Recent content by Johannes Bieniek

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    Need Coping Mechanisms. One Week Into This.

    @jojola after three days of complete dispair is was like "ok this is not going away just because i hate it! so why dont imagine this as my new silence?" and so far it worked i just always tell myself "this is what silence sounds like!" and for me the noise has gotten rly rly low when im not in a...
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    Favourite Video Games?

    lol and now me: Games: 1. League of Legends -> Diamond 2 Kata Main (top 0,2% of playerbase) 2. Sc2 -> Master Zerg Main 3. Heroes of the Storm -> Master hovering slightly below 4k MMR (Nova Main) 4. Osu! -> World Rank hovering around #150 (DT+HD Player) Pc Specs: Cpu - Intel Core i7 5820k at...
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    Do You Consider Your Tinnitus a Disability?

    @Valentina well just because its a punishment doesnt mean it cant be a disability! if for example you take punishments for spray painting in certain countries where they cut of fingers. i would consider having no thumb a punishment aswell as a disability. like tinnitus might be a punishment that...
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    Acupuncture for Tinnitus

    no but it may subjectively decrease the missing feeling. its like hypnosis. that could work against tinnitus too, but its not an actual improvement of the problem. it just makes you believe you dont have a problem. still acupuncture could help people that have hearing problems due to mental...
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    Dr. Nagler, 11 dB SL Tinnitus and Niagara Falls

    @valeri frequency has nothing to do with how louad something is! you may subjectively experience a higher volume because the sound is more annoying in certain frequencies but technicaly its no difference. the volume of a soundwave is described by her amplitude -> height of the wave. frequency is...
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    If Your Tinnitus Vanished, How Would Your Life Change?

    @Dr. Nagler thats exactly what my mindset is like! tinnitus is just an opponent we have to fight and its noone else but ourselfes who can defeat him! it might be harder to fight him than suicide, but suicide is like admiting that your weak and surrendering to something thats just a annoying...
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    Can Someone Tell Me What I Have? Reactive Tinnitus?

    was just at the doctor and my hearing is perfect.
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    Can Someone Tell Me What I Have? Reactive Tinnitus?

    i was sitting around in my room, looking at my new pc that i just built. it was the moment i overclocked it and wanted to start it and had a moment of panic when it first didnt. first i thought my cpu couldnt handle the overclock and made the weird noise, but turning my pc off and unpluging it...
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    Can Someone Tell Me What I Have? Reactive Tinnitus?

    so what i have is reactive tinnitus then! but how does it come i dont have it right now at all? and im listening to medium lvl sound right now.
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    Can Someone Tell Me What I Have? Reactive Tinnitus?

    @uncle vikin so at this moment i dont hear my tinnitus at all, neither does it get boosted by certain noise, but im almost certain it'll come back in the course of the day. is that normal?
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    Can Someone Tell Me What I Have? Reactive Tinnitus?

    Hey guys, Im a 17 year old student and got my T 3 days ago. Atleast i think its T. What the strange thing is, is that i can barely hear it in silence, but as soon as there is any noise, the T's volume rises to slightly above the volume if what im hearing. Expl: Normal T volume is 1/100 When...