Whose Tinnitus Actually Went Away Though?

[Vinnitus]

I am a success story. Tinnitus went away.
Tinnitus is entirely curable depending on the cause

Yes, we already knew this. The bold part is especially important. Most of us here are suffering because of noise-induced or ototoxic reasons. Although I know tinnitus related to noise-induced trauma can surely go away on it's own (I'm a living example of that happening to me before), it is certainly not "entirely curable" or we wouldn't be here. You can do some things to improve the condition or your outlook on it though, and hopefully (with "God's grace" and hot sliced bread on your ears) it will make up its mind and leave altogether.

 

[Owen]

My tinnitus was caused by an adverse reaction to a prescription drug and it has irrefutably reduced in amplitude. I used to be able to hear it above almost everything, all the time. It still varies from hour to hour, day to day, but by and large it is possible to ignore it much of the time. It still irritates me, but for anyone else reading this that is just starting out on this gloomy, lonely road, don't believe that it can't improve, it can and it just might.

Vincit qui patitur.

 

[SeekIngAlpha]

1 whole day no t. Meditation I learnwd from neurofeedback, Happy

 

[MountainCreek]

Hence Tinnitus in humans is as old as humans themselves and was even reported about in ancient Egypt. It was actually Aristotle, for example, who proposed masking as a treatment for tinnitus in his "Problemata Physica".

As I read in the Bible the millstones were extremely noisy at that time you mention. Our society was already developed. To go back to nature, we have to go back to the hunters age, before agriculture. When people were hunting mammuts I have certain doubts that tinnits did exist.

 

[linearb]

As I read in the Bible the millstones were extremely noisy at that time you mention. Our society was already developed. To go back to nature, we have to go back to the hunters age, before agriculture. When people were hunting mammuts I have certain doubts that tinnits did exist.

ever hunted a mammoth? loud as fuck.

 

[Vinnitus]

As I read in the Bible the millstones were extremely noisy at that time you mention. Our society was already developed. To go back to nature, we have to go back to the hunters age, before agriculture. When people were hunting mammuts I have certain doubts that tinnits did exist.

Well, if you look at nature for a moment, some things in nature itself can be pretty loud. Crying kids are a part of nature and our whole history, barking dogs is another example. And what to think about rain and thunder? I read a good thunderstorm can easily reach peaks of 120dB.

Aside from that, there was still sudden-sensorineural hearing loss and probably "age-related hearing loss", also potentially causing Tinnitus depending on the type of hearing loss.

Then there are cases here where people acquired Tinnitus due to some kind of brain injury. During the ancient times, when we were still bashing eachother's head in over a raspberry, that might have been a cause for Tinnitus. This aside from any accidents that undoubtedly happened or injury while fighting with prey.

Tinnitus is as old as we are with it's plethora of causes, but I agree it was probably less prevalent than it is now. Now we are beginning to see an epidemic.

 

[The Red Viper]

If you're looking for an evolutionary hypothesis, it's likely that the cost of regenerating ear cells in mammals was outweighed by other advantages gained. What those advantages are I'm not sure of. Likely a higher range of frequencies.

 

[linearb]

If you're looking for an evolutionary hypothesis, it's likely that the cost of regenerating ear cells in mammals was outweighed by other advantages gained. What those advantages are I'm not sure of. Likely a higher range of frequencies.

tinnitus has disrupted my life incredibly but hasn't impacted my ability or desire to have offspring, so... evolution didn't help

little linearb #1 should be here in January, God willing!

edit: though hopefully they take after mrs. linearb more than me in a number of ways, not the least of which is resilient hearing...

 

[The Red Viper]

tinnitus has disrupted my life incredibly but hasn't impacted my ability or desire to have offspring, so... evolution didn't help

little linearb #1 should be here in January, God willing!

Congrats! See that's what I'm talking about. If T affected your ability to pass on your genes significantly, it would be weeded out of the gene pool. I'm not saying that T is genetic, but perhaps some people are more sensitive than others in developing T (for whatever reason but here I'm thinking mainly of acoustic trauma).

 

[Owen]

If you're looking for an evolutionary hypothesis, it's likely that the cost of regenerating ear cells in mammals was outweighed by other advantages gained. What those advantages are I'm not sure of. Likely a higher range of frequencies.

My personal opinion is that like so many other problems that commonly occur in the human body, it is just another example of evolution not quite finding the best solution.

The ideal would of course be the ability to fully repair itself, but failing that, simply deleting missing frequencies would clearly (to me at least) be the next best thing. If the damage is done, then it is done, but better to hear nothing at that frequency than a phantom tone - although I have seen the thoughts of a number of people on this site that are equally as bothered by the hearing loss as the tinnitus.

 

[Houstontx]

I am a success story. Tinnitus went away.

Had it for about 4 months. Silence is beautiful

don't let the haters get to you. stay positive.

Tinnitus is entirely curable depending on the cause

How was yours caused bro?

 

[Bill Bauer]

How was yours caused bro?

His was due to sudden hearing loss:
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/thread...ady-getting-better-stay-positive-folks.13726/

 

[MeBeSurfer]

Nobody's tinnitus ever decreased pitch or intensity, ever.

How is that even remotely true? I'm 8 months in and mine has gone down a lot. Not gone yet, but def a LOT more bearable.

 

[Dylansdad]

My tinnitus went away for about 10 years but has now returned. I am pretty sure the original cause was TMJ injury. Now I am not sure, but my jaw hurts again.

 

[coolio99]

I am a success story. Tinnitus went away.

Had it for about 4 months. Silence is beautiful

don't let the haters get to you. stay positive.

Tinnitus is entirely curable depending on the cause

It makes me relieved. Thanks for a positive comment.

 

[Morg]

I found the best thing was to get busy living. This may sound rather cheesy, but try and sit with it, recognize, label it, whatever, but without emotion. When you can sit with it, and observe it without fear, anxiety, anger, or other emotions, I think things will get better. "Coping" seems to imply "emotions." I'm typing this right now with my T just absolutely screaming tonight (spike).

BTW, my original noise induced tinnitus from many years ago did go away almost completely..for years! It was nowhere near as loud as my new T, but was still noticeable.