Recent content by DimLeb

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    Hough Ear Institute's Hair Cell Regeneration Project

    Has anyone seen this new-ish video from Hough Ear Institute's YouTube channel? I know they have been scammy af so far, but I'd like to read any thoughts.
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    SSRI-Induced Eustachian Tube Dysfunction (ETD): Advice and Experiences?

    Your story sounds very similar to what I have been experiencing over the past few years. However, I did not take any SSRI or similar medication. It all seems to have happened to me without any clear cause. Over the last four years, my symptoms have been building up — tinnitus, TTTS, random...
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    Do you have it in many-hour episodes, like triggered by yawns, hiccups, stretching? Does it stop...

    Do you have it in many-hour episodes, like triggered by yawns, hiccups, stretching? Does it stop when you close the ear with your finger or wearing an earplug/earmuff?
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    Assessment of Treatment Efficacy in Patients with Chronic Tinnitus: An Ambispective Cohort Study

    "The severity of tinnitus is influenced by associated symptoms such as stress, anxiety, depression, and insomnia." I stopped reading when I saw that, along with terms like TRT. It is just another useless “research study.”
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    What Do I Have? Loudness Hyperacusis? TTTS (Tonic Tensor Tympani Syndrome)?

    Unfortunately, no. My TTTS is still the same—some days are worse, and some are a bit better. A few months after that message, I also developed MEM, which involves hours-long episodes of spontaneous spasms, flutters, or vibrations, usually triggered by yawning, burping, and similar actions. I...
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    Reactive Tinnitus and Sound Distortions: How to Move Forward?

    @Kraazy, that’s really good that you are done with the distortions, man. I remember reading your story on Reddit, if I’m not mistaken. Unfortunately, I’m dealing with something similar. Over the past three weeks or so, one distortion has appeared in high-frequency sounds without any specific...
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    Reactive Tinnitus and Distortion at 2820 Hz with TTTS, MEM, and Eustachian Tube Dysfunction — Bad Setback After Doing Well

    Bump? I’m still dealing with it. I’ve noticed that the reactive tone is probably less pronounced or even absent in the morning after sleep. However, it becomes bothersome as the day goes on, possibly after I’ve been exposed to various sounds that trigger it. Fortunately, not all sounds trigger...
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    Reactive Tinnitus and Distortion at 2820 Hz with TTTS, MEM, and Eustachian Tube Dysfunction — Bad Setback After Doing Well

    Hello, My history with ear issues has been quite long and complicated. For the past four years, I have had mild to moderate, unstable, multi-tonal tinnitus with normal hearing. I am a 31-year-old male. I frequently experience sudden, loud tones that appear and disappear within half a second or...
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    Muscle Spasms in the Middle Ear (Possible Cure)

    I have been suffering for about four years from TTTS (spasms in response to sounds) and for two years from MEM (spontaneous). Nothing has really helped, even after trying sinus rinses and a bit of nasal steroid spray. I have also been diagnosed with ETD and a retracted right eardrum, but there...
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    Great, now trying to deal with a new sudden reactive tone/distortion on top of sounds, after 4...

    Great, now trying to deal with a new sudden reactive tone/distortion on top of sounds, after 4 years with tinnitus, SBUTT's, scary inner ear sensations, TTTS, MEM, tinnitus spikes etc, now this. Shit keeps piling up. Do you think this can go away? After waking up it seems gone, and ramps up...
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    Should I Be in Silence or Expose Myself to Sound? (Reactive Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, Sound Distortions)

    I am dealing with a similar situation right now, noticing a reactive tone and distortion frequency on top of sounds. There is no obvious reason for it, other than some tinnitus fluctuations over the last few weeks or about a month. My tinnitus has always been unstable anyway. It is so...
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    New University of Michigan Tinnitus Discovery — Signal Timing

    This thread should really stop having the word "New" in the title...
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    Complete turn off or reduction? How long did it last? Any other side effects? Sorry too many...

    Complete turn off or reduction? How long did it last? Any other side effects? Sorry too many questions. I guess you can take some vertigo medication with it and balance it out?
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    Sleep Architecture Disrupted in Tinnitus Sufferers

    In other news, during deep sleep, the brain can naturally turn off vision and smell as well. LOL. Basically, we’re not aware of much when we sleep!
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    What are your issues? What are they looking for with that? I've also been having muscle twitches...

    What are your issues? What are they looking for with that? I've also been having muscle twitches all over the body for many years, and the last 2 it also hit my ears with MEM/spasms/fluttering, so maybe a visit to neurologist or an EMG would be worth it.