Maybe a New Way to Diagnose Tinnitus for People Without Hearing Loss

[japongus]

My simple theory about the cause of T is that neurons that regulate/measure the amplitude of incoming sound signals in the brain (not the cochlea) are dysregulated after a traumatic event (sound, infection or baro trauma). You can compare it with a faulty sound amplifier that amplifies the random electronic noise that normally must stay below the thresholds of the sound-to-noise ratio, but manifest itself as a phantom sound because of over stimulation.

So I think what you meant was signal-to-noise ratio, right? If so, can you think of any reason why a faulty amplifier would impose its own signal on the signal and not bother so much with the noise? I found your thread iirc because I was searching about amplifiers.

 

[Mic]

If so, can you think of any reason why a faulty amplifier would impose its own signal on the signal and not bother so much with the noise?

This was only an anology. An example to explain that damage in the inner ear could trigger an overamplification in the brain to compensate for loss of signals from the cochlea.

The result is no measurable hearing loss, but a lot of hisss... like turning the volume of your anologue amplifier way up to squeeze the sound out of a broken record.