Re: Anyone got tinnitus?

I have been googling around looking for more tinnitus information. It appears there are things that you can do with the help of your GP. I imagine that as the doctor cannot see the wound they dismiss it. I have found this with arthritis. I believe you need to keep on to your doctor to get you to see specialists who can be more helpful. This must be a horrible thing to live with and my heart goes out to you who suffer.
During my searching I found this

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/174382.php

This article is date 18/12/2009

Re: Anyone got tinnitus?

Individually designed music therapy may help reduce the noise levels experienced by people who suffer from tinnitus, say German researchers..........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8429715.stm

Re: Anyone got tinnitus?

Nice find guys.

One thing I know that does help (in not making it worse) is to use cotton wool or noise ear bud thingies (that you used to get for flights) when you go to a pup or club or anywhere with loud music. You soon adjust to the sound and at least no one can damage your hearing by shouting down your ear

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If it's really bad, did you know that you can use white noise generators that 'mask' the tinnitus and help sleeping etc. They can also help with any associated hearing loss too!

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I've just found this thread and its really informative. I've had tinnitus for about 3 years and I'm always glad to read about new things being tried out.

I don't recall being exposed to particularly loud noise so I'm not sure what the source of it will be but I do know I've been referred to hospital and more or less told I just have to learn to live with it. I have reduced hearing and one ear is worse than the other but the tinnitus is in both. Its about 5 times louder in the 'deaf' ear which is strange. My hearing is deteriorating and if it gets much worse I'll have to consider a hearing aid but as far as I'm aware that doesn't make much difference to the tinnitus.

Most of the time I can ignore it but silence seriously increases the volume so I try to avoid that at all costs. Sleeping at night is not a problem as I tend to focus on the noise and that sends me to sleep. I think this practice depends on the type of noise it is and the volume of it.

I always feel thankful that this only happened now and not when I was younger. I think it must be really hard on young people who have the rest of their lives to go through with this racket going on all day every day. Its mind blowing. But I feel at this stage in my life, it is much easier to deal with as I have a lot more patience and a completely different outlook on life.

I feel that by the the time we reach a certain age, we just learn to accept what life throws at us and deal with it the best way we can and that's about all you can do with tinnitus at the moment. I hope the experts come up with a solution to this in the near future because its not a very nice thing to have to live with every day of your life.