Search results for query: hearing aids

...handed a printout explaining tinnitus and went home. By November it was so bad, online searching and found a “tinnitus expert”. Told me hearing aids would help, sold me a very expensive pair. It is now February and still no relief with my very expensive hearing aids. Thankful I have found...

I had every test imaginable to find the cause of my tinnitus... in the end I finally agreed to use hearing aids... they do an 80% job of masking the high-pitched pulsatile tone.

...around the 2k mark (+-100). When I notch 2k; I can listen to songs clearly!!! It is incredible to be able to listen to music and not have to worry about distorted hearing! I am wondering if there are hearing aids that could possibly notch every day sounds? To date I have never tried hearing...

Hey all, I have tinnitus as well as moderate to moderately severe hearing loss and I wear hearing aids. On job applications there are questions about disabilities, such as hard of hearing. I was wondering how do you answer those questions? While I don’t consider tinnitus to be disabling for...

3 weeks with hearing aids from Dr Darrow and no change.

...because they offered none. I never told my wife or children about my condition, as I did not want to worry them. I eventually got hearing aids, which were very expensive, and thought they would help my tinnitus. At first they didn't. Then after a year I found that there were Apps on your...

...sitting in a cubicle at work and struggling to fall asleep at night made it increasingly difficult to cope. In 2003, I was able to get hearing aids from the VA, and they helped mask the tinnitus during the day. However, when I took them out at night, my ears were so irritated by the...

@LovableGamer, about 25% of patients have hearing loss primarily caused by the degradation of auditory nerve fibers. As I understand it, this is mainly age-related. Until human studies are complete, the details—whether it works, whether it is safe—remain unknown.

I've had tinnitus for about 6 months now but the last few weeks have been very quiet apart from last thing at night & first thing in the morning. The tinnitus is in my left ear but the hearing in that ear is very good. The hearing in my right ear is very poor & today I got my hearing aid. I...

...times. I've had numerous ups and down depending on the amount of sleep I get. The more sleep the less tinnitus. I picked up my new hearing aids and my tinnitus is not noticeable during day. At night it's a different story but I am getting more done now. Its has sucked for 3 1/2 years but...

...a bit now and it seems like the concept of not using headphones even at low volumes has been brought up many times. I've also read that hearing aids deliver sound in a different way that's safer for your ears. I think there's a major point that needs to be elaborated on here. Can you play...

Do you experience any hyperacusis or sound sensitivity?

Now all Lenire needs is to introduce an after-sales follow-up, a heavy-duty persuasion session to convince the patient that their tinnitus has been cured. Like, no one can hear it... it is all in the mind. Just kidding. That said, I must confess that I benefited from TRT treatment back in the...

How did your appointment with Dr. Maison go?

My t has really spiked all day, I just took a klonopin to try and calm down. I am on day 4 of trying hearing aids and my ears are screaming. I took them out just now. The weird thing is the last two nights I slept thru the night which I never did before. I usually get woken up in the middle of...

Rereading my old posts from years ago made me shed a tear. After losing my hearing aids a lot of old fears and memories came back. I almost forgot how hopeless and dark it used to be. I don't think people understand how traumatic going through something like this can be. Wishing everyone else on...

My hearing loss is mild at 4 kHz - 7 kHz, touching 40/45 dB (left/right) at 8 kHz. US insurance (two different insurers) never gave me any pushback on paying for my hearing aids. They don’t do a thing for my tinnitus, but they make for an awesome set of Bluetooth headphones.

...from earbuds. I also had a large piece of wax removed shortly after tinnitus started in the same ear. My question is should I try using hearing aids at this stage or wait?? My tinnitus has improved the last 4 weeks. It's noticeably quieter than it was the 1st 3-4 weeks. My hyperacusis has...

An online question would be good. I would add: D) What was your hearing loss before using hearing aids? I think it has to be at least moderate to severe for the hearing aids to help.

...place. You replied to me, and for some reason I cannot figure out, I was then unable to reply to you. Anyway, I am sticking with the hearing aids. It has been about five weeks now. I would say they have helped, but it is hard work. I think they have taken the edge off the tinnitus, though...

Sorry to hear that. It must bring you down a bit, since communication with loved ones is such an important part of life, and having that taken away can feel horrible. Have you looked into hearing aids for the affected frequencies?

Anyone from New Orleans area? If this spike I have continues I really want to seek out the aid of an audiologist to look into hearing aids/masking devices and to talk about Tinnitus Retraining Therapy white noise generators. I found a doctor Mary Miller in Hammond, LA from the ATA website...

...your brain something else to focus on. This can encourage you to pay less attention to your tinnitus. If you have any hearing loss, hearing aids with built-in masking sounds might help. Hearing aids are set using a computer to match your specific hearing frequencies. They do not just amplify...

So ever since I heard of hearing aids that produce white noise, I always wondered how they worked. Do they have silent white noise? Is there some sort of thing similar to a volume changer to lower or heighten the white noise? Educate me, I’m really interested haha.

Three years ago, I bought a pair of Phonak P50 Audeo hearing aids because I have moderate to severe hearing loss in both ears. They have significantly reduced the ringing in my ears. It's important to use both hearing aids together to see if they work for you—using just one won't make a...

...6 really bad periods, but habituation has occurred each time. At the moment my tinnitus is so loud, has been for a few weeks. I wear 2 hearing aids for mild to moderate high frequency loss with inbuilt maskers. It became noticeable again when my audiologist turned the internal part of the...

...brain tries to compensate for the missing frequencies, which can also trigger or worsen tinnitus. I followed her recommendation to try hearing aids, which serve two purposes: first, they provide slight amplification to help with the mild high-frequency hearing loss, and second, they generate...

When you say “age-related,” how old are you? I am 76 and have had tinnitus for 35 years. I had spinal surgery on January 20, 2025. Two weeks after the surgery, my tinnitus spiked. It has been almost five months, and I am trying to habituate. Does anyone think my age might be a factor?

...noise of the desired pitch through the aid (no worries if this is a stupid idea). Alternatively, is there any way users can access the computer software needed to program the pitch of their noisers/maskers/hearing aids? (I appreciate this is unlikely). Many thanks for any thoughts you have :)

...anyone has stopped taking antidepressants and seen an improvement? I've decided to try & wean myself off the citalopram. I also have hearing aids now but I feel that if my tinnitus went I'd be able to hear better, if that makes sense. My tinnitus is a constant high pitched sound, and this...

I have been using Widex hearing aids for sound therapy for about one year. I have mild hearing loss. I also take Clonazepam, 0.25 mg in the morning and 0.25 mg in the evening, along with 50 mg of Zoloft. These medications are part of my daily routine. My tinnitus is a result of loud noise...

Sorry, I was referring to using hearing aids as hearing aids, not as earphones. That's probably fine as long as the volume is low enough.

You need to pick the hearing aids that meet your goals, so what works for one person may not work for you. For me, it was important to address my type of hearing loss, so I needed hearing aids that could reproduce high frequencies well. There aren't many of them, so after comparing them with...

So I was wondering if anyone has ever had hearing aids but with the volume lowered instead of heightened? I've heard a few people mention this and I'm wondering is this legitimate?

Hearing aids are not going so well so far… no relief at all .. maybe need to give it more time

I had the same experience with tinnitus programs. They didn’t mask at all, and I already have plenty of noise in my head. Thank you.

...and super-fast steam trains running through it are out of control. I have some hearing loss, but in my opinion, it is not bad enough for hearing aids. The hearing aids did seem to settle the hyperacusis somewhat, as the audiologist set them to soften sounds that aggravated my ears, such as...

My ENT seemed eager to sell me hearing aids and told me I had moderate to significant hearing loss. But I do not have any trouble hearing anything, so how can that be?! I was there to discuss my escalating tinnitus, so I was very skeptical about his recommendation. However, after reading some...

Had 4 months of very mild H, to the point I had forgotten how much it takes out of you. Now I'm back to... everything hurts. Anyone have any strategies for success, aside from hearing aids? They make my ears worse.

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My tinnitus came on suddenly accompanied by partial hearing loss in one ear. I was told that a hearing aid would make a difference. Has anyone found that to be true?

...helpful. If that’s the case, it could be beneficial to have your ENT read the study and direct an audiologist to set your programmable hearing aids or maskers to the relevant sound band, either white noise, which includes all audible frequencies, or another band like blue or violet noise, as...

Has anyone had any good experience with hearing aids? Or are they all crap?

Hi, this is my first time here. Since 1993, my work has involved headphone use. I am a realtime broadcast captioner for television. We receive our audio through standard phone lines, the quality isn't the best, and volume always seemed to help. I'm afraid the years have taken their toll on...

Simple, don't wear the hearing aids?

If you have moderate to severe hearing loss, a pair of hearing aids may help. They have dramatically helped me. You will know within 10 minutes of trying them if they will help you or not.

Sorry, maybe poorly written. I am saying hearing loss is not treatable at present. There are aids, like hearing aids, or even cochlear implants, but these are not really treatments (much less cures) - just aids. Just like glasses or contact lenses are not treatment for myopia. There is not...

...This is a great place for commiseration, support, and ideas on how to calm tinnitus, hyperacusis, and other hearing maladies. I got hearing aids about eight years ago after my fairly stable 20-year tinnitus became more severe. Initially, they were helpful with hearing the high frequencies...

Good question. I don’t use it with my hearing aids—I use my Bose headphones for that. I’m one of those unfortunate people for whom the Neosensory Duo actually worked. And two months after I bought the system outright, they closed up shop. It was the only thing that truly worked for me. Now...

...flow, nerves, and the brain. The audiology community often connects it to hearing loss for their own benefit, mainly to sell overpriced hearing aids. It feels a lot like the pharmaceutical money machine. In more than three years my hearing has not changed, yet I still have intrusive, loud...

...audiologist actually got me in the same day. Which helped. How ever after some treatments for possible viral infection in my ear. We still don’t know the cause. I have come to the conclusion that I will need hearing aids. Being deaf doesn’t scare me. But the ringing is going to drive me crazy.

I got my hearing aid today. When I first put it on the tinnitus was barely noticeable. But when I walked around, raised my eyebrows, or opens my mouth, the tinnitus fluctuated. My hearing aid doctor told me that I needed to get used to this. However it seems as if I have already gotten used to...

...tinnitus. They gave all the hearing tests, and my hearing was off for a certain tone. I was told and understand the logic that this is coming from the brain and the brain needs to be retrained. So they sold me hearing aids and they have not helped at all with the tinnitus. It has been 4...

...but then it returned. So don't be sad about the missed treatment; nobody knows if it would have helped. I also had sound therapy and hearing aids. There was one specific point of interest with the hearing aids. The audiologist performs a hearing test and then adjusts the hearing aids...

Hello - I'm new to this forum. Last Monday I tried Lyric hearing aids. The left side is fabulous ... they insert it into your ear canal and he sound is natural and you don't even know it's in there. The right side is the problem: The aid caused a blood blister to form and it evidently popped...

I’m in this boat too. I even did a gradual increase in the use of my hearing aids, and it still got worse. I was up for four days and nights before I could sleep from sheer exhaustion. I hate this crap. It's not that simple when you have hearing loss and reactive tinnitus. Hearing loss is...