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Does radio help?

I've only been diagnosed with T for a week or two. I've noticed that salt, alcohol and stress can set it off. Actually... SILENCE is worse. When I sleep... it ROARS. It's a very low frequency... like a work truck outside. What do you do to stop the noise when the world goes to sleep?

I too wonder about about noise canceling earphones or earplugs. When my bad ear is exposed to the world my T is less pronounced. When I cover it the T becomes a working bulldozer 1' away from me. :-(

Okay, I owe you and future readers of this thread an update. I cannot explain it. Let me start with that. When I first started this thread I was an 11/10. Seriously. I have a verrry low distant work truck sounding roar in my right ear. I heard it most of the morning. I like to walk for...

I can see that now. Frankly, I've had it for years but suddenly owned that it was ME and not the trucks/machines in the street about a week ago (looow frequency rumble). But it really went nuts about the time I bought my new brush. (AWESOME by the way.... much better than my Oral-B!) So I am...

Dunno.

It's the only thing I can remember changing since my tinnitus went from 5 to 10!

MILD? Today is the loudest it's ever been. Or loudest it's ever been since I realized it's me and not the environment.

I would say my T was 5 until 2-3 weeks ago where it went up to a 9. Then 10. Then it did the ol' Spinal Tap thing of going to 11 a few days ago. Is this my future? Can/does it go back down?

Could a Sonicare toothbrush be to blame for my tinnitus going from 5 to 10?

You remember that episode of The Twilight Zone where the librarian lived to read books and then he found himself the last man on earth with a library of books and he accidentally breaks his glasses? That's me. I love peace and quite. I take vacations where it's silent except for nature. Now...