MemberMy noise-induced tinnitus remains at about 60 decibels, when voice matched. I have had tinnitus since 1992, and it was fairly mild to start with. I have been a professional brass player since 1962 - trombone and trumpet. An acquaintance blasted an instrument directly into my face in June 2014. On waking the following morning I was in 'HELL...!!!'
I asked my lovely wife to take me to Dignitas. She said, "Dave I would do anything to help you - but never that. I know that it must be terrible, but you have to be bigger than tinnitus."
I'll cut a long story short. Sylvie achieved a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy at King's College Hospital, London (2002). On a jazz week in Salabrenia in Spain, my tinnitus was ragging. I told Sylvia during the afternoon, that I didn't think I could go on stage that evening. This would have jeopardised the entire booking, and my career.
We went to our bedroom, Sylvie hypnotised me, and gave me a subliminal suggestion that my tinnitus would recede into the background, and would begin to bother me less and less. I was able to appear, and continued performing on stages, jazz clubs, international festivals, cruise ships etc... using earplugs throughout each performance, but easing them out of the ear when playing a trombone feature when tone and execution were absolutely vital.
In 2017 I decided to leave my beloved profession to minimise the risk of further damage.
My tinnitus level has not dropped by even 1 dB since 2014.
I haven't been appearing on 'Tinnitus Talk' much recently, though I did make a video called "Dave's Tinnitus Story" which is up on YouTube, about five years ago. I wanted it to be informative, and encouraging, though I stated that there is no cure, unlike various other videos that claimed to offer a cure???!!!
If you watch it, you will easily see that in emotional terms it cost me something to make it.
In recent years I lost Sylvie, my adorable wife, developed progressive Parkinson's disease, broke my right shoulder in a (P) fall, which is beyond surgical repair, joined a philosophy class, and now give two lectures a month on Jazz Appreciation. I have several anecdotes, having played with several of the jazz greats.
Since joining Tinnitus Talk, I have written countless items on here. Until today it had not occurred to me to write a 'Success Story" - let's face it - I still have loud tinnitus. But my tinnitus very rarely occurs to me nowadays.
Sylvie's hypnotic suggestion obviously helped, as does meditation, and lessons on acceptance learnt in my philosophy class.
Best wishes to everybody.
Love,
Dave
Jazzer xx
I asked my lovely wife to take me to Dignitas. She said, "Dave I would do anything to help you - but never that. I know that it must be terrible, but you have to be bigger than tinnitus."
I'll cut a long story short. Sylvie achieved a diploma in clinical hypnotherapy at King's College Hospital, London (2002). On a jazz week in Salabrenia in Spain, my tinnitus was ragging. I told Sylvia during the afternoon, that I didn't think I could go on stage that evening. This would have jeopardised the entire booking, and my career.
We went to our bedroom, Sylvie hypnotised me, and gave me a subliminal suggestion that my tinnitus would recede into the background, and would begin to bother me less and less. I was able to appear, and continued performing on stages, jazz clubs, international festivals, cruise ships etc... using earplugs throughout each performance, but easing them out of the ear when playing a trombone feature when tone and execution were absolutely vital.
In 2017 I decided to leave my beloved profession to minimise the risk of further damage.
My tinnitus level has not dropped by even 1 dB since 2014.
I haven't been appearing on 'Tinnitus Talk' much recently, though I did make a video called "Dave's Tinnitus Story" which is up on YouTube, about five years ago. I wanted it to be informative, and encouraging, though I stated that there is no cure, unlike various other videos that claimed to offer a cure???!!!
If you watch it, you will easily see that in emotional terms it cost me something to make it.
In recent years I lost Sylvie, my adorable wife, developed progressive Parkinson's disease, broke my right shoulder in a (P) fall, which is beyond surgical repair, joined a philosophy class, and now give two lectures a month on Jazz Appreciation. I have several anecdotes, having played with several of the jazz greats.
Since joining Tinnitus Talk, I have written countless items on here. Until today it had not occurred to me to write a 'Success Story" - let's face it - I still have loud tinnitus. But my tinnitus very rarely occurs to me nowadays.
Sylvie's hypnotic suggestion obviously helped, as does meditation, and lessons on acceptance learnt in my philosophy class.
Best wishes to everybody.
Love,
Dave
Jazzer xx
