Poll: Would You Find It Useful to Track the Intensity of Tinnitus?

[R0B]

Wanted to take a poll and find out if this would be useful to the tinnitus community.

I imagine this would be only useful to those with a constant pitch.
Sometimes I can't tell if it's louder or changes in pitch slightly and I would like to know if it's really like that or just in my head. Plus it would be nice to track.

Would others find it useful to have a site (or phone app) that you could play a pitch and adjust the frequency plus volume to match your tinnitus. Then you could use the app to record these two coordinates. You could check back in whenever you wanted to and add new records and build up a history. See if there's patterns and just be able to tell if there's really any slight changes or if it's just perceived.

Not sure if this is the right category but posting anyways.

The poll is only for those with constant pitch vs variety of sounds and changes please.

 

[Alue]

I had to track it daily for the AM101 trials. Not that useful to be honest. At least not for me.

 

[Cameron C]

I think it's a good idea. I was thinking of something identical to this not too long ago. It should be a thing imo

 

[MrLowBot]

If you know that you will be using your hearing as much as you do then
yes. Otherwise there is no point, if you don't have OCD ofc.. or CD, or Anxiety Disorder.
Basically anything that has Anxiety disorder with it.

 

[stophiss]

To me the above post is unintelligible...presuming its a language issue. Many on this forum have OCD and anxiety disorder and may in fact be a cornerstone of tinnitus due to elevated cortisol levels over time....a theory at least I subscribe to.
http://bmcearnosethroatdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6815-12-4

OP, my vote is...tracking is helpful early on but not longer term. I tracked my T early on but no longer do. Reason is...early on before tinnitus variation trends are established when having a spike, you can look back and see by your tracking that spikes then follow lower volume periods of T...or at least, that is hopefully the case if the trend of a given person with T. Early tracking provides peace of mind when having a spike that hopefully quieter days are on the horizon. After going through repetitions of months of these low to higher T cycles and back to low...just a great rollercoaster ride when hopefully some level of habitation occurs because you become more accepting of these cycles, when a moderate to higher volume T day then occurs, one has some confidence a lower T day will follow at some point. You no longer have to look at the tracking data to provide this confidence.

Will go a step farther and say on a subconscious level, repetitions of low to high and high to low swings of T is what actually promotes habituation....thru a conscious level of confidence aka lowered anxiety, when T is spiking, a lower T day will emerge which makes a higher T day more OK and hence habituation which I believe is an iterative process foundationally based upon acceptance.
My opinion.

 

[GregCA]

I think it's useful if you are actively trying to treat your T. You can't assess the efficacy of your trial treatment if you can't measure it. Whether it's supplements, meditation, surgery, sound therapy, or whatnot, if you want to track progress you need to measure and trend.

 

[Jomo]

I am pretty much doing this although it wasnt intended but i have found it helpful and somewhat assuring. I found the sound of my T right when i got it and over time tracked the changes because i was using the general fuzz ACRN. My pitch has gone up to 8000 khz but the "Eeeing" is gone. Its much better than it was. I may still have it but i feel like i am definitly doing better. I have "habituated" lol