A thoughtful piece will be a good one,
@Dr. Nagler! And good things usually take time.
So the short answer to your question is that I picked Neuromonics... in part because I had hard time finding TRT clinicians that I trusted in my area (this is before you were on the board, when I could have asked you for a recommendation). One thing I hope you might address in your post is why, at least it seems to me, there seems to be shrinking numbers of TRT practitioners out there. Also, I wanted my tinnitus care to be centered at the University of Miami, as they are a research facility and have a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment. I had my first Neuromonics evaluation done at a large private ENT practice, where my former primary ENT was --but decided not to go there, as I felt there would not be enough counseling support. They also knew of no other tinnitus community resources or professionals to refer me to, which was not a good sign.
By the way: the audiologists at both this private practice and U Miami are certified in TRT, but neither clinic offers TRT therapy any longer. The answer I received is that it was too time intensive for busy people. My guess is what that really meant is that it was too time intensive for the staff.
I also chose Neuromomics because I was worried I would not tolerate TRT's white noise sound. Neuromonics wraps its signal around music, so it has been easy for me to listen to and calms me down. In terms of price: the cost was about the same here, give or take a few hundred bucks. Neither was covered by my insurance.
I am about five months into Neuromonics and it has helped. Of course, I will never know how much of that is the NTT, the tincture of time (as you call it) or the CBT I have done on my own. Maybe its a mix of the three. At any rate, I am a heck of a lot better than I was five months ago. My life is not the same as it was pre-tinnitus, but its just as good -- maybe even better, as I appreciate my friends and family, my health, my husband and my generally happy existence so much more.
Oops, sorry the long reply. Look forward to your post. Also would be interesting to hear from others at TT re. their Neuromonics/TRT choice.
... but there are boards and forums full of people my age hoping for a cure. My point to all of this, we have to take the tools we have and deal with the T, the Dr. is sharing his experiences with us, and giving some good insight for FREE, all I can say is thanks Dr. for anything you can say to help us get by... we all have the cure, the only one for now, its takes time and many not be perfect, but until we all comes to terms with it, it will never happen, its is HABITUATION. I know and have several close friends that totally habituated to the T, from accident's and military duty. They don't even notice it unless the word is mentioned, or the actually have to find it. So I am not trying to pick a fight, or argue who's T is worse, mine is a high pitched jet engine if I allow it to be, I told it to FK OFF last year and I feel much better...
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