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I get this at times when my low-frequency tinnitus gets loud. Does the starship noise help to mask it?

The only good thing I can say about low-frequency tinnitus is that it is maskable. Use deep brown noise or red noise. Some people find the starship noise helpful. Mine is also constant, and I find it horribly intrusive, so you have my sympathies.

How are you doing now, @BohemianBecky? Any change? I thought mine was settling down a bit last week, but it's back louder than ever this week. It's driving me insane :(

Oh, that is amazing for you! I'm so jealous!

After 7 months, I had 48 hours last week where it had reduced by about 80%. I thought I was finally improving. Then I went to the pub to meet an old friend, and it’s spiked louder than ever. I’m 5 days into it with no let up at all. It’s so depressing. 😔

Noise-induced tinnitus can definitely improve with time. Plenty of cases on here of people improving, even a few years down the track. Keep the faith, my friend.

I hate to say this, but both medications spiked my tinnitus. They were taken at separate times. I took Mirtazapine for 8 days. Initially it helped with sleep a lot, but after about 5 days I started having brain zaps, so I stopped it. I reset to baseline after about 2 weeks. Betahistine spiked...

Ummm... I think the cavemen had it easier. All their time was spent in nature. If they have tinnitus, just go and live by a babbling brook. Or the ocean. Wind, animals, rain, etc, are all very noisy. Focusing on subsistence for survival takes a lot of mental effort and is a good distraction...

Ah, my heart breaks for you. What should be the most exciting time in your life just isn’t. And all of us completely understand why. I’m increasingly realizing why people say “stay busy.” I recently had my parents visiting from overseas for a week. For that whole week we were out, active, and...

I can hear my pulse when my head is lying on either side. I’m not sure if this has always been the case. I think it may be normal for me. For what it is worth, I do not hear it at any other time.

I’m sorry you’re facing this. It must be frustrating, especially with only having hearing on one side. The first step is an ENT visit and likely an MRI to see if there is anything structural. Otherwise, if it is sensorineural hearing loss, a hearing aid may help. For now, try masking. If you...

I appreciate you posting. But seriously, years without even noticing it? I’m at 7 months now, and my oscillating low-frequency droning, head-shaking tinnitus is there whenever I’m awake. I’d love to believe I can tune it out, but I just can’t. It seems like a preposterous suggestion. Can you...

Is it truly a rumble? Look up middle ear myoclonus. Sometimes it can be triggered by stress. However, you may have a neurological form of low-frequency tinnitus. I have this too—the low hum or rumble that sounds like Morse code. It’s horrible, so you have my sympathies. Yours sounds louder than...

I can’t watch without loud masking. The low-frequency hum I have is constantly being masked and unmasked by the TV sounds, and it’s impossible to tolerate because it turns the steady hum in silence into a loud, chaotic buzzing noise. Masking doesn’t work perfectly, but with the fan on high, I’m...

Question, as I sit here at night ready to tear my hair out. Can you watch TV? I find it impossible unless I have significant masking noise. Otherwise, it’s constantly off, on, off, buzz, and so on, depending on who is speaking on TV or during breaks between scenes. It’s just impossible to focus.