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  1. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    It's disgusting. It's like the medical community is 'surprised' by the loudness of these things. But engineers have known for decades about the science behind NIHL. There's really no excuse. I'm seeing peak figures of 130dB. This is insane! The benefits must outweigh risks I guess...
  2. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    I nearly had an MRI. I rang my local hospital. They told me their machine was 117 dB. Yup, that's right ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN DECIBELS! I decided not to pursue a scan. There needs to more awareness on this. I would have been a lamb to slaughter if it wasn’t for reading about other people’s...
  3. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    No improvements yet. In fact my tinnitus seems worse than ever!
  4. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Nope, no improvement yet sadly. My tinnitus seems to get worse by the day. I'm hopeful the nerves are just taking their time in coming back and regenerating. I was told it'll take time, at least a few weeks before I notice anything. I'm holding onto that thought. Flying half way across the...
  5. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    I think it was around 40 injections in total. Alternating between each ear day after day. I'd like to say my tinnitus is a bit better but it's not at the moment. If anything it seems worse at this stage. It's like an 18 month long and worsening spike! What I've got now is very different to...
  6. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Thanks. Home now after a long, long flight and 2 weeks in Seoul. My tinnitus is different for sure but I'm jetlagged and very tired.
  7. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Thanks. I've composed loads of stuff over the years. It's difficult to imagine or hear music when your ears ring all the time! Beethoven managed it I guess but I'm not him. Here's probably one of my better tunes written a long time ago now. Don't worry it's not a thumping dance track...
  8. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Teaching piano part time in a noisy environment for 2 years. And then various noise exposures afterwards caused it to get worse.
  9. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Well, I'm half way through my treatment. No improvements yet but my tinnitus is different each day. The treated ear goes through a massive spike lasting until the next day. It is quite tiring having blood and bone marrow extracted and then the injections. I'm doing my best to eat well...
  10. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    I've got loads and loads of audiograms. If I use warble tone then my hearing looked okayish. If you use a sine wave then it looks ****. I had one audiogram that started my left ear ringing as the tinnitus was originally only in my right... Plus I've had loads of ridiculous noise exposures...
  11. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Thanks. I'm coping. Just cooking myself a beef stir fry with veg, garlic and chili. Meat is surprisingly expensive in Seoul! Tinnitus is loud. Like really loud. Ears feel blocked but I've had that for ages now. My audiogram shows that my ultra high frequency hearing is ******* ********. 12...
  12. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Thanks. I wear earplugs all the time if there's a busy road or something. Seoul's subway doesn't seem hugely noisy (unlike London's) but plug up in case. My hyperacusis went a while ago now but so did a load of hearing. I wouldn't mind a little deafness. It's more the torment of tinnitus and the...
  13. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    I am 39. Tinnitus started in Feb 2018. I taught piano professionally in a noisy environment for 2 years. That's what totally messed my ears up. I've since changed professions and stopped all live performance.
  14. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Not worried what other people think. Their opinions are exactly that, their opinions. At least I feel like I'm doing something. I've tried fasting (like you wouldn't believe) and a ketogenic diet too. That was going well until further noise exposures brought more tinnitus and more tones...
  15. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    So I am in Seoul and had my first treatment with Dr Shim. Let's see what happens. I've got noise induced hearing loss from working and playing piano in noisy environments. My tinnitus is frankly insane with tones from low humming below 100 Hz to hissing at 10 kHz with stuff inbetween. When...
  16. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    So when's that then? I don't want to keep losing more hearing with time!
  17. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    Hi John, You still think this would be worth doing? I know you were a strong advocate of Dr. Shim at one point. I've got noisy multipitch tinnitus and it's damned annoying to say the least. If it could be softened somehow that would be amazing. I've tried all sorts too. I think Glenn wasn't...
  18. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    I think there's a lot of dogmatic thinking in the ENT world but hopefully that will change. All the treatments I've received for tinnitus have been psychological. I've had counselling, mindfulness and relaxation techniques to help me cope which is great, but I'd prefer it if my ears/brain would...
  19. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    My observations aren't aimed at anyone. I've watched this develop for over a year and I am just saying what I see. If it was a scam it would have been called out by now. Not by us, but by the locals. There's a lot of information on the website too and some of the results aren't that impressive...
  20. Tinnitard

    Solsaem Clinic (Dr. Minbo Shim) Experience

    If I were John Adams, I would probably stop visiting tinnitus forums, they seem stressful! Why are people demanding scientific proof on their terms and then what do they hope it will or won't achieve? Just think about it. If it's true that you can restore hearing (and alleviate tinnitus) then...