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Tinnitus therapy possibilities
StoreTags: tinnitus, misophobia, hyperacusis
Author: Zanf on March 26 2008 Viewed 2640 times. 24 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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Over the last 48 hours, the tinnitus that I suffer in my left ear, has decided to go on a full rampage and I now have constant loud ringing going on.
The effects of this are that I have had nauseating headaches all day, Im stressed and angsty [oh yes, more than the usual ;) ], my eyes have been slow to focus and some things have been blurred [probably a knock on effect of the headaches] and Im at the point where I can really appreciate why some people feel suicidal through suffering tinnitus.
I doubt Im going to sleep well again tonight and will probably only do so when Im completely exhausted.
Im planning to stay off work tomorrow to go to my doctors to get an appointment with an audiologist and look at getting some professional tinnitus retraining therapy based on the Jastreboff model.
I have been reading his book [Tinnitus Retraining Therapy: Implementing the Neurophysiological Model] but I havent really got far enough into it to implement my own course of action - Im actually still on the section that defines tinnitus, hyperacusis, phonophobia and misophonia. [definitions: internal noise not related to external sources or somatosound/sounds made by the body, sensitivity to all sounds, dislike of all sound and dislike of certain sounds, respectively].
On interesting thing I learnt is that tinnitus is not subject to 'beating of tones' when a similar external sound is played to the sufferer of a slightly different frequency.
Through having a search for stuff, relating to what Im reading, I came across this site [linked from the company I brought my custom molded earplugs from].
They sell a laser tool that is meant to have good results in reducing tinnitus and stimulating hearing cell growth. As they put it on their on site,
"The laser beam even penetrates the deeper subcutaneous layers and works as curative bio-stimulation directly on the metabolism in the connective tissue. This leads to rapid regeneration of the hearing cells, stimulation of the immune system, acceleration of cell division and activation of specific defensive molecules."
If this tool actually works [they have clinical studies that seem to suggest - maybe the scientists among us can verify their results?], the possibility of actually recovering some of my hearing loss and reducing the tinnitus I suffer would be incredible and easily worth the £200 for the equipment. | |
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03/27/08
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tantan
delta said: "I'm imagining that it was just because caffeine is a diuretic. "
that and I'd guess elevated bp, which of course can contribute to vertigo or other non-vertigo flavors of dizziness
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mlbot
Dr. Evil said: "All I ever asked for was a frickin' Deltasleep with a frickin' laser beam attached to his forehead!!!"
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sAMsKi
it sucked reading this blog zanf. sorry to hear you aint having a fun time of it dude. hope something helps to sort it. 
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tantan
personal music players are going to cause an epidemic of tinnitus issues:
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Zanf, aren't reasonable volume limits required by law in the UK, on iPods and other such devices?
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Zanf
Im sure they are - if youre on a train in the morning and you have your ipod up too loud, you get nasty glares from every other passenger - thats how the law is enforced. same with people who talk to loud on their mobiles. ;)
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tantan
heh 
No, I thought that for example, Apple was required to limit output to under 90 Khz, or something like that.
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tantan
haha I said khz, meant decibels of course, don't report me ;)
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Zanf
Im sure there was a european or uk limit on older models but on my classic video one, it has a limiter but you can just turn it all the way up so its maximum volume.
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mlbot
tantan said: "heh
No, I thought that for example, Apple was required to limit output to under 90 Khz, or something like that."
Not on their bat-pod.
Maybe you meant 90dBspl
trubble is, high dBspl sounds can damage your ears just as well as lower dBspl sounds over long periods of time.
further trubble is caused by those earbud headphones, which can cause eardrum damage at even lower dB because they dont allow air in and out of your ear canal, which normally can act like a small buffer to loud sounds when your ears are not closed off.
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tantan
FU MULLBART I CORRECTED MYSELF PENIS FACE
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mlbot
mullbart? nice comeback.
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tantan
shut up dickbutt
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FU penisdick
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Zanf
All this abuse isnt helping my tinnitus at all.
If youre not part of the solution then youre a party problem
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