Snacking on Carrots --> Music Sounding Richer, Not Hearing Tinnitus as Much

[Tom Watson]

I was listening to music on my Bose noise canceling headphones. Not too loud.

I started snacking on carrots and I noticed when I would snap one loudly, the music would enrich and get a little louder. It would go back after a few seconds but I kept doing it and after 5-6 repeats I noticed I didn't hear my tinnitus as much. It came back hours later, but this was the best two or so hours I have had in years.

Can anyone explain this? I just did it again and I hardly notice my tinnitus right now.

 

[HeavyMantra]

IDK man but I love carrots!

 

[Jack Straw]

Strange.

 

[JohnFox]

Can anyone explain this?

I can't explain it, but hey....carry on. Or should I say "carrot on". If chewing on my finger nails while hopping up and down on one foot helped my Tinnitus, that's what I would be doing.

 

[Benjaminbb]

Maybe it somehow pushes the brain to turn down inner head sounds. Kinda like the head tapping technique that temporarily works for some people. You could be onto something.

 

[Bartoli]

Could be residual inhibition. The loud internal sound of the snap saturates the auditory system and your tinnitus is being driven into the background. But 2 hours is extremely long for residual inhibition...

Just my 2 cents.

Then again if I could get two hours of relief from snacking on a couple of carrots I wouldn't care finding out why and happily turn slightly orange.