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    A Metal Stent Into a Vein to Normalize Patient's Blood Flow to Alleviate Pulsatile Tinnitus

    Hmm, the procedure has been done multiple times now at Weill Cornell Med. Center NY. https://weillcornellbrainandspine.org/patient-story/patients-story-pulsatile-tinnitus-solved So it is becoming a procedure that is getting accepted I hope. I've been surfing internet to see if it is also...
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    Tinnitus from a Bike Tire Explosion

    Hi Winter, I'm not sure if you are interested in another experience / opinion... I found your post because I searched on 'Omega' My experience, and of some others too, is that omega supplements can make tinnitus worse. do you still take those?? My triggers are vanilla, cinnamon and omega...
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    Poll: Do You Mask Your Tinnitus When You Sleep?

    My son sleeps at the 2nd floor. I sleep on a sofa bed in the living room, so he doesn't have to hear the sounds I play at night. Besides... this way I can use my main PC for the sounds and not have another one in a bedroom. And if I can't sleep, the kitchen is very close by for a midnight snack...
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    Poll: Do You Mask Your Tinnitus When You Sleep?

    I program a playlist of appr 2 hours of sound on my pc. That can be ambient sound clips from Youtube [sea, bi-rds, cafe ...], a guided meditation or even a comedy or other TV series episode. As long as there is no loud noise in it... just imagine I fell asleep and suddenly a car crash in the...
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    I Think I Have Somatosensory Pulsatile Tinnitus

    I believe my tin. is pulsatory as well. It is a high pitched hiss (8500 Hz). But if I have the guts to really listen to it, I notice there is a slow beat to it, like a slow heart beat. It must be somatosensory. I have other muscle and nerve issues too, from 'toxic overload' and I just found...
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    Woman Tells of Her Methods for Lowering Tinnitus

    This is the only post a bout TRP's ? I believe my tinnitus has to do with excitation (upregulation) of TRPA1 or a member of that receptor family. Cinnamon drives me crazy!