Recent content by trevl

The short answer is that your chart does not suggest an origin. Only you would know what scenarios you have experienced that could have caused more hearing damage on your right side. It could have been firing a rifle, with one ear closer to the stock. It could have been driving a truck with the...

Here are several audiograms done by an audiologist, along with my own hearing test, which I conducted in greater detail using noise-cancelling headphones and computer software. This is what the chart shows: 1. My own measurements at 2000 Hz, 3000 Hz, 4000 Hz, and 6000 Hz are within 5 dB of the...

You have hearing loss on your right-hand side, recorded at 6000 Hz. The data point at 6000 Hz probably does not reflect the peak of your hearing loss. That would be a complete fluke. More detailed testing at 250 Hz, or using smaller intervals such as 200 Hz or 100 Hz, would give you a clearer...

If they were still looking for further study subjects I would make the 800km trip to participate. I am frustrated at the responses from health professionals about my tinnitus. They dont get it. It would be good to have an objective measurement.

I know. I asked my tinnitus researcher about it. She was aware of the article. She reckons it has all gone quiet. Nothing further has been published by the Bionic Institute about fNIRS.

You sustained hearing loss after attending your first concert. A standard hearing test will not detect this kind of hearing loss unless the test is done using smaller intervals than typical audiometry. I used 250 Hz intervals to identify mine. Your tinnitus is caused by your brain not...

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Your son should protect his ears. If the sounds of his tinnitus are preventing him from sleeping, this is considered a comorbidity. He may need to consider sleeping pills, but it is important to proceed with caution. These medications tend to lose their effectiveness quickly due to the way the...

I use silicone 'Sleep Earplugs' that are specifically molded to fit my ear canals. I wear them whenever I go cycling, driving, walking along a main road, on windy days, when using power tools, while washing dishes, during visits to hospitals or certain shops, and in any environment where sound...

When you have ear damage caused by environmental sounds at excessive volumes, whether from a rifle range, working in a kitchen, playing in a band, or any similar setting, you are not exposed to just one frequency. There are always many frequencies involved in the damage, but the one with the...

Also, when the tinnitus at night reaches a volume or frequency that prevents you from falling asleep, or keeps you from getting back to sleep after waking up to change position, that qualifies as a definition of severe. The only solution is to take sleeping tablets. Someone has suggested that...

When tinnitus occurs at a frequency where you also have profound hearing loss, it cannot be masked. That is severe. When tinnitus is at a very high frequency, such as 11,433 Hz, and no readily accessible external sound can mask it unless those sounds are also debilitating, that is severe. When...

@Cloudious, you have measured seven data points in a spectrum of 8000 Hz. It is extremely likely that you have hearing loss, but it is also extremely unlikely that seven data points provide an adequate measure of your true hearing. Too much data is missing from your audiogram to make a...

@Nick47, a quick question: The Bionics Institute of Australia has a method for detecting the presence of tinnitus and measuring its volume. Can they also determine its frequency or frequencies? Just curious. I asked my tinnitus researcher about this. I believe the procedure was called fNIRS...

A very common comment on this and other forums is: “I have tinnitus, but my hearing tests show no hearing loss.” Hearing aid tests typically measure only six frequencies, and the dB-HL algorithm, which is commonly used, down-weights both high and low frequency responses. Other algorithms, such...