Studies Confirm Tinnitus Improves Over Time

#214
vermillion said:
What about driving the car? Is it also not a good idea?
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Depends on the car, my car runs about 70 to 75 db depending on speed and road surface. I will have a bit of a spike after a long highway trip but it's brief and no problem. Then again a hot rod with open pipes could be a problem.
 
#215
Paulmanlike said:
Nobody will know as there are no imaging tests to see inside the cochlear.

Perhaps if you have no hearing loss including hidden hearing loss, then perhaps you could guess they are not too damaged. However even standard audiograms can't tell for sure if you're hearing is "perfect"
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If this was the case why should reparing it even help and why would you even have T if you have not hearing loss or hidden hearing loss :/?
 
#217
Myself I have quite bothersome tinnitus. Both my little as older brother got it. When I was discussing it Saturday, with my older brother, he mentioned "yes, I can tune in to it then I hear it. And then I forget about it again". His is quite high in tone and he can easily hear it over the tv. He doesn't even know when it started. It comforts me, because I hope that is what it will be in future, something in the background which I can tune into.
 
#218
Berik said:
Myself I have quite bothersome tinnitus. Both my little as older brother got it. When I was discussing it Saturday, with my older brother, he mentioned "yes, I can tune in to it then I hear it. And then I forget about it again". His is quite high in tone and he can easily hear it over the tv. He doesn't even know when it started. It comforts me, because I hope that is what it will be in future, something in the background which I can tune into.
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My dad says exactly the same. What bugs me is that mine is one sided, so maybe it's more difficult to habituate rather than it "being inside my head".
 
#219
Blue28 said:
I totally agree...my tinnitus was CAUSED BY MICROSUCTION! I also have hyperacusis and hearing loss due to this procedure. The whole thing is killing me and the resentment I feel is overwhelming. Like @Vicki14, the ENT who did this procedure didn't mention side effects. In fact when I complained he said the treatment was completely safe and couldn't possibly have caused my hearing problems! He said my T must have been brought on by psychological issues...WTF!!!!! I am 16 months in and it's no better, only seems to get worse with any noise (everyday normal noise).
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I understand your frustration, we place so much trust in the hands of doctors and in the end it is the patient that bears any consequences. And if you start to question a doctor they either get frustrated or angry. When it comes to Tinnitus I have had bad experiences with some doctors.
 
#220
It won't be a test inside the cochlear, rather a test somewhere within the brain.

I imagine that there will be a way of seeing the tinnitus based on the perception of audio within the brain. Maybe we will be able to gauge the tinnitus by measured interference around perception of certain frequencies, maybe it will be linked to decreased alpha and increased gamma activity, I'm not sure...

Whatever it is we need to move beyond very expensive machinery so that it can be a test able to be performed by most researchers. The tech has to be mainstream, which is difficult to achieve when you need highly accurate measurement. Maybe the Elon Musk Neuralink project could become that tech?

Once we have this and we also have a consensus on the technique, we then have a way to demonstrate amelioration or reduction. That brings more players to the field, because it makes research less risky by taking away the solely human judgement of improvement we have now.
 
#222
gotyoubynuts said:
http://www.tinnitus.org.uk/pages/1191

New research recently presented at the BSA Conference has confirmed that tinnitus impact does improve over time

Part of the counselling provided to tinnitus patients involves reassurance that both the emotional impact of tinnitus and tinnitus severity will improve with time. However, this study is the first support this statement and to quantify any such improvement from a systematic review and meta analysis of the tinnitus literature.

Comments David Stockdale, BTA Chief Executive, "People with tinnitus are often told "it does get better" and this is a very important study, as for the first time it gives us robust evidence to back this statement up."

He adds, "To show that tinnitus severity can and does generally improve without intervention will hopefully provide reassurance for those currently waiting for treatment."

The review was conducted by John Phillips, Consultant ENT Surgeon, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Don McFerran, Consultant Otolaryngologist, Colchester Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust; Deborah Hall and Derek Hoare of NIHR Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit.
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Thank you for your post...

But however, do any of these people who provide this conclusion have tinnitus themselves??

Otherwise it cannot be concrete to me...
 
#224
All I hear is that it is symptom but docs treat your symptom that comes from tinnitus. So it's a symptom so in my book it is an illness.

Medical people cannot fix what they consider a symptom, they only treat the symptoms from tinnitus. So in their minds they are helping you, not it is an illness in my book. They cannot even tell you if it is a brain or an inner ear problem.

If they can take pictures of the planets then they can come up with better picture of the inside of the brain and then they can figure treatment. No matter how we got it's still coming from the same place in our heads.
 
#225
Christophe_85 said:
Thank you for your post...

But however, do any of these people who provide this conclusion have tinnitus themselves??

Otherwise it cannot be concrete to me...
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This put into words my exact feelings. Tinnitus is a hard fix and we have done fuck all research over the past decades and we're playing catch up. I get it. But if we're failing, we're failing. We can't just keep shifting the goalpost until we "win" by lowering our standards and pretending there's no problem. Saying things like "it will naturally improve" and "you will get used to it" is just deflecting the fact there's a problem because apparently just not doing anything is so much easier and straightforward.
 
#226
yonkapin said:
As much as it sucks to hear at first, it is true in most cases that time is the best healer. Whether it's habituation or an actual improvement in tinnitus, most of us do get to a point at which we can function normally and move on with our lives.

I'm doing a lot better than I was a couple years back when I dealing with tinnitus and full blown hyperacusis. And I've noticed most of the regular users that used to post here in 2012 - 2014 are mostly gone with a few exceptions.
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@yonkapin Was yours caused by noise?
 
#228
My traumatic noise induced tinnitus had gotten better. Probably by habitation though. I trained myself not to listen for it. I also stay away from loud noises, clubs, etc. T has given me a profound appreciation for my sense of hearing and I do everything now I can to protect it!!
 
#229
Yeah, I'm not sure if I buy the meme that tinnitus gets better in due time anymore. Mine is as loud as it was the day I got it, but I don't pay attention to it as much, which can cause the delusion that it got better. So I guess you kinda habituate, but it only happens, because you finally start to forget what true silence sounded like. That's the harsh truth. It's like finally forgetting someone's voice once they have died.

At this point I see any tinnitus questionnaires answered by sufferers as reliable as witness testimonies; they aren't as trustworthy as you think they are.
 
#232
It's been over 2 years for me... No better. Still high pitched loud ringing, ear fullness and hyperacusis. Maybe it improves if you have mild tinnitus but this isn't my case so I disagree that it gets better!
 
#233
No change here either. I'm handling it better than at onset obviously, but the noise seems about the same.
 
#234
I had finally found something that helped with my first noise induced tinnitus at year three. I had nerve release tension therapy done in the same chair that I'm sitting in now. By year four, my tinnitus was less and it wasn't perception. I also applied brain involvement. Nerve tension fiber and cell therapy release is just having someone gently use their hands all over upper body for a hour a day, twice a day. It's not massage, it's just gently touching. It also can be done by self using something soft on a stick. This technique is sometimes used in hospice and for ones with central nervous or cell disease. This therapy could also benefit a spike.

I will say that so far it has not helped with my newer physical tinnitus, but that because I don't use proper posture methods. To use proper posture methods all the time is difficult. Just one head down bend to a keyboard can slow process with neck tinnitus.
 
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#235
Steve said:
You really aren't in a position to know this Beste, you've only just got it.

If it was BS then this forum and the world would be absolutely overrun with people in trauma. The facts are kind of right in front of you - this is exactly why tinnitus isn't taken as seriously as we want it to be. Most people get along okay and it fades over time.

In fact TT is a living example, people come along and look for help but they leave as they improve. I will be surprised if you aren't one of the group that just gets back to their lives soon, once you beat the anxiety reaction to tinnitus.
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I just want to get back to my life real soon too.
 
#236
Studies confirm Tinnitus is a hissing sound in the ear

Studies confirm we need to breathe in order to live

Studies confirm confirmations of some studies

Tinnitus confirms the studies were right
 

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