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I did TRT with continuous sound therapy using hearing aids. They thought I had minor hearing loss at first, but it tested normal later. My audiologist allowed for minor amplification of the environment, which was helpful. I tried many noises, but white noise worked the best for me long term. You...

Yes, sufficiently loud! I could hear the audiogram tones; they just had to be over 55 dB in the frequency ranges of the loud tinnitus! This is why I was marked with hearing loss for that amount, although it may not have been the case; it could have just been the loud tinnitus, and I could hear...

I don't take audiograms all the time, so I don't know. It's frankly not relevant because your perceived noise is what the issue is. I've had tinnitus a small amount my whole life, and it could be that eight years ago, it just got completely unmasked by my brain or something. Since then, I've...

It would have been when I was fitting my second set of hearing aids so probably 4 or 5 years after the initial onset. I can assure you I could not have heard those tones over my tinnitus. My tinnitus sounded (and still sounds) an awful lot like the high frequency tones in the first place and it...

Well, maybe it would have, but it's certainly what I needed at the time eight years ago; I guess my therapy was about 1 to 2 years long tapering off. My audiologist is a dear friend to this day. I think that you're partially right in that habituation cannot be stopped, really, and that is a part...

Update: I have had tinnitus for eight years now; I just thought I would drop a line. Life is good, and it has returned to practically 100% normal almost 100% of the time. Of course, I still have tinnitus, although it is rarely terrible. There was no magic bullet other than the sound therapy...

I was thinking the same thing; the Logan's Run soundtrack sounds quite simliar at times! Looking forward to trying this on bad days.

Last week I had small T (what I've had since age 3 at least) when I went to bed for the first time since August. Yesterday and today I had hardly had any T most of the day. Kinda bummed it came back but.. put the aids in and chilling with ambient noise and reading. Manageable. I broke my no...

Grats! Starting yoga soon myself!

Great post

Not quite six months (10 days left) but I felt like posting today on a so-so day (neither bad nor good). I had 55+ db six months ago hit me over night, 15-16 k hz at first... The next 2.5 - 3 months were a miserable blur that I cannot even remember some of. The extreme loudness has subsided...

One day at a time. Roller coaster is common in the beginning. Get a good audiologist (or two). Try to find your stress triggers (which can be hard, what I'm doing under guidance), being around people, being a little busy. Give yourself little things to look forward to every day and week. Avoid...

Yes, that is the plan. I listen to nearly constant background noise either in the form of music or white noise. I am using hearing aids and you can stream to them via the phone.

I am pretty new to (loud) T but it is pretty bad and nearly unmaskable (15k - 16k hz with a little H thrown in I'm finding). I am having an awful time with it and my own stress/anxiety which was going before this summer pretty bad (midlife/work/etc). I have only minor hearing loss so...

Getting off the internet for T and some other things. Ill respond to messages tho. Take care. See you hopefully better at least.

Welcome, I am having a similar time, but my anxiety is getting the better of me this past week. I start TRT very soon. Trying to stay upbeat and busy and calm but still a little panicy especially at work.

Set back a bit this week. Anxiety... trying to just be calm. Hard with the Challenge. That is the new name for my T. I start TRT soon.

Thanks for posting

I am very moved at how much my wife has been there for me. I try not to bother her as much as i did at the beginning.... but she keeps me from being withdrawn. I need her and love on her constantly. T has made me very affectionate... always was but found it again. T is reducing me to protome...

You're awesome Billie.

@John Meyers Sounds like we are very similar... I have masking and I get tired of hearing it also. Mine is high pitched and difficult to mask so it's more like mixing; different sounds become annoying at times and I'm picking up a bit of H in the mornings for the human voice it seems...

I have also found helping others and developing a heart opening mindset helps. I am really fantisizing about getting some kind of job that allows for that fulltime...

Prayers for you Blackbird

I've struggled to stay at work with this (newbie to life-altering T)... I haven't missed a day yet but I've had lots of appointments for therapy and left early to go walk around the zoo one day.

I am just a month ahead of you and still going through it too. We'll find a way.

My bathtub at night with my wife... also laying in bed with her at night. I am still pretty freaked out half the time with this. I don't have much of a mental happy place yet. My T the last couple weeks is low when I wake sometimes. I just lay there and relax; I even dozed off with no masking a...

1.5 months in.. ups and downs... this week has been kinda tough. I was making progress... getting a little panicy this week.

@Forever hopeful We're in similar boats... :-/ Trying to stay positive!

It has been a very very tough month; the toughest of my life. I'm still hanging in there and I've been trying to practice your advice!!! Very hard but still pretty early here with it. Having ups and downs. I've been a worrier my whole life... I feel ok but then I feel panicy with it especially...

Seems like 15-16k hz. Gonna be hard to get used to and to mask for sleep but I have to keep going!

3 weeks into my first spike (always had a little very high pitched t)... hanging in there. I think we have the same freq... very very high, difficult to mask. Hard to sleep...

Thanks for your post.

I've had low level T my whole life... I don't ever remember being without it; if the room was quiet I heard what I hear now but not as loud... apparently I habituated to it because I never thought of it till recently (I'm 40). This past week it has really bothered me and had gotten really loud...

Determined, worried, roller-coaster