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Late fifties, @Nick47. I have a life to live.

Just over a year ago, I experienced a major cardiothoracic event and came dangerously close to leaving this world. For the past 10 years, I have endured extreme tinnitus, but it pales in comparison to the excruciating pain of an aortic aneurysm and a complete aortic dissection. I underwent a...

This morning I woke with severe tinnitus as usual. Maybe 6 hours sleep. I went through my morning routine and then no tinnitus. Nothing. A half hour later there was a crackle in my left ear and I felt that I should move my head slightly to avoid it coming back. And it never did. This is not a...

I would like to keep busy, but while I am doing the things I love, I quickly lose concentration and look for something else. I have so many interests but none are interesting. Does this make sense to anyone? Maybe @ZFire?

Hi - I am wondering how everyone in this thread was doing? I am going to see an ENT in Brisbane that was mentioned in another thread. If my tinnitus is somatic and caused by a spinal or cervical spine issue, then maybe he can help? It was Dr. Andrew Lomas in Brisbane.

I have had TTTS since I was a kid (or as long as I can remember). Hair clippers come in at some angle and I flinch. Usually from behind to the left. But I will ask a friend who is a dentist in Brisbane.

Hi @MaxDee. I hope you are still active. I too am a muso of sorts - bedroom studio producer. Yep from Brisbane. I am trying to get the band back together (a support group in Brisbane) if my life can be a little less busy.

Geebuz! How come I didn't see this before? I also am from Brisbane and have been searching Tinnitus Talk for EXACTLY this POST from someone who was going to say "Doctor in Brisbane". How did you find him and how did you know to find him? Every doctor is like "well you know there is no c..."...

Hi @coldroses, I hope you are still active here. I too live in Brisbane. Constantly flipping between being determined to get rid of this thing, and suffering with it. I hope you had some success; for your own sake. I am now looking to unlock what I think is somatic tinnitus and cervical...

I keep coming back to this thread but afraid that it is so far down here that know one will read it. I have this kind of tinnitus. I have successfully done some meditation that works for me but it is only brief and really is a mind trick. I should write a book about it and maybe feel better...

I have been without caffeine for two weeks. I guess I have somatic tinnitus. My experience is that my tinnitus has not been reduced because caffeine has been absent, and today I have had much caffeine and my tinnitus persists (not a spike - just persists) - I don't get spikes and my tinnitus is...

Mine is always constant but your question supposes that the tinnitus is on some days and off other days - it is not. Only recently has it turned "off" for a few days but I have not been able to correct it, so it continues almost everyday. No, definitely not. However, I know I am sensitive to...

Thanks Lane - I was referring to the picture. I can't tell from the picture which vertebrae is C1 as it looks like the C1C2 are one thing or are they separate things?

Like cicadas - thousands of them in a forest of cicadas. I clocked it at around 8 kHz. It is a constant sound, from waking to sleeping - takes an effort to sleep though. Louder than main street traffic. Seems front left in my head. Probably at 10 o'clock position looking 12 ahead and 6 behind...

I am not sure which one is C1/C2/C3? Is C1 the top one that looks joined to C2 with a gap between C2 & C3? Or is C1 really the two that look joined and C2 & C3 are another one lower down?

Well it is not. I went for 5 days, and then it came back. But today it is gone. Again I woke up in a strange position and definitely something in the neck. I am so convinced of it. But it's like I have to surprise it. Look over there! What? <crack> (tinnitus gone) Later... Look over there...

I did mention the click in my neck? I have mentioned the entire experience in another post: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/posts/626533/

I woke this morning very worried that the tinnitus had come back. But no. Day 5 now.

Firstly, I want to shout out to @Greg Sacramento who has made the single best contribution to my well-being through this forum. In fact I would say Greg listened more than specialists and doctors. I am sure that we are half-a planet away from each other, but Greg provided the right support when...

Hi there. I think I have the same issue. Thanks for keeping the thread open :) I have a thread where I talked about my recent experience, and I believe that I am slowly getting to a solution. In the past I found a similar thread where someone said their tinnitus was caused by cervical spine...

Headphones or earphones? The kind... Were they on-ear or in-ear headphones?

My tinnitus is definitely caused by something in my neck. Once when I brushed teeth and went for the tongue scrape and dry reached because of it (still with me?) then I heard a snap which seemed to come from the base of my head at the back at the top of the neck. Again the other morning I woke...

This. All of this. This is what I do. I have been tracking this thing for 3 years. Writing every day how I am doing for the day. Rating my tinnitus, my TMJ, my headaches, and facial pain. Looking for a cause. Getting a good day between eons of not so good. Thinking I have cured myself, only to...

@Ashley Ann So I am going to put this here. And say "take a look at my recent post" - that I am about to put up (Forgot My Glasses etc). I have a baseline general hiss which I can handle - very low. And another one on the left mostly that is 4/5 on the Fleegle Scale (if you are following my...

@Greg Sacramento thanks for your insight and wisdom. My left shoulder is always higher and I have a habit of leaning on it while at the computer. But I have TMJ and I have a significant underbite. The lower jaw juts forward. Short of jaw surgery or very invasive orthodontic (eating through a...

I think it is Greg Sacramento who has shared advice in the past. And I think he followed my story and told me exactly what was wrong. I believe Greg. And I think if I had the opportunity to pursue it he might actually have helped me. Don't give up though, Greg! I feel like today I am on the...

It is the case, Bill Bauer. Since 2015, I guess. I have looked for your posts in every thread. Thank you for your words and comfort.

Loud sounds? Like long loud or short loud? No and no, anyway. I have listened to music through ear buds but I don't do that a lot. Only on the bus - twice in two weeks. I do listen to music at night - sometimes 1 or 2 hours. But at reasonable levels. I make some music, so I like dynamic range...

My story so far... I have a static hiss - like crickets or cicadas in a forest. In Australia we have areas of trees called "bush" or "bushland". And walking through that cicada bushland in summer is a pleasant enough sound except when there are so many cicadas it seems the very air is thick...

Hi there. I would prefer not to say where I am from. To answer: yes. Now the sound is relentless. Although I am noticing less the teeth grinding and TMJ/jaw pain, occasionally headaches are so bad. I thought that I could "turn it off or on" but things are just so bad that each day is just the...

Thank you to everyone for your support. I have nothing much to say. I have begun tracking again my sleep, tinnitus levels, and mood. I have rarely if ever had a day of relief. I hope there is some joy to come soon. Fleegle

There is an app to do what you want - with an option to change the tone and a slider to change the frequency/pitch. There is also at least one YT video that goes through all ranges (starting with lowest) and shows you in writing what freq it is at, and when you feel your tone matches that's when...

Or even less tech - at your sound check, have FOH or audience indicate to you to lift your volume. I hope things go well :)

Hi @Lady Rocker -- So I do some home recording. I know with cans on it is hard to gauge how you sound and how to pitch to the correct level. You can't hear how you sound so you can't compensate for your own volume. Plugs are going to block your own "head sound" too. So you could take a tech...

@Phat Tuna -- no I think it was an old school rotary drill type thing. Certainly uncomfortable.

Getting errors while trying to edit... Please get to a doctor and get good advice. Do not try it yourself.

I cleaned one ear with water bulb type squeezing action. This ear had been muffled with severe hearing loss for weeks. And tinnitus was real bad. For two weeks I have had effects of a cold with minor sore throat and running nose etc. This morning I cleaned my ear and removed two pieces of stuff...

@MattS - Matt I found a ton of apps on Google. I looked for "habit tracking apps" and got a few results. "Habit Tracker" is the first one, but a few others look like it could track whatever you needed. A feature I would like to see is a graph representation of the tracked item. Then we could...

I guess I could make an app to help track tinnitus and other data, but I haven't done an app for a while. I might look for one. @MattS ... I have been tracking since 2015. I have not collected much range of data and definitely I track tinnitus daily. But food, sleep, other data I have not. Is...

Hi @Mister Muso - me too (I think). I perform a morning activity which requires one to be in a seated position - an activity that usually follows waking up - let's leave it there. Well some of that may involve hanging the head down, and for me sometimes the tinnitus goes away (mostly, never...

Hi @MattS I use google calendar. I put in a entry at 7AM each day (even weekends) and enter into the heading the following: Noise 4/1 HA3 TMJ4 XXXXX So this is code for: Noise left ear 4 out of possible 5, right ear 1 (of 5), headache 3 (of 5) and TMJ 4 (of 5), and then notes like "Late...

Only a few times have I done this, and I got to a point where I thought yippee I can control it! but then next day.... Once I was watching TV, and that day the T was "off" and I was hearing something, like chit chit chit like something was trying to break through or I was going to slip into a T...

I am with you @JohnFox And I believe so too @Mister Muso - a superpower it could be.

Hi @Greg Sacramento ! Thanks for following my story :) I woudl like to know what kind of Therapist? And what is that therapy you mentioned - outward neck muscle therapy?

@carolinet617 Sounds like you know your triggers and can avoid it. My attempts to collect data will only bear results if I can gather data on everything. I have tried going without dairy for a week - but no change. I have managed 9 days straight with no tinnitus but that was a way back now. And...

Hmmm... I like that word "triggers". Does that mean that tinnitus has a trigger? Could that explain why on some days it is low but on other days it is high? A trigger? Perhaps no accident that you used that word, carolinet617. Now I am thinking. Thinking about blockers or subtractive/additive...

So I have tinnitus - of course, right? We're all here for that reason. And I was listening to a noise outside my window the other night and asking people if they can hear it. "No. What noise?" was the reply. That noise. That "zhou zhou zhou zhou" noise. Can't you hear it. After a while I...

Only just saw your comment. Jon - I am with you. Same for me. I have no explanation for it and I wish that I knew why because then I could promote the things that make it better and avoid the things that make it worse. Sorry that my comment can't possibly make anyone feel better, except that...

I think (and it's just an impression based on cause-effect observation and perhaps no basis on actual medical/physical sciences) that my tinnitus was caused by three things: having cold/flu whilst having flu vaccine whilst smashing my ears with sound and headphones. I do some music production in...

Without trying to hijack the thread (because this thread is important), can you tell me of your actual wearing experience with Bose Soundsport Free - I am thinking abt buying. Do they stay in your ears? Are they comfortable? Can you wear them while sleeping? etc. Any info is good info. Thanks!

I had a dentist tell me they had taken out all teeth at customer's request and it had done nothing for T. It is interesting because I have had teeth cleaned and after leaving the chair my T vanished. It could be two things: 1. I tend to over arch my neck back when lying in the chair - so could...

Just asking because I think I have a sensitive tooth that is located where I have always had jaw pain - at least as long as I have had tinnitus. Are there any success storied from anyone about "fixing" their tinnitus by fixing their teeth: removed, filled, cleaned or cared for in any particular...

So sometimes (not often) I get a cold or flu. And my tinnitus gets really bad - really bad. But usually with really bad tinnitus and a cold and flu I am a few days later rewarded with a reprieve from the tinnitus. Only sometimes do I take medication for it, and then only some pseudoephedrine...

If you have been following my story, then you know my theory on neck/spine and my tinnitus. With the last 6 months I have had 3 episodes of Migraine Visual Aura. My theory (now) is that my neck/spine theory is really related to the visual cortex - perhaps blood supply/allergy/stress/migraine...

I find the Sleepo app works well. On GPlay and free. A lot of options and not just random hissing over badly looped music. Try it and see. It helps me sleep when I can't.

How (in Oz)?

A good idea to get an audiogram and tympanometry checked by good audiologist (not one that has an interest in selling something to you). My non-medical research is that hearing degenerates with age and hearing degeneration can lead to tinnitus - apparently it is common in older people. An...

@Dana right. so it can be fixed then? Do i research the terms you mention and test myself for each one? (i am really sick of every visit to the doctor being a parrot-rote of "nothing much we can do about it"). My tinnitus is a cicada-type shhhhh sound which on most days becomes very loud. And I...

Usually the tinnitus is at a 4/5 for extended numbers of days (where 5 is too much to handle and 1 is don't even think about it). But some days the tinnitus changes to a 1/5. To be clear, this is not habituation or compensation or focusing etc. Clearly the tinnitus is very low on some days. I...

I am investigating the use of acupuncture to relieve symptoms or resolve tinnitus.