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I have those same headphones - and ironically I had them for some time before ever getting T. Good monitoring phones for recording drummers.. When I first got T I would wear them a bit but they are a bit cumbersome for dragging out to gigs etc so I streamlined with the Peltor/3Ms.. I have a...

I think H is probably temporary for most people. And the ones that get it for longer end up here.. Play it safe w headphones and loud music my friend and may H never ever come back..

Frankenstein is just misunderstood. But, you nailed it w the bolts! That was my secret easter egg... Frankentinnitus..

I want to. I even downloaded an app that helps folks without inside writing skills format a book. My pal Larry U just released a self-published book of short stories which is inspiring. I'm playing with the idea to make it appear like a collection of distinct short stories, but in the end you...

Trying to figure out T's quirks is like trying to guess where a rainbow will appear.. Hopefully this is a temporary downswing on the way to full recovery. And if it's just a plain ole "better day" at least you know you got some of those coming too..

There's no reason to stop doing any of this. In fact it's important not to let T defeat you that way.. Get a pair of comfy muffs for when the machines run..

You are masking T with T

What about Schweed? Don't drink but I do puff. It's tricky. Doesn't spike or hush T, but if you are concentrating on something else like a book or TV etc it helps put T right out of the forefront. Could also have dire opposite effect in some folks who haven't habituated at all..

I don't understand the question. Caffeine is awesome and terrible. I might get a slight temporary bump in T from it but I don't obsess about it.

Contact Vanderbilt Hearing in Nashville. They can probably steer you in the right direction.

These appear to simply be in-ear musician monitors.. High end ones mind you - but traditional.. Ambrose' tech features some sort of artificial eardrum that reactivates hearing in these people. - and the inflatable plugs are neat as well..

H presents itself as a much lower threshold to percussive sounds etc than you normally would have. There is an element of pain reaction to it. Imagine prior to any of this your wincing reaction to a fire alarm or something like a snare drum crack in too close proximity. With H you get the same...

Don't tell anyone but the "P" is silent. Pronounced "Tom". This gets him out of a jam at some point because in this world there is a famous book ancient called The Unending Lives of Ptam and Ptula.. The world thinks its a fable - and only a select few know the truth and how to pronounce the...

Haha thanks! I got infatuated with the idea of Ptam recognizing the beginnings of the apocalyptic end as out of nowhere the world realized there were no people older than 80, and in a couple of years nobody older than 65. That's when calamity takes hold. Within a decade nobody can live past 18...

If my book could be four pages I think might be able to get it done! Seriously though, it's presenting dialog and thoughts in comprehensive, understandable fashion that has always eluded me. I've read a few books that had good stories, but didn't have that part correct and made it difficult to...

I'm sure it's not so boring... Fleshing out details is the hardest part I think. Especially when I keep falling asleep while doing it. I'll spare the details but my story is about a guy names Ptam who has lived for 4000 years and cannot die. He can be awake for thirty years in a row but must...

Haha - That's The Ramones.. Sadly, every one of those guys has gone to Rock n Roll heaven..

Pardon if any of this has been posted before. This video caught me off guard (gotta watch all of it). Wiping a tear away and I'm not even subject to significant hearing loss. Let's hope Stephen can help with some Tinnitus/Hyperacusis tech..

My ears blast sonic waves of shrill horror but I still manage to conk out in about 10 minutes. Wasn't always that way though. What I've done in recent years is instead of thinking about this and that when the lights go off - I instead try to mentally write a continuing story. It's distracting...

At some point some perfectly brilliant person will acquire T and they will slay the beast with their own driven genius.

I imagine it's associated w a perfectly normal re-action, just gone haywire. And in that case it should give us hope that there is a map to fix this wretched problem..

Does tinnitus affect your ability to listen to music? I'm sure everyone's situation doesn't match the choices exactly - but closest works..

But there's way more money in replacing limbs. T sufferers are the red headed step children of the health profession..

oh my back. My back and my neck.. Too much guffawing hearing 20 year olds complaining about old age I guess. Now let me find my hair and my teeth so I can go play some shuffleboard..

Frenchie!

They say a deadened, perfectly quiet room will give everyone a slight ring in the ears. A bit of DNA from the days when humans all lived outdoors. If the forest went dead silent, that signaled danger. Then the brain sets off the the "alarm".

Small rooms do weird stuff to T. Bathroom fans too.

If these are your only issues - and HL is not progressive with inaction then it can only be your call. I couldn't wear an amplifying device if I wanted to and my hearing is pretty screwed. Still more concerned about the T at this stage..

Cheers, that's a little different..

I'd go and ask the doctor to wean you off all the drugs. You can't live on that stuff - and as you already have T you don't also want the baggage of dependance on pharmaceuticals. Take it from Señor Estupido (me) who learned the hard way with drugs. Jumping from this drug to that drug for T is a...

Have you tried earplugs when you sit at the computer? Might be an interesting trial.. Not sure what "shifts to my head" means. That's where my T lives.. Try the earplugs there too.

I'm not saying there's not some drug that randomly works for certain people. Xanax knocks off some anxiety for me but does literally nothing for tinnitus. And I'm not the only one there. What is your anticonvulsant cocktail and have others repeated the result?

Aspirin makes me spike for an hour or so. I always felt it personally not a huge trigger.

What's in a price tag? I have a person in my life who obsesses over the monetary value of everything and it makes me insane. Tinnitus is the perfect example that money means less than simply daily happiness.. So yeah, I'd pay whatever it costs..

I wear plugs when they run the drill or grinder. Helps a bit but the sound travels through bone though. I wouldn't worry an iota about a tooth extraction. I've got pretty bad, reactive T and it hasn't been a problem of any significance with every other month dental stuff I've been doing the past...

Ear fatigue happens when your ears are subjected to loud, constant sound for too long. My best description is that it stops sounding musical and just starts sounding mushy. Recording engineers have to take breaks from mixing etc because they can't trust their ears after a short while -...

Funny story. I was wearing Muffs at a gig in Knoxville. Drunk lady comes up and asks "what station are you listening to?" in a smartass way. I was honest and replied "anything that isn't that crap (referring to the horrible hipster opening band)". She stood back for second and then says "That's...

For me they are way better than the ones you buy at Lowes etc. Better fitting, better freq range cut and much less head-pinch sensation. I can forget I'm wearing them. I wear them at shows. If we play a gig I typically just wear Radians in-ear on stage. Even when I didn't have T/H as such I...

I have those exact ones.. Eventually switched to these (green ones) for comfort..

Tinnitus is the black lung of the music industry. Most musicians that have been around for more than a minute have it. There is a painful story about Jeff Beck plugging into the wrong amplifier that always comes to mind..

Just makes mine worse..

I've seen them 3 times. Twice in the 80's which I vaguely remember the volume, but the last time was in Nashville on the last tour at Bridgestone and it was SO LOUD that I literally did not think I would ever recover any hearing. And I should preface this by saying I play loud Rock music and...

I don't think there is 100% habituation for any of us. There's always those freakout periods of being trapped with the sound. They just tend to be less and less frequent over time. You are still obsessed with it. And it hasn't even been two years - so that's normal. This will come. It has no...

I don't know of any drug that reduces Tinnitus. If it existed we'd all be on it.

What do you hear when you sit by your computer? Is is perfectly quiet? Is it in a very deadened corner?

Just read up on Mutebutton. Interesting. Do we know of anyone here w experience w this therapy? Guess I was a year early. Was in Ireland this time last year. D'oh!

On good days I have the hissing perception (middle of the head) which is ultimately each ear ringing out of phase from each other. On bad days it sounds like audible dog whistles being blasted into each ear. It's like they asked "What sound don't you want to hear 24/7? Ok use that one!"...

Though I do have to travel to the manufacturing plant occasionally and it's nonstop 100dbs of massive thundering extruders. Will not enter that building without full ear protection..

There are certainly jobs out there that T would keep me from doing. Hustling pet food is not one of them.

Oh if it were only masked by a ceiling fan..:woot: Maybe a poll "Is your T masked by the shower" as running water supposedly covers all frequencies as such..

I agree with that about "too much attention" potentially pretty much always being a bad thing. But I have mostly habituated the anxiety of T out my conscious psyche at this point so I wanted to pinpoint some external factors to the highs and lows. The positives for me are that when the ringing...

Congrats! Ear protection at clubs/concerts from here on out right?

Major nosedive in barometer today - and like clockwork my T is just wailing. H is up as well. Anyone else in TN or surrounding noting any difference today?

Altitude could definitely be a variable. My T ebbs and flows with spikes and drops of barometric pressure. Good question about "noticing" your T. Not to make light for some of us it seems like T becomes utterly impossible to ignore. The building blocks of habituating T are all relative to this...

So in simple it essentially is intended to re-awaken the hearing-loss zone by blasting it with frequencies in that range? Not too far off from folks w/o reactive T being able to rectify using hearing aids I suppose.. Pretty scary for folks with particularly reactive T like mine. dagnabbit!

How does RI work?

... and probably means you are good candidate for treatments etc to find a permanent cure. Maybe cold laser, or one of the hearing aid options..

I'm no wine drinker, but if this is true I would be pounding the vino day and freaking night! A temporary 'cure' as such is mostly unheard of..