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Tinnitus therapy possibilities
StoreTags: tinnitus, misophobia, hyperacusis
Author: Zanf on March 26 2008 Viewed 2938 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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kenrestivo
My bass player has a very unusual remedy for tinnitus: he doesn't believe it exists. He thinks it's totally psychological and has no basis in physiology. And so that's why he doesn't get it. He says.
Sadly, this approach doesn't seem to work on me.
03/28/08
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tunalicker
i got my ringing from construction work (not enough ear protection).
It has improved after making an effort to avoid excessive and unnecessary damage.
gunner at war sometimes come back with that, like my gramps in law. good luck to you.
04/08/08
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monkeyboy
I've had tinnitus in my right ear forr a few years now and got the moulded ear plugs for gigs and such. I found the forum on the tinnitus society website really really helpful just to know that its not just you and to keep up with various developments. Don't know the url off hand but just google it.
As for the ipod. I've found that using some decent in-ear ear phones really helps because it means you can keep the volume much, much lower because they block out more outside noise.
I used a set of Shure ones for a bit until I lost them and now I've got a set of the new cheap Sennheiser CX300 ones. They actually fit me way better than the more expensive Shure's and only cost me about £15 from Amazon or Play.com. I now only have the volume at 10% and even that's a bit loud if I'm in a quiet room. That's got to be better for your ears as well as getting much better detail and bass in the sound as a side benefit.
Good luck and just remember you're not alone! If you can relax in any way possible I've found that's the best remedy. Relaxation, and sleep!
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