and to digital audio specifically? Is it an instant reaction, do you gain more tones etc?

I've heard good things about the Marshall speaker. It's also a really nice display item =) If your ears are anything like mine, just cut the treble and see how you do.

Very interesting, @Michael Leigh. My listening experience goes as follows: vinyl (70s to mid 80s), CD (late 80s), vinyl (90s), CD/online streaming 2002-2023, vinyl 2024. I listen to classical music mainly. I got married in 2001 and divorced in 2021 - during those years, using my valve amps and...

Luckily my audiologist’s field is primarily neurosensory science and she’s up to date with much of the research. I asked her why digital audio is a burden for some, she said they don’t know why, they just know at this stage there is a link for some. I’ve not personally started on the digital...

Hopefully the TRT goes well - let us know how you find it. I have started back this week with I guess my own strategy, but sounds similar to yours. Volume 3 on my TV (out of 100) so just about audible - although I have bad hearing anyway - for 5 minutes a day. Today is Day 2. I will do this for...

Yeah I love this one:

I agree with one of the commenters who said the issue is probably digital music. Specifically, I would imagine that high audio file compression (standard fare on so much digital media) coupled with laptop or phone speakers, is the twin offender. Recognizing that it's not always an...

...Hearing damage is relative to volume and time. Low volume for a short duration should be safe. Perhaps the frequencies reproduced through the headphones aggravated your tinnitus. If I, personally, don't cut all the high frequencies from any digital audio I listen to, my tinnitus becomes angry.

...lucky enough to visit there in 2016 during Movement Festival and hear Theo Parrish DJ. I'll get around to listening to your other picks when (if) my ear feels better... currently trying to take a break from as much digital audio as I can. Here's a recent Detroit house favorite. Omar-S the best.

Hey orenge! Thank you for taking the time to write this. I've definitely noticed some ear fatigue if I spend too much time listening to audio. I'm trying to find a good middle ground between hobbies and rest right now so I don't go insane. I will 100% be avoiding loud venues or sounds to the...

...at volume 1 or 2 (which I couldn't hear due to the tinnitus) would spike my tinnitus. This extended to PC fans, heating system and any digital audio source. As I allowed more sounds in around the house, I noticed it didn't spike so much with the refrigerator or oven, so I attempted the TV...

Hi! As a new noise-induced tinnitus and hyperacusis sufferer, I’m considering sound therapy myself, but for obvious reasons (I too am reactive to sound), I’m on the fence about it. I was just reading this whole thread and I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you. Hopefully you can give your ears...

...units aimed at studio use are $2000 and up). Another option, if you have a reasonably powerful PC, is to get a decent low-latency digital audio converter (Tascam 4x4US is what I use and they are ~$200 ish), and then spend like $50-100 on some inexpensive DAW software (I use Studio One). If...

A lot better. The duration of my spikes last an hour now where as before they would last the rest of the day. Only thing that sets me back is overexposure to digital audio. I would probably be well on my way to recovery by now if I wasn’t so addicted.

...things went wrong. Most of these analog tape recorders are over 40 years old and no longer manufactured, as the simplicity and ease of digital audio have completely taken over. As I mentioned in my opening post to this thread, I wanted to record some of my vinyl records to tape, as the sound...

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Thank you @linearb - that was really helpful. I learned more in the 5 minutes I spent reading this than the hours I've tried researching all year. You're right, it could all just be too much at the moment, but I can't avoid the work calls if I want to work. I have gone through and returned 7...

Hey man, Sorry to hear things are still awry. Everything you describe in terms of how your ears are behaving I'm having exactly the same experience. So rest assured; you're not alone with this. To give a bit more perspective to the online consultation thing; I've had two face-to-face meetings...

I’m intrigued how you get on with this. For 5 months now I’ve avoided digital audio and I’d like to reintroduce it. My tinnitus has been somewhat strange recently, I feel like I’ve reverted somewhat to almost as bad as my initial worsening. The first 6-8 weeks were terrible for me. Then it was...

There's a lot of misinformation in this thread, and I don't think many people here understand the fundamentals of acoustics or sound synthesis. I think a lot of people here conflate hyperacusis and the worsening of the symptom of perceived ear-ringing with actual, measurable hearing damage. If...

...localized to fans, fridge, and high pitched frequencies ONLY if they are above a certain sound threshold at the moment. In terms of digital audio, my phone seems a bit abrasive on speaker (only without earplugs), meanwhile my audiophile soundbar does not seem to be causing me any discomfort...

Hi @Shizune, You have asked a complex and interesting question. To arrive at what I think can help you will take some time, so please bear with me. I am an audiophile and extremely persnickety on the way music is reproduced through a high quality Hi-Fi system or something more modest like a...

I have some audio engineering experience which was an avenue I catastrophically lost to my cement ears. Small digital speakers are more irritating because not only are they biased to the high end, but they aren't capable of producing the full spectrum of sound at all. It's like an MP3 file where...

@MindOverMatter, I find digital audio is one of the hardest things for me to tolerate too. @momus, thanks for the recommendation. @TheFriendlyGhost, thanks for checking in. I've had a little dilemma because I started so many things at once and something seemed to bring back my morse code tone...

...dysacusis and moderate loudness hyperacusis. This was world-changing, but I could still shower, drive, and listen to low-medium volume digital audio. Sometimes, I needed 21 dB musician plugs, but it was getting better after around a month. That was until I played a song and reverted my...

...at all. I would rather be alone and fighting the anxiety/panic on my own and upset my mom by not seeing a therapist vs. getting worse. I broke the rule of no digital audio and I pray to God that I didn't make the wrong decision. My ears currently hurt and are burning. They usually never burn :(

You won't have these problems with a DAW PC. They are designed so that fan and HDD noise doesn't get in the way when recording (or least it's very limited). Here's an example: https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/custom/daw-digital-audio-workstation-pcs/pages/quiet-audio-pc All-in-one machines are...

It took me about 7-8 months to start listening to music again, but I’m happy to report that it’s become an enjoyable experience again. I keep the volume under 55 dB, but doesn’t have to be any louder than that anyway. Hang in there! If you like Detroit music you must like Juan Atkins. I...

...noticed it had amplified to the extreme, again primarily with everything you listed but with the addition of running water and possibly digital audio for me. I know you’ve mentioned after exposure to these events, your tinnitus can be louder, but have you experienced them get louder during...

...on it but she recommended starting off by watching TV at low volume for 3 minutes a day and building from there. It does seem that most people’s tinnitus does seem to lose some reactivity, I’ve read a few posts from people in our situation who have gained the ability to go back to digital audio.

I understood, but for recording an audio stream from a web site not with external speakers but into the mac it's possible? I said the videotutorial or screen shot step by step for create the ACRN, someone could create it?

...from what I’ve seen. Others just recovered with time. Reactive hyperacusis: TRT worsens sometimes because reactivity does not like the digital audio and rides on top (my experience). I have seen some benefit from TRT and others got worse. I think a small methodical approach to protecting and...

...any ear pain. At worst, there have been pretty awful tension headaches coupled with annoyance and fear of all sound. Nowadays, digital audio spikes my tinnitus and I startle at the sound of dishes and silverware clanking. So I'm mild, all things considered. I'm 2 and 1/2 months in and I just...

In my personal view and auditory circumstances, you are onto a big thing here. How the young people today can listen to audio clips on their phones is one big mystery. The tinny sound drives my tinnitus way up. Maybe this thread should be under the Research News instead of off on the...

You don’t need any equipment, I just match the tinnitus in my left ear with a tone in my right ear, then pull the volume fader back 7.5dB. I’m not aware of how you would be able to do this without a DAW (digital audio workstation) though unfortunately.

Thanks, the problem with plugs is that depending on the audio quality of the caller I would need to raise the volume of either the phone or my cellphone even more to understand the person speaking, so I am not sure if it makes a difference. Right now I use speaker with low volume as much as...

Thank you for the feedback. Ugh it’s so annoying, if only we had ONE area of professionals that truly understood all of this and knew how to go about rehabilitation, but we don’t and therefore it’s a shot in the dark for all of us. I didn’t have tinnitus at all before the ear infection 3.5...

...you that from 8kHz-20kHz my hearing range is within normal limits and very close between my left ear and right ear. I have several methods of verifying this as I use a DAW (digital audio workstation) daily and I am CONSTANTLY looking at frequency analyzers, phase relationships, L & R balance...

Not sure if you are asking me? I have no idea. I suppose what I have is loudness hyperacusis? Else what, annoyance hyperacusis? Does annoyance imply loudness? I guess, as otherwise it would be just misophonia. I guess something may be louder, but not necessarily annoying. Well, all these things...

Yes I'm the same and would love to start flying again too - especially to the US. I am contemplating a flight to Europe to test it before jumping on a 7-10 hour flight. It's an instant reaction and can last anywhere from a few hours to a few days. A database would be so useful - especially...

...one should do. What exposure is safe, which is not. It seems living a "hermit life" without exposure to mechanical noises (cars) and digital audio, but with a decent exposure to nature sounds (woods, etc), may be the only possible survival mode. It is just next to impossible to implement in...

...occurring cells), I don't see any possibility of "super hearing" and I personally wouldn't want it especially with certain types of digital audio containing very high frequency artifacts, or music that is mixed with the highs boosted because of an incompetent audio engineer. At least not...

@sunmoon - The step by step instructions for recording an audio stream from a web site (e.g. generalfuzz) is included in the link I referenced in the sub section 'Internal Audio'. Again, here is the link...

What if digital audio bothers us? Would high quality speakers help? Define high quality :)

Digital doc, I actually got my Tinnitus from poor quality headphones (in Nov 2014). I was doing some online training at my job - borrowed a pair from a co-worker who warned me they were "not very good" (what an understatement!). I plugged them into my computer to listen and the volume on...

...to see you're hanging on. The setbacks are the true problem for us both. I have been living in almost silence. No sound therapy, no digital audio, and only ambient noises. To be honest I've done this twice after a setback and both times I started to stabilise a little after 3-4 weeks...