Controlling Tinnitus

[jocke]

Okay so first of all I have not had tinnitus for so long; 4-6 weeks. And I got it from a bang.

And for a couple of weeks ago I went to do some freediving and when I came home I couldn't hear the T even when I held my ears. But after some seconds I started to hear it again. And I tried this similar thing to the Back to Silence post. I did not think about the tinnitus I just ignored it. But I need to have some background sounds so I can't hear it and then turn it off and when I do it's completely silent.

But when I start to think about it it comes back. So all I need to do is just try to forget that I have tinnitus. And then I can't hear it.

As I'm writing this I could first not hear it but now I can.

Is this something that has happened to you like a break from tinnitus.

I am not afraid in any way, only glad that I almost can control it.

Now it feels like I need to stop thinking about it again to be free from tinnitus.

 

[Bill Bauer]

It sounds like your T is very minor, and is on its way to being completely healed in a couple of weeks. Good for you.

 

[jocke]

It sounds like your T is very minor, and is on its way to being completely healed in a couple of weeks. Good for you.

Okay. I am glad to hear that. I am going to test my hearing on tuesday and see if i got any hearing loss.

 

[Bill Bauer]

Okay. I am glad to hear that. I am going to test my hearing on tuesday and see if i got any hearing loss.

Most people with tinnitus don't have hearing loss (at least hearing loss that can be captured by those tests).

 

[.bill]

Putting T at the back of your mind is good I do when its sort mild but last night for the first time I woke with my ear spiked terrible but as the day goes on it's gone quiet

 

[Tinker Bell]

Most people with tinnitus don't have hearing loss (at least hearing loss that can be captured by those tests).

I think that is true for people with fleeting tinnitus and maybe on this forum, but everything I've read says tinnitus usually is accompanied by hearing loss. I recently read that the British Tinnitus Association estimates that 90 percent of people with tinnitus have hearing loss. They think the other 10 percent may have hearing loss in higher frequencies that are not normally tested.