Recent content by DogWhistle

Hil, what you're describing is exactly the same as what I've been experiencing the last few weeks, which I posted about a week ago: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/weird-new-phenomenon.13616/ I also found it to be ungoogleable, as every search I did just brought up results for tinnitus in...

But it completely lacks the “kindling” and “winding up” effects which are inclusive in the definition of “reactive tinnitus.” I'm having trouble putting what I'm experiencing into words, but it’s more accurate to describe it as a “feedback effect” that responds to certain types of sounds. If I...

Starting about 2 weeks ago, I've been getting a wavering, intermittent tone that varies around ~2000 hz in my left ear only. But here's the strange thing: the tone only appears in tandem with certain environmental sounds. That is to say – if I'm in perfect silence, I don’t hear the new tone at...

I did not pay much, and I do have my doubts. I'm curious, why do you believe TRT is a farce? Also, I've thought about seeing a neurologist, but I'm not sure what they could even do. Until we have the technology to micro-image the inside of a living person's cochlea, and to be able to watch data...

I used to agree with this, but I'm not so sure anymore. This tinnitus specialist I saw is a hardcore TRT guy. I can confirm that he strongly believes that hearing loss is _not_ an absolute prerequisite for tinnitus. When I brought up the subject of "dead hair cells," he shocked me by...

I see you're in England. According to Wikipedia, "In the UK, over 3,000 have been sold, mainly for use outside shops and near transport hubs." Although there may not be any exactly where you live. But it seems that the public sense of controversy surrounding these devices is greatest in the UK...

@Danny Boy See this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mosquito

Similar to my most typical tinnitus frequency (it jumps around), hence the username. Is anyone else intensely bothered by those devices they sometimes install around public promenade areas to keep teenagers from loitering? I'm 32 but I can hear them like knives stabbing my ears.

You might be referring to something I said a few days ago in this thread: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-again-thank-you-sir-may-i-please-have-another.10162/#post-124058 The "sitting on the lawn" analogy is the best way I've hear cochlear hair damage explained. When you sit on...

It's been 4 days since I woke up with idiopathic hearing loss and tinnitus in my left ear. (For the tl;dr back story, see: https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/tinnitus-again-thank-you-sir-may-i-please-have-another.10162/ ) I'm on my 3rd day of a standard, 6 day, tapered dosage...

Forgive me if this question is only tangentially related to this topic. Since we know that human infants can hear up past 20 kHz, why don't all human adults have tinnitus in that range? My understanding is that the cochlear hair cells for those extreme, ultra high frequencies that only infants...

Thanks so much for that info, Nucleo, that was very helpful. I've heard from a few sources something about some cases of tinnitus being caused by cochlear hair cells "toppled over" but not dead. It surprises me that I've never read anything like that on this forum. The most elegant way I've...

Well, I went to the ENT a few hours ago. I did an audiogram that said I have very slight hearing loss right around the frequency where I'm hearing the tinnitus. The doctor prescribed me Medrol in case it's caused by a virus - can't wait to get f%@#ed up on that. I said to the doctor, "if I...

So the gift that keeps on giving came down my chimney again. After 4 months of ultra high pitch tinnitus in my right ear that I was just really habituating to, I woke up Sunday morning with this completely new tinnitus in my left ear, much louder than anything I've ever had before. It's a much...

Shouldn't one be able to prove beyond a doubt that the underlying theory is correct, simply by anesthetizing the entire face (with novocaine for example)? The subject's tinnitus should then come to a complete stop.