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My tinnitus has actually faded over the years to where I barely hear it anymore. Usually when I do, it’s in quiet and only lasts a min or so. I just get busy doing other things and it just goes away.

Yeah, the hope is my natural hearing can help my CI ear learn the sound. With the long term deafness on that side I will need all the help I can get.

Just wanted to post an update -- I had cochlear implant surgery this past Friday. It has only been two days, but I'm happy to report that I don't currently have any new tinnitus as a result of the surgery. That was one of my biggest fears with it. Just some dull pain and slight dizziness.

Wow. :( I occasionally come back to the forums to read the latest success stories and see what's new. I was not expecting this thread and am really sad to see it. I didn't really know him, but I do remember him always wanting to help and struggling so much to get better. The GoFundMe is a...

I'm going through the insurance approval process now for a CI myself, so no personal experience yet. But I have talked with many SSD people who got a CI. All the feedback I have heard has been positive as far as improving their overall hearing and reducing tinnitus while wearing the CI. There...

Cochlear implant surgery does damage the inner ear hair cells, but not as much as it used to. Surgery has gotten better, to the point where some people retain their residual hearing even after surgery. But who's to say that whatever cure they come up with wouldn't cause those hair cells to...

Why not? Is this based on personal experience?

Thanks for sharing. Yes, it sounds like you had very good results at activation. I hope an updated mapping will help with the latest difficulty you are having. Did you have any side effects or tinnitus from the surgery itself? Or did the intrusive tinnitus come much later after surgery?

I'm meeting with a CI surgeon this coming week to discuss whether getting a CI is something that would benefit me or not. I'm curious to hear others' experiences. Do you have a Cochlear Implant? If so, can you share your story? I'm especially curious to hear whether it has impacted your...

That sort of thing was never a problem for me. Sure, I pay more attention to protecting my hearing these days, but I didn't let T&H keep me from enjoying normal everyday type activities. But sure, if a person is currently suffering from extreme anxiety, depression, having suicidal thoughts and...

My two boisterous kids are without question the best thing in my life. My second came about 6 months after the onset of tinnitus so it was a rough first year for me. But I don't regret having kids for a second. At this point a few years later, my hyperacusis/sound sensitivity is completely...

My hearing aid makes my tinnitus better.

I'm not the person you are asking, but I consider mine to be gone now. It took a couple of years, but it eventually faded over time to where it now seems non existent. Occasionally I might hear it, but only for a few seconds. I'm at the point now where I go days or weeks without even thinking...

That's exactly the model I have as well. You should go back to your audiologist and let them know what it is doing because it should not do that. Mine actually worked great for about 10 months and then I had similar problems with it cutting out. They sent it back for a free warranty fix and...

The only guarantee that I know being offered about hearing aids is that you can try them for a period of time (usually 1-3 months) and if you don't like them, you can return them without paying a cent. I've never heard anybody guarantee that they work for everybody. I'm sorry they apparently...

Hearing aids are the ONLY solution out there that reduces my tinnitus and improves my hearing to the point where I can function normally on a daily basis. There is no scam about it. Of course, it does not mean hearing aids are for everyone. But especially for those with severe hearing loss...

She sounds like a prime candidate for a CI. Those who have had normal hearing and speech in their life are the ones who respond to a CI best. -Mike

Exactly! It's the story of the wolf you feed. An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to the boy. “It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil – he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt...

I do have one web source that indicates "most likely" it would be cured within 10 years. At first the reply was hazy, but I tried again and it was decidedly so. I'm not sure how reputable it is though. http://www.ask8ball.net/ :D

I would say it's not as loud as it used to be when it bothered me.

In the earlier days with the high anxiety, I could hear it almost all the time. But over time it became less noticeable to the point now where I can go almost all day without hearing it. It's still there, of course, I just don't pay any attention to it.

Well the consult went OK for me. I was hoping to leave feeling more confident in one direction or the other. But the audiologist was very careful to make sure expectations were set low. It does seem there is a potential that I could have some benefit. With my long term loss, it's something...

I wouldn't call it a dirty secret, but you are right. Tinnitus is a possible side effect of a CI since the implantation usually results in damage of any residual hearing that is left. Generally, from what I have read about others' experiences, the CI often reduces tinnitus while it is being...

The only time tinnitus affected me was early on when I was still in a state of anxiety over it. But now I can hear it and not be bothered and it does not effect my thinking. I don't write code for a living anymore, but there is no reason why I couldn't.

My severe to profound loss has not affected my thinking or memory. Your slight hearing loss isn't going to either.

@Telis , I feel for you. I wish there was something we could do to make it better. What you describe definitely sounds well beyond what is typical tinnitus. I can only imagine how bad that must be. I wonder if a cochlear implant could be an option for you? I don't remember offhand how bad...

There are no fortune tellers here, so nobody can tell you anything about the future with certainty. Did you watch the video? It's not about being optimistic that something good will happen in the future. It's more about being happy about what you have now. He talks about not focusing on all...

I've always been a big fan of the Life is Good company. One of the co-founders has given several talks about optimism, life, work, etc. and it might be good for you to listen to. Here's one of them. It's long, but worth listening to...

You speak about hearing aids as if people like me have some dirty disease that people will desperately avoid. Years from now with a little more wisdom and maturity, you would look back on these posts and cringe. Then realize you wasted your youth worried about insignificant things that don't...

Well, let's be clear about one thing at least: this isn't what you are seeing at all. It's an irrational fear you have designed to keep you in this perpetual state of suffering.

I got mine after I was married. But every girl I ever dated knew I would eventually get them and probably even go deaf at some point in my life. If that scared someone away, then good riddance! You are right about one thing -- once "love" comes into play, all rules go out the window. And...

What are you seriously suggesting? That people who wear hearing aids can't date or have relationships just like anybody else? No offense, but you're being ridiculous about this. You may want head over to the alldeaf.com forum and find out if that group of people suddenly stopped having sex...

No girl ever rejected me because I was deaf in one ear and partially deaf in the other. Well, I guess if they did, I didn't hear them. :) One thing with hearing aids is that it is usually the person wearing them who attaches the stigma to it. There has not been a single person in my adult...

It's the "ok this is it, I'm gonna off myself later after work if I still feel like it" mentality is what will turn off the ladies. A single hearing aid isn't gonna make a bit of difference in comparison to your attitude about yourself and life. Please work on getting that better (for your...

I think over time, you could like them. You just seem to be looking for a fault in anything you can lately. So I'm afraid you might put them in and immediately just say "nope, it doesn't sound perfect!" and then leave without having given it a fair shot over time. -Mike

NYC is where I proposed to my wife 13 years ago! Good luck! :)

I did not wear ear plugs at all. It is loud and there is a lot of honking, but it did not bother me. I was also at Derek Jeter's last home game in Yankee Stadium and that was LOUD! But a game I'll never forget!

You will not like it right away most likely. And no offense, but you especially won't like it because you have a habit of finding only the negative in things. But if you give it a chance and wear it for a few weeks you will get used to it. Or maybe it feel great when you first put one on...

Welcome fellow Hoosier! :)

I've been twice since I got tinnitus. I did just fine both times with no increase. Just don't stress about it and you will be fine!

Think of it as a short term rehabilitation process. Commit to wearing one for 1 year, or until you reach a calmer state mentally. Then slowly wear it less and less. You don't have so bad of hearing loss that you really need it. But it could temporarily help with coping for awhile. -Mike

Yeah, having it for a long time has definitely helped. Just as time will help you. I would hear my T almost all the time without hearing aids. With them, significantly less. Especially once the anxiety went away.

It started happening to me around age 4. :dunno:

I don't have any specific advice on how to relieve pressure in your ear, but I'm curious if you know the cause of your hearing loss? Some of your symptoms are similar to something I have -- enlarged vestibular aqueducts (EVAS). It's thought that increased pressure to the head, or hits to the...

You could ask that question about any kind of disease where there is medicine available. This whole suppressing of the cure conspiracy is also said of things like cancer, too. Besides that a different argument from what you said earlier. You said there is no reason to cure hearing loss...

For starters, how about because 75% of people with hearing loss don't wear hearing aids at all? They simply go without anything. There is an huge untapped market out there for someone to make money if they came up with a cure. Far more than any of the hearing aid manufacturers today. -Mike

Enjoy your beer, you will be fine! Alcohol has no effect on my tinnitus. And even from all the people who I have seen say it makes it worse, I have never seen anyone say it made it permanently worse. It's always temporary. -Mike

I'm an example of that flip side. Spent most of my life with profound high frequency loss in both ears, and profound loss across all frequencies in my worse ear.... but no tinnitus. At least not until I had another small drop in hearing a few years ago.

When I first got tinnitus, I had a headache that lasted for about a month or so. It eventually goes away, and is likely due to the stress and anxiety you are feeling now. Hang in there!

Sorry, jdjd. I apologize for my contribution to the fighting here. I don't want your thread locked, so I'm stepping away from any conversations not relevant for you or this thread. I am glad to see though that you have found some posts helpful.

Nah. Badges and fake points on an internet forum have no value to me. It's strange that you place so much importance on your forum ratings and badges next to your name. Hey now, don't be so hard on yourself. It's not your fault that you have no professional background, medical credentials...

I'm gonna have to go with the guy who routinely brags about his ratings on some internet forum: But hey, this rating is what gives you the credentials to call yourself the title of Medical Pioneer around here, right? Do you put your post count and ratings on your resume, too? :ROFL:

Well, yeah, of course it is a form of self-therapy. This is precisely why people who are suffering seek out support groups. And if you look at the top of the page, this is "Tinnitus Talk Support Forum." People who come here and offer support don't have to be 100% cured or habituated in order...

It's good you may return to school. Hopefully it would be for something you truly enjoy and can take your mind off things. Have you been to an audiologist yet? -Mike

Everything? I don't think you've really been paying attention to what he has been saying over the past couple months. There is a reason that a very large majority of people with tinnitus eventually no longer suffer and live a normal, happy life where tinnitus is just a sound that does not...

No. Nobody is going to tell you the right girl will put up with what you are doing right now. So you are right about one thing -- no girl is going to put up with that. On a daily basis you show a hopeless, gloomy, negative, and defeatist attitude. It has nothing to do with your problems...

The point is not what her accomplishments are; it is that she lived a happy life despite her circumstances. She has good advice for you: “A happy life consists not in the absence, but in the mastery of hardships.” "Your success and happiness lies in you. Resolve to keep happy, and your joy...

In my earlier post I wasn't talking about technology that is yet to come, I was referring to technology we have today. Sure, it's not a biological cure, but it restores hearing well enough that you can function in life. I knew a CIO of a large multinational corporation who one day just went...

I used to worry about losing all my hearing. In fact, I'm quite sure that I will lose all my hearing at some point in my life due to a condition I have. But it actually doesn't bother me anymore because with technology today, it's not likely to be permanent. If it ever happens, cochlear...

I haven't been to a concert since tinnitus, but I was inside Yankee Stadium for Derek Jeter's last home game. That was LOUD at many points. I can't imagine what the db readings were. I had no issues afterward.