With What Kind of Tinnitus Would You Be Satisfied or Able to Live with?

[3ri0w]

With what kind of tinnitus would you be satisfied or able to live with? I mean like for example these kind of situations (not a poll):

1) volume going from chainsaw to 5/10
2) fewer tones, not living with multiple different tones in the head
3) no hyperacusis and no ear pain
4) not living in fear
5) being able to think and do things I used to
6) habituate
7) not living with reactive tinnitus
8) if I could mask my tinnitus ot would be OK
9) silent silent, 0/1000 kind of tinnitus, no ANY volume at all, complete silence
10) silent enough so you would not hear it even in a quiet room (tinitus volume would be below room ambient noise dB)
11) "back to the kind of tinnitus that I had previously"
12) your own, jus write it and submit
x)_______________________________________

 

[Red]

Well, yes, of course no hyperacusis.

STABLE T. It doesn't react, it doesn't spike. You can attend your best friend's wedding or see a movie. No spikes, no worsening. No living in fear.

Tbh, my current tinnitus sounds are livable. It's the lack of stability, the spikes, the reactivity, the worsenings, that get to me. It's like...having a phantom noise isn't enough. You have to go through all this other bs on top of it.

Tones. Are important. At present, due to reactivity, I can hear my T sound everywhere. But the sound is, as of this post not bad. It reminds me of water running through pipes currently. The closer your T sounds to white noise, the easier it will be to habituate.

Of course, volume too. Tinnitus needs to be in the background, not the forefront. I need to be able to hear. Which I can. My T is not loud, just behaves badly.

 

[3ri0w]

The closer your T sounds to white noise, the easier it will be to habituate.

Thissss! It melts into the background when it is white noise, it's just pleasant

Ye and spikes and all, just gotta be careful all the time and try to not make it worse and it's all you can think..like in every new situation you gotta think if it affects the T SUX

 

[Don Tinny]

Thissss! It melts into the background when it is white noise, it's just pleasant

Yes! I agree. Mi father have bad hearing (sudden hearing loss) but his T is "white noise" type. He lives a normal life and never talks about his sounds.

 

[fishbone]

With what kind of tinnitus would you be satisfied or able to live with? I mean like for example these kind of situations (not a poll):

1) volume going from chainsaw to 5/10
2) fewer tones, not living with multiple different tones in the head
3) no hyperacusis and no ear pain
4) not living in fear
5) being able to think and do things I used to
6) habituate
7) not living with reactive tinnitus
8) if I could mask my tinnitus ot would be OK
9) silent silent, 0/1000 kind of tinnitus, no ANY volume at all, complete silence
10) silent enough so you would not hear it even in a quiet room (tinitus volume would be below room ambient noise dB)
11) "back to the kind of tinnitus that I had previously"
12) your own, jus write it and submit
x)_______________________________________

We don't have the luxury, to choose most of the time. I live and manage with whatever condition I am facing.

 

[3ri0w]

Was a hypothetical question like wud u be ok with 8

 

[PDodge]

Sometimes when my high pitch fades I'm left with cricket sounds. Just sounds like nothing and I'm fine with that!

 

[zeroday]

6 for me...unmaskable high pitched tri tone with slight warbling...

 

[Striveon]

Number 9 would be great!

 

[coffee_girl]

As long as it doesn't get worse ever

 

[JohnAdams]

9

 

[Redocooked]

Just the damn pitch to not be so high, I could mask it easily with everyday things, but the pitch always pieces through any masker.

 

[dpdx]

9

 

[Alex Matyjasek]

9

 

[Telis]

Just want to sleep, and not be dviven insane 24 7. Sit and watch TV, relax once in a while, that's it.

 

[another sean]

not being reactive. that's what's confining my life. not the noise itself.

 

[threefirefour]

Silent (9)

 

[lapidus]

The tinnitus I had between 1999-2013. It was somewhere between mild and moderate, but most importantly it was stable and I didn't have hyperacusis then. It could go years between the times I even thought about my tinnitus. I was 200% habituated to it. Nowadays it's louder and fluctuates a lot and on some days it's reactive but the hyperacusis is my biggest problem so I guess my choice from the list would be 3.

 

[Bam]

In the words of Lionel Richie.....All 9 long!

 

[Steve G]

Pulsating ,ringing, hissing, electricaly charged noise all over my brain.

 

[Telis]

not being reactive. that's what's confining my life. not the noise itself.

What is reacting if it's not the tinnitus noise?

 

[CricketEars]

I had T from 2004 until 2013, it was only noticeable in really quiet areas and no noticeable hearing loss. In 2013 it changed into a constant loud white noise with trouble hearing. If I could get anything close to where it was before, I'd be ecstatic!

 

[another sean]

What is reacting if it's not the tinnitus noise?

the noise is reacting. what I mean is if my tinnitus didn't react and stayed at the same volume all the time, then I'd be fine and can live my life happily.

 

[GSC]

9.

 

[Allan1967]

Low volume, steady, single tone, doesn't react to sound or suddenly spike then die down again.

 

[KMc24]

Of course I'd take 9, but I would settle for 10.

 

[TheDanishGirl]

Tinnitus that could only be heard in a silent enviroment or a close to silent enviroment and only mild hyperacusis. I am "living" with it worse, but it is often not a fun life.

 

[Ken77]

I would be ok with mild tinnitus that you can only hear in a very quiet room. My current tinnitus is moderate, like a 5-6/10 (I can hear it in moderately loud environments). It is also extremely reactive. I have to use masking when I want to watch tv or work because I can't focus without it (luckily masking works quite well for me). So I guess I can live with my current level, but I am not satisfied with it and I still absolutely hate it.