Recent content by Mae

I completely understand everything you said. Staying positive about it is really hard, but you can do it. I choose to make my life as normal as possible again. The buzz is still there —about 75% better than before, not as loud or overwhelming, but still frustrating. I still study it every day...

Thanks for checking in. It’s still there, about the same. On rare nights it can be almost gone for around ten minutes, so faint in the quiet, but then it seems to build itself up again, like a spark ignites it and it can’t stop the electrical activity. I have an MRI with contrast scheduled in a...

I think you are healing. I second-guessed my own healing for months because the changes were so subtle. Then, all of a sudden, one day you realize, “Oh, that’s new,” or “I know I couldn’t do that four months ago.” I am now nine months out, and while it is still there, it is so much better...

I’ve debated that too. Is the tinnitus being “masked,” or is it actually “pausing” when certain low-frequency wavelengths are being absorbed? For me, there’s about a quarter-second break from when the external sound disappears to when the tinnitus resumes. It’s just enough of a gap to make me...

Very familiar, not insane at all. I’ve gone back and forth on whether I’m actually feeling it, or if it is an energy or neuronal sensation. Either way, I think it is a kind of feeling. What a wild phenomenon we have. Could it be a protective mechanism?

Yes, mine does that too with the starting and stopping. It’s annoying. I’ve always wondered what it means. Does it need more of these sound stimulations to help it remember how to fully pause? I’m not sure. It’s almost like you can become one with the hum! I also read that inflammation and...

“Sound waves from the air conditioning” Yes, 100%. There’s definitely something about those sound waves and vibrations. I notice that when I’m in bed it almost always turns into a steady hum. The same thing happens after I get out of a vehicle. Do head movements pause or change it? For me...

I’ve always felt that the Morse code rhythm is a good sign. It shows that we can change it, that I’m weakening it and breaking up the signals. I think of it like an electric fence that was left on, that steady hum you can almost feel as energy. With time and new growth continuing to overpower...

It sounds like we are very similar. I can tell you that it will get better. I still hear it at nine months out, but it doesn’t affect me the same way anymore. It’s hard when setbacks happen, and they might even after you see progress. That’s okay. For me, it took about five months before I...

I had to look up what a subwoofer was, but you’re right, that is a great description of what we hear! My audiologist suggested trying a sound therapy device, and maybe they’re right. It’s kind of like physical therapy for the ear. What if, when you’re on vacation, the constant stimulation from...

I have almost the exact same symptoms. What are your thoughts on the theory of tensor tympani or stapedius muscle spasms? Sometimes I wonder if there could be a clog in there, and the vibrations, whether external or internal, might start a chain reaction of sound waves trapped with nowhere to...