How Do I Measure My Tinnitus?

devonlee

Member
Author
Feb 2, 2017
171
Ontario, Canada
Tinnitus Since
January 2017
Cause of Tinnitus
Hearing Loss of Unknown Origin
A bunch of people here talk about the tinnitus being such-and-such kHz or something of that sort. How do you get this measured?

People also talk about the exact decibels of their triggers. How do you measure this on a regular basis?
 
I think most people just match their t to the actual tone. So I payed different tones on you tube and found that it most closely resemebeled something in the 16khz range.

The decibels I actually had a test done by an audiologist years ago where you match the sound with your t. I can't remember the exact number but it was in the high teens.

And no disrespect but why on earth would you want to measure these things on a daily basis. You don't want to put any extra emphasis on your t. It will make it much more difficult to habituate to
 
I'm really just curious. I also think it helps me to understand others tinnitus better and how mine compares to theirs. I'm not looking to play "who has worse tinnitus". I'm just trying to understand tinnitus overall.

Although you didn't actually explain what kHz meant, I figured it out through another feed. I found my tinnitus tone is around 14khz. This is something else I was just trying to understand better. I had no idea if it referred to tone or volume or something else completely.

The whole purpose of this support group is to better understand tinnitus so please don't think I'm going dwell on the numbers. The worst thing I found when I came in to this forum was that everyone used abbreviations and insanely technical terms even if I wrote that I was a tinnitus newbie. So that was the whole point of my initial question. Just trying to find out what these terms meant. @cullenbohannon
 
I use a free app called Signal Gen on the iPhone. You can adjust the pitch with a wheel until it matches. I don't use earplugs to do this, just the phone speaker.

I haven't had the volume measured, but I can use a lower pitched sound and hold the phone closer to me to match levels, just so I can show people what the volume is like. I found the app called Whist actually can generate a sound close to my tinnitus sound.
 
Like @cullenbohannon said if you want to get the loudness estimated you need an audiologist to do it. They first determine your sensory level then have you match the loudness of a tone. I had this done multiple times over several months and it was always very consistent, around 30dBsl...
 

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