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I'm still a firm believer in sound being the key to habituation. Sensitivity to sound is cured by sound. I've experienced it. T, however, remains with me, and for it I have a transmitter that sends MP3 recordings into my bluetooth hearing aids. On "bad" days, I listen to crickets most of the...

Just for fun, my brother and me.... "Because" by the Dave Clark Five

I sell my stuff on Amazon, but have not yet had the need to find a buyer for a pair of hearing aids. I wear hearing aids and could not get through the day without them. Maybe a trade would work for you; that is, if you're needing something other than money. What can you think of that would be...

In one article, the estimate for his lifetime value in stud fees will be from $100 to $150 million. It was the first triple crown winner in 37 years. I'll bet even Vito Corleone wouldn't be able to get close to this winner. Security by the truck load he'll have, for sure. Such a horse could...

I have an assortment of sounds in my head, from the very common cricket to ringing, swishing, tapping, wind and pulsatile. Cricket recordings suit me best for mitigation.

How do we really know the Christian message is truth? The renowned Christian apologist, Ravi Zacharias, answered that question this way (found here: http://rzim.org/just-thinking/think-again-deep-questions ): How do we really know this is the truth? Whether Hitler or Hugh Hefner, religious or...

It is estimated that in the past 100 years, governments under the banner of atheistic communism have caused the death of somewhere between 40,472,000 to 259,432,000 human lives. The Reign of Terror of the French Revolution established a state which was antiRoman/Catholicism/Christian in nature...

as if non-believers will not be able to achieve all things just because they don't believe The reality is that none of us are "able to achieve" even the first step in a walk with God. Earning God's favor has never been the beginning of any person's relationship with Jesus Christ. This truth...

The spirit of anti-Christ is that of this age. It is very alive and well, flourishing in fact, via the voices of those who know not the way, the truth and life that is Jesus. So many today have jumped on the bandwagons that feed them atheist propoganda and half baked refutations used countless...

Here is one book written to show the truth about Christianity and the Consititution: http://www.amazon.com/Christianity-Constitution-Faith-Founding-Fathers/dp/0801052319 There are surely more, if one is willing to search it out.

We are "endowed by our Creator" we are told, and the authors of the Constitution not only mention God, they even mention that Jesus is God. They do this in the ratification clause: This was done “in the Year of Our Lord” 1787.

As we see the evolution of thought within the U.S., there is, obviously, an apparent regression from the traditional foundation upon which our forefathers sought to establish their New World. Since their day, when most colleges were constructed by Christian men and organizations, liberalism has...

You may already know, Pat, that T is the number one disability among veterans of the military. For them, tinnitus was noise induced. That's how I developed it, from artillery, and have had it now since 1972. The VA gives me a whopping $129 each month for the privilege of carrying around this...

I am a 63 year old Vietnam Era Navy veteran who developed tinnitus as the result of working within the gun turret of a 5"38 from 1969-72. For the past thirty years, I've been working as the Pest Mgmt. Professional for a VA hospital. Lots of changes have occurred through the years here, as we...

I lived many years following my military enlistment with tinnitus without knowledge enough to know the simplest truths about my condition. It was many years later, after it got to be the most prominent inner trait of my life, that I began to reach for everything and anything in search of a...

I made this short video of me walking my cat, Bella, hoping to encourage a few others to give it a try. Some friends of mine have warned that to walk one's cat opens up great potential for feline diseases and insist that all feline pets be kept indoors, so I now do it only in cooler weather...

To some degree, we all live lives of faith. By that I mean that we all believe things exist without seeing or having been there. For instance, have you been to Greenland? Does it exist? How do you know it exists? Well, certainly, we all have read books about the place, and articles, and...

It was a very dramatic experience for me when I chose to pray, with sincerity, for forgiveness of my sins to God through His Son's name, Jesus. I was 19 years old, aboard a naval destroyer having just been released from jail after being arrested on charges that were dropped. Two MPs came to...

Folks who believe in the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, who have established a relationship with Him through the work of salvation, know Him. Through their prayers and the reading of the Bible a solid understanding of the differences between the old and new covenants unfolds. They begin...

Good news, Kathi. It's always best to hear it from the most experienced. I know so little about eye conditions other than one's need for glasses. It was an education for me just to read the previous posts. There certainly is an opportunity there for anxiety to rule, but we who have health...

I've read those stories too, but I've never been one to overdo anything. At this point, however, I've put it aside after trying two different types of kratom, red and green. Nothing to write home about, really. They just gave me a blah feeling and there was nearly no pain relief, which was my...

I ordered two brands, green and red, and found neither one to be the best at pain relief. If you have tried and like a dealer's product, would you please share the name?

I am nearly a Netflix addict with so many series to watch. Lots of good ones on there. "The Killing" was entertaining as was "Sons of Anarchy" and "Grand Hotel". Are there other websites out there I should know about? What are they like? I'd like to connect to more of the shows I grew...

Funny. I wear hearing aids, BTW. There are quite a few jokes out there. Here's another: A deaf couple check into a motel and go to bed early. The wife wakes her husband in the middle of the night complaining of a headache. She asks him to go to the car to get some aspirin from the glove...

At 62, the T is, like so many others here, just one small portion of health issues which I deal with on a daily basis. I'm reasonably certain I'm not the Lone multi-tasked member here. As I've written in the past, my other problems are mostly pain related, for which I take pharmaceuticals that...

Whatever gluten free beer is around. For those curious, here is a list of gluten free alcohol drinks: http://munchyy.com/gluten-free-alcohol-list/

"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." Hearing someone...

You got to accent the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative, and don't mess with Mr. Inbetween.

Open minds are like open windows. They screens to keep the bugs out.

I detest the cold and snow. Too many years in the freezing "tundra" of PA while I was a boy. then later when I returned for seven years, took the delight from me of looking at snow fall.

I support it now. There was a time when I thought suicide was wrong no matter what, since all that stuff seems to be carried in the same container, from abortion, to euthenasia, to the right to die, to taking a loved one off life support. Death is entirely a matter of God's will, not mine, I...

What we play is very low key. Here's a sampling: http://youtube.com/vwbug1971 Ninety percent of our jobs are instrumental, for the most part, since there are jobs when singing is wanted, like at a wedding reception. No longer do we use a PA, but instead have made use of a small amp equipped...

I cannot drink a lot of liquor, just a sip or two, due to IBS. A recent experimental change to a gluten free diet has also taken most beers off my diet. A couple gluten free beers I bought at the health food store last week weren't award winners, but gave me an introduction. The taste was...

Australia is adding to its military the enlistment of US servicemen, mostly in positions requiring education and very well trained, technical positions. We are close allies and now that Afghanistan and Iraq are winding down, American servicemen are willing to be adopted by the Australian...

I too babysit a dog on occasion. The last time was for two weeks and I loved every minute of it. We've grown to be the best of friends, Charlie and I. I asked if I could get him through the Christmas holidays, but his owner wouldn't do it. In the development where I live there is a huge...

Such a good looking dog. How lucky you are. I love dogs; in fact, almost any animal, but dogs are my favorite. When I retire, I plan to get one. Your's looks like a winner. Great name, Toby. The photo made me smile.

There are those of us who are on other meds for various physical conditions. Always, the question that pops up in my mind is if another med or supplement will keep me from additional side effects to contend with. Sometimes I am fighting the effects more than I am the root intent. How tiring...

I believe the VA hospital that is most involved with tinnitus research is in Portland, OR. The head man's name escapes me right now. He may still be in the system, maybe not. So many employees from years ago are retiring these days. My care comes from the James A. Haley Veterans hospital in...

As a boy, I loved the winter sled rides down the hills of PA. It was great fun. As I grew older, the winters decreased in value. All winters are the same. Initially, the snow looks beautiful, but as the weeks progress, the top of the snow will get icy hard, the sidewalks, if there are...

Good idea.

What a journey you've been on, Ivan. My heart goes out to you. I experienced barotrauma when my ears failed to depressurize while landing in Arizona ten years ago (or more). It caused me intense vertigo and dizziness, the likes of which I thought was never going to end. It took three years...

I drove to Daytona Beach, FL, a 2.5 hr. drive from Tampa, where I stayed for four days and was given treatments twice daily. The whole thing only aggravated my condition, so I dropped out and drove back home. My brother was kind enough to drive east to give me support when I was feeling so...

a true nut case

I've tried laser treatments. A waste of $1500. Also, a Neuromonics unit. Another waste when there are already loads of sounds one can use for mitigation. Cost? $5200. Now, I just wear my MP3 player, turn on cricket files of all sorts, including one generously made for me by Steve. Also...

This is an amazing documentary. If only all people were like this bunch.

For seventeen years, I worked, off and on, as a crisis counselor, cull. In training for the work, I was shown how to draw out a person, how to get him/her to talk about their dilemmas by using leading statements or questions, then interjecting, "uh huh," "yes," "tell me more," "how did that...

Since the collapse of the steel industry, i.e. U.S. Steel, in Aliquippa, PA one day in 1984, I've continued to read the news from that county, the locaton that amounts to my family roots, unlike the mere memory it is today. Nevertheless, I still read the county news to get a glimpse of what has...

Great a post, wtw. Thanks for the enjoyable read.

I just now returned to this thread and read the additional posts. Because I work in a VA hospital, I see veterans from all branches of the military every day. Some have had it really rough. A good example is one of the men who is a frequent patient in the spinal cord injury building. While I...

Here's Bella, my gray tabby cat, along with my (still close friend) ex's Chiffon male, Charlie, who came into my life when we were sharing my home. I still have visiting privileges which I always look forward to, normally around the holidays when she visits relatives for two weeks in Alaska...

I'm reminded of how my grandmother used to always have candy out for us kids when we visited. She loved to spoil us and watch as we kept "sneaking" another handful of whatever she had out for us. Dinners were always the best no matter what they consisted of. It didn't matter, because there...

Thanks Steve. I hope I didn't sound mad. I'm not, and wasn't. God knows, I forget all the time. Of all the girlfriends I've had over the years, not one gave me a break on that score.

I have read articles that stated we are an overly clean population, in general, and that to permit the rebuilding of beneficial bacteria, similar in a way to what takes place in one's digestive system when one is on antibiotics, we must be willing to not wash like fanatics. My dermatologist...

Crickets, but not cicadas which, for me, can be too overpowering, with a brook or rain shower combination. Not to be ugly, but I thought mine was in the works already. I chose a cricket from a list you sent. I can still remember the day when I was finally able to again read. It felt like...

When I found crickets, Jeff, they were the doorway for me back into reading, especially Mike Petroff's nature tracks. They're ideal for me because they mitigate the sounds I hear in my head better than any other recordings I've tried. David

Let's hope there's only a couple of them in your future. My ex has ten grandchildren. Every time I turned around they were visiting. The TV was playing kid's shows, the house was noisy, there was no time or space to actually think. Moderation is best. Allow yourself the opportunity to...