Recent content by Sevv

The person I mentioned in the success story (see my previous post) said his tinnitus remained suppressed for several hours even after turning off his cochlear implant. Then it would start to creep back slowly. I figure we can expect similar from this treatment.

These days, Lorazepam does reduce my tinnitus, unlike when it was less severe. I figure Clonazepam would help me with that, too, then.

Today I read a wonderful success story about someone on Reddit who received a cochlear implant. He developed horrendous tinnitus in one of his ears because of Menière’s disease and lived with it for 13 years. He wanted to give up many times, and then, when he finally received the implant, he...

Hey everyone, For a while, I wanted to post about my habituation to living with tinnitus, but these days, I think it’s more interesting to share that I’m one of those people who managed to get their pain hyperacusis back to a milder variant of loudness hyperacusis. My tinnitus story isn’t all...

Dear @billie48, I hope you are doing well. I recently cought Covid again and once more it gave me a big spike and this time I need to adjust a bit more, especially regarding my sleep. There's something I'm wondering about your sleep routine. You have mentioned to me before that you use...

Hey, big thanks for the update! Dark mode looks pretty good, although the light version is a bit too clinical for me. ^^

It's already over, but from my point of view, the biggest point of danger is random idiots throwing firecrackers in your proximity. You likely won't be able to protect against that sufficiently even with hearing protection. Just as a consideration for the future.

Moderate, though right after my last setback a year ago I deemed it low severe. @Jazzer has very severe tinnitus but manages to have peace of mind with meditation, so severity doesn't seem to make peace of mind outright impossible (but in all likeliness more difficult).

I am partially homebound, just lost my job, but can still go for a few specific walks and am financially safe thanks to my parents and my own savings (for the moment). I am currently quite calm and happy, which I owe to counseling and buddhism. The teachings of Buddhism have been very valuable...

The problem is not your average car. Harley Davidsons or cars with modified exhausts can reach over 120 dB. As do horns of trucks if you live at a place where that is used frequently. For many here, even double protection would not be enough to protect yourself from a worsening. A bus at least...

On the topic of sound therapy for tinnitus and hyperacusis: 1. The study "Effect of Tinnitus Retraining Therapy vs Standard of Care on Tinnitus-Related Quality of Life" in the year 2019 compared the outcomes for three different patient groups (about 50 patients in each group for a total of...

I was looking through the songs people post here and wasn't expecting to somebody also know the great Fela Kuti! Man, this guy was such a larger than life person. It's been quite a while since I've listened to his music, back then I really liked Zombie and V.I.P. I have many songs that I like...

These are some insights I learned about mindfulness and Buddhism in the past few years. Take it with a grain of salt because I train mindfulness rather low-key (but still daily). - When you practice mindfulness, you probably get into this somewhat trance-like, calm and relaxing state (you'll...

I had a significant setback with both tinnitus and hyperacusis when I went to a small-scale carnival in 2020 because of an unexpected firecracker that went off closely, so I think the main problem is that carnivals are situations where you have a certain chance to be exposed to jackasses who...