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  1. Candy

    Blocked Ear with a New Tinnitus Sound and Different Pitch

    Help pls. I have a blocked ear with a new tinnitus sound on my better side, different pitch - what should I do? I have ear drops, Betamethasone. The longer I can’t pop it I worry the new sound will stay. I don’t want to aggravate it by trying to pop too much however and I can’t physically...
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    Central Gain — A Breakthrough in Understanding Tinnitus: The Entire Hearing System Studied

    https://www.irsst.qc.ca/en/headlines/id/705/a-breakthrough-in-understanding-tinnitus-the-entire-hearing-system-studied/ Is this news, research followers? @Autumnly @Frédéric to name a couple?
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    Friend of Mine's Tinnitus Went Away After Two Months on Its Own

    A friend of mine had tinnitus which obviously distressed her a lot. It went away after two months on its own. Hasn't come back in two years now.
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    Severity of Tinnitus — Statement by British Tinnitus Association (BTA)

    There is mixed evidence for the severity of tinnitus being directly related to its acoustic characteristics. Some studies show only small correlations between loudness and distress/handicap. I’m curious about this statement as in their presentation the BTA stated that the volume has no bearing...
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    Harvard Health: Closing In on Tinnitus Treatments

    https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/closing-in-on-tinnitus-treatments Anyone knowledgeable know what research they are referring to?
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    Unable to Cope with a New Tinnitus Sound — Can't Hold It Together

    Help please. It cuts through everything . Want my old tinnitus back. I’m living in hell. My life is falling apart. One new tinnitus sound and then another. It's been a week and it’s getting worse. So far new tinnitus sounds have always stayed. This one is a new daytime one. I can’t cope with...
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    In Italy? Sign This Tinnitus Petition

    Please only sign if you are from Italy. https://www.change.org/p/giuseppe-conte-maggiori-finanziamenti-alla-ricerca-per-una-cura-contro-l-acufene
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    Where to Get TRT (Tinnitus Retraining Therapy) in London, UK?

    @Steve, @Markku, @Hazel! I’ve called the BTA and they cannot point me to a TRT service in London. Neither can my GP. Where do I go from here? Any help appreciated as I’m causing lots of problems to my family and friends and need to get help for the kids' sake. Thanks x
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    WEGO Health Awards — Can We Nominate Tinnitus Talk?

    Can we nominate Tinnitus Talk to raise awareness? https://awards.wegohealth.com/nominate/sAq29NOywnKx1THZo8AA8E0-DP2aI0SZXyyWoXHQ9oY/about_nominee The WEGO Health Awards program was created to recognize and honor those making a difference in the online health community. It provides the...
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    Daily Mail: Hear What It's Like to Have Tinnitus

    Another article on the Daily Mail regarding tinnitus - they love it. Their health articles don’t tend to be well researched, however was interested to read that white noise has been discredited by some...
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    Tinnitus Spike After a Party in a Bar

    Hi all I haven’t posted in awhile for several reasons - all in all things have been OK. I’m used to the tinnitus, three years in. Have a more limited life but things are manageable. Get a bit down occasionally as there are lots of things that I can’t do anymore, but other than that I’ve been ok...
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    Volume-Limiting Headphones for an 8-Year-Old — Recommendations?

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/s/ref=aa_sbox_sort?rh=i:aps,k:volume+limited+kids+headphones&sort=price-desc-rank&keywords=volume+limited+kids+headphones&ie=UTF8&qid=1542216073 Hi all and @Steve, Eight year old son is desperate for some headphones - need them to be safe. Which ones should I go...
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    Youthful Plasticity Restored to Brains of Adult Mice

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170808145956.htm Like the rest of the body, the brain loses flexibility with age, impacting the ability to learn, remember, and adapt. Now, scientists report they can rejuvenate the plasticity of the mouse brain, specifically in the visual cortex...
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    Cognitive Hearing Aid Filters Out the Noise

    https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/08/170803204942.htm
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    Accidental Noise Exposure Episodes

    This is a general point...we get many threads about the fear of further auditory damage. Given that it the sufferer's biggest fear, I believe we would benefit from some cohesive advice. I guess when the Tinnitus Hub is up and running this would be addressed. Accidental noise exposure episodes...
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    New Brain Scanning Technology

    Is this good news for us? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-40488545
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    Nerve Synapses for Alzheimer's Observation

    The brain up close: Radical microscope reveals nerve synapses firing in breakthrough that could shed light on Alzheimer's and depression The closest image yet of working nerve synapses has been captured Until now, close-up views of neuron synapses require the cells to be dead But the...
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    Tinnitus & Early Endolymphatic Hydrops

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    Virtual Reality 'Could Help Treat Vertigo'

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-38715719
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    Cochleural Alternating Acoustic Beam Therapy (CAABT) Versus Masking Intervention for Tinnitus

    Has anyone heard about this trial? https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02774122
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    Wearing a Mouthguard at Night Can Actually Make Your Jaw Pain WORSE

    Interesting article... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4125740/Wearing-mouthguard-night-make-jaw-pain-WORSE.html
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    Tinnitus Stopped 40 Years After Diving Into a Lake

    Found this on Action on Hearing Loss site, Quote: I live in the U.S. and when I was a child a neighborhood youngster blasted off a 9mm blank cartridge next to my right ear. After having a headache and very loud ringing in my ears for a few days the ringing continued constantly in my right ear...
  23. Candy

    Pantomine with Ear Plugs?

    Anyone go to theatre? How about Pantomine? Wanted to take kids...
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    Pfizer Fined Record £84.2m for Overcharging NHS

    Maybe it's time for Pfizer to invest in another little project that would help them recover their losses... http://www.bbc.com/news/business-38233852
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    The Mighty Covers Tinnitus and Hyperacusis... Finally

    https://themighty.com/2016/11/being-diagnosed-with-hyperacusis-and-tinnitus/
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    Cortisol Concentrations in Tinnitus Sufferers: A New Study

    An exciting new development into a health condition that affects an estimated six million people in the UK has been revealed by a leading researcher.  Dr James Jackson, associate principle lecturer in psychology at Leeds Trinity University has led a pilot study, funded by the British Tinnitus...
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    MRI — How to Prepare?

    Dear all My MRI scan will finally take place on Wednesday. I'm planning to use foam earplugs to protect from noise? Wanted to wear some headphones too but would they interfere with the scan? There is a long list of things containing metal that do but this wasn't mentioned...any recommendations...
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    A Leaflet for Family and Friends

    Often people express how hard it is to convey our struggles. Here is a leaflet from the BTA, print it out and hand it to them. Teachers, colleagues, family, friends.
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    British Tinnitus Association — Annual Tinnitus Research Review 2016

    http://tinnitus.org.uk/ATRR2016 The British Tinnitus Association (BTA) is delighted to announce the publication of the first edition of the new Annual Tinnitus Research Review. The BTA is very keen to promote research into tinnitus, and funded over £576,000 of projects in 2015/16, equating to...
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    Auditory Brainstem Implant for the Treatment of Tinnitus — Clinical Trial

    https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02630589 Anyone know anything about this trial?
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    Why Are We Letting Kids Suffer with Tinnitus?

    Very saddened to hear that kids, teens and students are suffering with this. Find it hard that the scientific community isn't doing more. Is there anything we can do - all of us on TT to to make a difference?? Some of the stories on here should really be heard by the general public. We need an...
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    ENT Experiences in French Wikipedia

    Was reading a French forum where a patient is gathering fellow sufferers experiences of ENTs as a back up to corroborate a new section in Wikepidia entitled Polomique (under ENT medicine). This section in the French Wikipedia denounces the lack of up to date knowledge in certain aspects of this...
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    ENT... Second One, Thoughts and Questions

    1. This time ENT was more encouraging, he did acknowledge how difficult this whole thing is rather than dismissing it like the last one, which I appreciated. He also said a couple of his patients had improved one after 6 months one after a year...mmhh, time will tell. Seems an established...
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    Why So Little Awareness of Tinnitus?

    Governments, health authorities have no interest in spreading an awareness message... Tinnitus is not a burden on services, as opposed to smoking, diabetics, alcohol, heart disease... Because no money whatsoever is spent on it (given lack of treatments). Do we need to become more burdensome...
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    Alzheimer's Drug (Aducanumab) Study Gives 'Tantalising' Results

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37222863 This is such good news...science is always making progress. Tinnitus won't be too far behind hopefully.
  36. Candy

    New — Questions, Questions

    Hello all, I've had tinnitus coming up to three months. Was too busy having a breakdown to post. Live in London, am 41. Tinnitus has been a major curve ball for me, it has stricken me at a very unfortunate time in my life where I had finally returned to work (only signed contract a few months...