I suffered tinnitus worse than I could have imagined in the immediate aftermath of my COVID-19 vaccine - I took the AstraZeneca jab in late May. Things calmed down from that point, but nowhere near back down to the level pre-vaccine.
In my desperation for some relief, I decided to pursue ACRN again. I had previously paid The Tinnitus Clinic in Harley Street £5,000 in 2013 for the treatment, and it hadn't helped a bit. But I recently noted that Professor Peter Tass had recently been appointed at Stanford, and so that gave his work increased credibility in my eyes, so I looked for other ways to implement his work, speculating that it was the implementation that may have been incorrect, rather than the theory.
So, a week ago, I purchased Nuheara IQBuds MAX earbuds, and I'm using the TinnitusPlay app in Neuromodulation mode.
I have been following the ACRN protocol, but instead of doing tinnitus matching, I spent 4 days trying four different frequencies of stimulation, one on each day, and then carefully assessing which one influenced my tinnitus best. After choosing one, I've been doing 6 hours a day listening to the beeps.
The issue with the Tinnitus Clinic's implementation is that it relies on pitch matching, which is incredibly difficult. Why not choose the frequency based on the impact? That's what I am trying to do, in a systematic way.
The reason for purchasing these earbuds, rather than using standard headphones, is that these allow outside noise in, and so I can continue my daily routine without isolating myself.
I expected no improvement at all, but remarkably, it has done something. My tinnitus has calmed down to the baseline that I had before my COVID-19 jab. It's hard to asses, but I think things might actually be better than they were pre-jab. It's early days yet, but this is the first time since getting tinnitus in 2009 that I feel I have actively influenced it (positively!).
It could be co-incidence, because my tinnitus has varied in the past, but I think that that's less likely. I'll post updates on my progress. If I don't post again, assume that it's all gone wrong, and my experiment, like so many before, has failed.
In my desperation for some relief, I decided to pursue ACRN again. I had previously paid The Tinnitus Clinic in Harley Street £5,000 in 2013 for the treatment, and it hadn't helped a bit. But I recently noted that Professor Peter Tass had recently been appointed at Stanford, and so that gave his work increased credibility in my eyes, so I looked for other ways to implement his work, speculating that it was the implementation that may have been incorrect, rather than the theory.
So, a week ago, I purchased Nuheara IQBuds MAX earbuds, and I'm using the TinnitusPlay app in Neuromodulation mode.
I have been following the ACRN protocol, but instead of doing tinnitus matching, I spent 4 days trying four different frequencies of stimulation, one on each day, and then carefully assessing which one influenced my tinnitus best. After choosing one, I've been doing 6 hours a day listening to the beeps.
The issue with the Tinnitus Clinic's implementation is that it relies on pitch matching, which is incredibly difficult. Why not choose the frequency based on the impact? That's what I am trying to do, in a systematic way.
The reason for purchasing these earbuds, rather than using standard headphones, is that these allow outside noise in, and so I can continue my daily routine without isolating myself.
I expected no improvement at all, but remarkably, it has done something. My tinnitus has calmed down to the baseline that I had before my COVID-19 jab. It's hard to asses, but I think things might actually be better than they were pre-jab. It's early days yet, but this is the first time since getting tinnitus in 2009 that I feel I have actively influenced it (positively!).
It could be co-incidence, because my tinnitus has varied in the past, but I think that that's less likely. I'll post updates on my progress. If I don't post again, assume that it's all gone wrong, and my experiment, like so many before, has failed.
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