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  1. Mark H

    An 11-Year Veteran Tinnitus Sufferer Shares Thoughts

    Does it get better with time? No. Do you habituate and get used to it? Somewhat. Does it get worse over time? Mine sure has but I had years of practice to deal with it. Will there be a cure? Only if they re-grow ears with stem cells and I don't see how I could possibly afford it or live to see...
  2. Mark H

    My Doctor's Solution: $7000.00 Hearing Aids — Not Covered!

    I was so hopeful even after they said the price. $7000.00 !!! Then a pause. "Oh your insurance won't cover these" I felt like I had been shot in the face. I knew in my heart that they would only cover up the T anyway and I tried to just shrug it off...but it broke me. I feel very alone. My...
  3. Mark H

    Random Thoughts of Hope

    I am a 10 year survivor of Kidney Cancer and Tinnitus. I have learned a lot. Tinnitus is nerve damage in the middle ear specifically in the organ of corti...the hair like cilia that transform sound wave frequencies into a signal that your brain can recognize. When the cilia are damaged, you are...
  4. Mark H

    The (REAL) Sound of Water Gives Me Hope!

    I have always been hopeful over my ten years of hell that since water in the shower seemed to mask the ringing almost completely, then there was hope for audio therapy. Only the sound of real water ...not a recording. Recordings can help but it seems the ambient sound of real water has a very...
  5. Mark H

    Tough Love from Doctor

    I have had Tinnitus for 10 (TEN!) years. It started the day I came home from the hospital after having my kidney removed. (Cancer) It started when I woke up that first morning and sounded like a thousand birds chirping. It changed after a few weeks to a set of two tones ...constant and...