Recent content by Crake

It would be pretty impossible to NOT age after getting tinnitus. Time passes no matter what.

So, it doesn't say anyone "loses brain function". What happens is those parts of the brain try to adjust for the missing input, and do things like create tinnitus. That's the permanent change. When you were born, your started wiring itself, and through your childhood it wired itself the way it...

Has anyone else had their tinnitus start around the same time as a neuropathy like pain? I've had pins and needles sort of feelings, as well as occasional burning/itching skin, pretty much everwhere on me. It seems like a nerve problem that caused my tinnitus onset as well as that perhaps, but...

It might help to know that tinnitus is somewhat common with actors and entertainers. If you look up "celebrities with tinnitus" you'll find a list of musicians and actors who have it (you should be on the list, lol! Love your work in Vikings and Sons Of Anarchy). From experience I can say...

You seem to be under the impression that listening to different frequencies will have a "magical" effect on you. Listening to specific frequencies at a safe volume cannot heal you or cause tinnitus. However, playing ANYTHING on max volume is will absolutely cause tinnitus, and is quite possibly...

If you only hear it when you talk, it doesn't sound like true tinnitus. Though it does sound weird and I'm no expert. The plugged feeling could be congestion, or it could be sudden sensorineural hearing loss (is it just a weird sensation, or is there noticeable hearing loss?), in which case you...

This is not proven. In fact, a number of large studies have been done that showed no connection at all between phones and damage and cancer. The "radiation" that phones and wireless internet create is radio waves. Not only does the science behind the radio waves say they shouldn't be able to do...

Silence would be better, but I can't really have that. Masking just helps me forget about the tinnitus. Residual inhibition from playing the same sound can give you a few seconds of silence, aka, play your tinnitus tone and you won't hear it for a few seconds, or even a few minutes for some...

If you think you have deficiencies, you should go to a doctor and get your levels checked. I do have a slightly low iron level that I'm taking supplements for in addition to the vitamin D. The only thing that consistently help mine is lower levels of stress. When I have no work I need to do it...

OMG! You're the only other person who has tinnitus like mine that I've found. Sometimes, ANY muscle movement is audible. I can press down with my toe, finger, arm, etc and hear a slight increase in pitch. I can hear the sound of my breathing muscles, and yes, there's a sound that sounds like my...

Masking can help, play a sound that blocks it out. For me it's the shower, I can't hear my tinnitus in the shower. Depending on your tinnitus, different sounds might help mask it, for example, high pitched noises are masked well by "violet noise": If you've never tried it, it can be a slight...

The human brain is not a computer, it cannot turn off ever. If your brain turns off, you're dead permanently. Choke holds just knock you out like when you're asleep, except they risk killing you or causing permanent brain damage, which could cause additional tinnitus or make it worse. Tinnitus...

Is this common? Last month I suddenly starting hearing a non-stop very high pitching tone, somewhere between 14 kHz and 17 kHz. Like a CRT television right next to my head. I've recently noticed the slight pitch change is synchronized with my breathing. In fact, if I use or clench any muscle...