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I first realised that I had tinnitus in July 2022 around the time I visited our local audiology clinic where I was fitted with two hearing aids which were badly needed for moderate hearing loss. It was probably a coincidence that my tinnitus began at the time I started using the hearing aids...

...an audiologist to find how much hearing loss I had acquired since the ear infection. A loss of 20 percent. The audiologist suggested hearing aids, ok, but will they actually help?? You can try them, we offer full money return. Ok, so how much are they? 2000 euros (falls over backwards...

Hi Tracey, I am 65 and have permanent high-pitched tinnitus. Mine developed gradually from hearing loss and eventually became permanent. I’ve been told by more than one doctor that there’s no cure, but there is help. I’m now debating whether to go to a tinnitus clinic to see if they can offer...

Hello everyone! I hesitated beginning this thread in " treatments" section, then i decided to post here. How does it feel to have an hearing aid? Concretely? One of my friend said it was dangerous for th ears to have always a speaker. I have just a litlle hearing loss, and i hope to have at...

Currently having side effects from my hearing aids but it's okay because its temporary! I know I'll get better soon.

Have you tried hearing aids? You might find that they help you significantly in managing your tinnitus.

I’m in the UK and about to get hearing aids to use as sound generators. I’m not getting my hopes up too much, but if the pulsatile tinnitus could decrease by even 10 or 20 percent, I think that would make a huge difference. I have had a lot of scans, and while some findings did show up, they...

Tinnitus that develops after noise trauma is caused by the brain's response to the loss of input from damaged hearing cells. Cutting the nerves to or from the ears in order to induce deafness will not help. In fact, some deaf people also experience tinnitus. Tinnitus can be viewed as a form of...

I have already asked if hearing aids helped with your tinnitus, now I would like to know about sound sensitivity. With my ramp up in tinnitus, I have noticed a new thing, a ramp up in sensitivity to high pitch sounds. Other loud sounds don't particularly bother me I think. Other than I am...

I thought that was what tinnitus-masking hearing aids do. I do not know the theory, but I find ambient sound masking too distant and insufficient.

...I was sent for another hearing test and was asked if I wanted to try hearing aid? I tried them and they did the job, for a while. The hearing aids helped especially knowing they were there for when I woke up. If I woke up and my tinnitus was there, then it was a bad day. After a while, when...

Just stopped in a Miracle-Ear out of curiosity and they fitted me with 2 hearing aids and let me test it out. I had one hearing aid for my left ear from another place before and it just transferred the tinnitus to my right ear (CRAZY). This place was so easy to test both ears and they let me...

Seem to be experiencing habituation after 8 months of using hearing aids with a wave sound background noise. If habituation continues should I still use the hearing aids w/ background noise? I do not need them for hearing purposes...

Tinnitus pitch, masking, and the effectiveness of hearing aids for tinnitus therapy Abstract Objective: To assess the benefits of hearing aids on tinnitus according to the tinnitus reaction questionnaire, to verify whether the degree of masking provided by the hearing aid influenced the TRQ...

...listen to me when I said that between the first and second audiogram, my hearing had been lower/worse. I felt humiliated. I know that hearing aids can help and I've found some clinic at Québec that propose this, but I don't think mine would propose it and even if they would, the ENT would...

Just saw this article this morning, kind of cool. http://techcrunch.com/2015/06/25/with-13-million-from-maveron-eargo-is-the-hearing-aid-of-the-future/

...if you're suitable for wearing white noise generators. If your hearing is impaired, then you should be fitted with hearing aid(s). Some hearing aids enable music to be streamed via Bluetooth to them. I don't recommend streaming music to hearing aids, as it's possible the tinnitus could be...

Yes, it can make a difference. Hearing aids can be adjusted to a certain degree, even with hyperacusis or sound sensitivity. I have hearing aids myself, and I’d say they helped me quite a lot in the beginning. I don’t use them much now, only once in a while when watching TV at home and similar...

...tinnitus function: Four programmes (i.e. sounds) with SET volume levels. So no way to change the volume of a sound. Costs: €550 for two hearing aids (insurance covers €1000) The thing is: my cheap €5 earbuds (with no noise isolation) can do the trick too, and even better. I can choose from...

...Turner syndrome, which causes a gradual decline in hearing. Even if I could regain even mild hearing, that would be amazing. Another thing I wonder about is how this would affect the brain. Would it adjust to hearing sounds again? If I could hear without hearing aids, that would be incredible.

We aren't supposed to mask with headphones and ear buds but how are the hearing aids safer?

Hi Mary, I also use Oticon hearing aids with 3 sounds built in: Pink noise, white noise, and ocean waves. I do not have any hearing loss, so my audiologist disabled the hearing aids via computer when I was fitted with the hearing aids. They operate purely as wearable sound generators. Please...

...how much it can take over your life, but only if you let it. There was no technology to help me when I was growing up, but I need hearing aids. I’m almost deaf in my left ear, and I just got my hearing aids in December 2024. Reading helps me a lot these days. Before, I couldn’t read because...

...on and so tight. Once they trapped a nerve in my face (the sensation went away a few minutes after taking them off). Would noise cancelling headphones help? Or the bespoke ear plugs? Also I've got hearing loss since. Would it help to get the hearing aids with white noise? Thanks for any...

I have hearing aids that can be connected to a bluetooth transmitter/reciever and was wondering if notched music therapy would work while I wore them. If so, how long would it take to work before I would notice a difference and for how long should I do it? I think the hearing aids frequency...

...to Tinnitus Talk and look forward to exploring the posts and articles here. Since you’re interested in hearing from someone who has used hearing aids for tinnitus reduction (and to compensate for mild hearing loss at the frequencies affected by the tinnitus), I’d like to share my experience...

There’s no guarantee that hearing aids will even help improve your hearing. I have hearing loss and found hearing aids completely useless. At the end of the day, they are just fancy amplifiers, and if your hearing damage causes distortion, diplacusis, or loss of clarity, they won’t be of much...

I would like to share with you a few of the tips I have learned from having hearing aids for over 3 years. This will be for all the people that wear them and have the RIC (Receiver in the Canal) type which is worn over the ear and has a little wire going to the reciever inside. 1. Clean or...

I have had high-frequency tinnitus for over 11 years. That TV is always on. 🙄 It makes very quiet surroundings hard to tolerate, but I also use hearing aids, so I have to find a way to balance my suffering. 🥳

...high-pitched sound started in my right ear and gradually moved to both ears over the years. Now, this new “chirping birds” sound has appeared in my left ear. I’m planning to get hearing aids very soon, and I’d be very interested to hear how things have progressed for you. I hope you’re doing...

...point in having a higher frequency hearing test, since everyone over the age of eighteen loses hearing in that range. There are also no hearing aids that are effective above eight thousand hertz, nor are there other treatments that target this area. If you can convince me otherwise, I am all...

Hello! I am new to this forum and just wanted to introduce myself, as well as ask some questions to others who have had Tinnitus for many years. December 27th was the day Tinnitus entered my life. Since then, I've been trying to make friends with this new high-pitched tone in my ear, but...

...studies, especially considering its consequences on patient's quality of life. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to investigate the effect of hearing aids and/or Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 on tinnitus in patients with hearing loss. METHODS: This is a trial randomized-controlled treatment...

...left but ear piercing tinnitus. It was only in my left ear but lately I developed T alson in my right ear. I have no knowladge about hearing aids. As it said, I have no hearing loss. Can hearing aids help me? Will it make my T worse? I can't concentrate anything. This makes me anxious. Any...

Thank you, Michael. I have Oticon hearing aids with an ocean sound feature installed, but nothing I listen to can mask the terrible head noise I constantly experience. Now that the weather is nice, I walk outside, but even all the outdoor noise does not drown out the head noise. I watch TV, but...

...for something closer to five years or less. If Rinri Therapeutics is successful, perhaps they will offer a trial for those who use hearing aids. If that happens, I might participate, since I believe it could help restore some of my hearing. I certainly hope so, because it does seem promising.

...provide input on. After recently seeing an audiologist and ENT, I discovered that I have mild to moderate hearing loss in both ears, and hearing aids were recommended. The hearing loss is also probably a cause of the tinnitus (or cause #1 of 2 according to Dr. Rauschecker's model). I was...

I have a theory on why Auricle is delayed. I recently visited a new audiologist to establish care and discuss hearing aids for masking. Two audiologists greeted me and introduced me to a representative from Lenire. The three of them then spent an hour delivering what felt like a scripted hard...

...had severe hearing loss at 4500 hertz for years, which was not an issue except for a mild to moderate ringing tinnitus. I decided to get hearing aids, and six months later, the typewriter tinnitus was gone. I am not sure that was the sole reason, but it was far more bothersome than my...

My original hearing aids are programmed up to 8 khz which is fairly normal for hearing aids as the audiograms usually only go up to 8 khz. I have seen others go up to 6 khz. Well, recently I am trying out 12 khz range hearing aids and they seem to lessen the tinnitus even more. Supposedly my...

why does insurance not cover hearing aids there's no reason for them not to only reason is bad reason medical industry truly does not care about general public's health it's all about money sensorineural hearing loss is not being taken seriously so many people suffering omg we need cure urgently...

Hello forum! I have a question about hearing aids. My ENT set me up with white noise through my hearing aids to help with the hyperacusis. I noticed my tinnitus getting louder after doing this, but she said it means my tinnitus is reactive, and to continue with the white noise. My tinnitus did...

Hi Everyone, I have been a tinnitus sufferer for many years now and always hated the thought of wearing hearing aids. Until I got fired from my last job. That's when I considered wearing hearing aids for the first time in my life. My life has since changed so much. My conversation with people...

...and honestly depressing to be made out to be stupid for doing something that should’ve been safe. Do you think this applies to hearing aids as well? I often see someone on here say what you’re saying and then recommend white noise generators. I bought hearing aids not because of hearing...

No, it’s not strange. Hearing tests done by audiologists who sell hearing aids do not record enough data points or cover a wide enough frequency range to give accurate information about your hearing loss. You need at least four data points per 1000 Hz, and you also need to extend the test to...

Hi buddy! Do you use hearing aids in your daily life?

...of your brain after years of untreated hearing loss, read up on it). About the same time I read an article about a company providing hearing aids over the internet, supposedly equal to the $7k ones you get at the audiologist. January 2016 I got my hearing test, ordered the hearing aids. In...

Hello everyone. My name is Chris and I've had tinnitus since taking a plane ride in 1992 when I was 22 years old. Short background of that... As the plane was descending, there was an incredibly sharp pain in my left ear. So much so that I actually looked around the cabin to see if others were...

I'm a person with hearing loss who doesn't use hearing aids to improve my hearing. But I perceive my tinnitus louder, not less. The tinnitus stands out even more when the environmental sounds are quieter due to hearing loss. Hearing aids amplify actual sounds, not tinnitus. So they can create...

...become permanent. It’s high-pitched, often drives me crazy, and really wears on my nerves. TMJ runs in my family, and while I do have hearing aids, I have trouble wearing them because my ears get sore and itchy inside, which makes it impossible to keep them in. My left ear is especially bad...

Has anyone tried Phonak hearing aids? I’ve been reading a Facebook group, and people seem to have very positive feedback.

My tinnitus is so loud it makes it difficult to hear, even though I have hearing aids. Does anyone else experience the same thing?

Hearing aids do not 'undistort' distorted hearing; they only amplify sound.

...aimed at filling in those higher-end frequencies (thus allowing me to hear higher pitched sounds while also alleviating the T to some extent). I assume this 4 - 7/8 kHz range is a range that current hearing aids can reliably help fill in? Haven't spoken yet with my doc about it, but I will...

...Upon the onset of the tinnitus to which I had a significant negative reaction, I saw an audiologist and have been wearing Widex 'Dream' hearing aids since that time. (Only take them out when going to bed) These aids have various fractal tones and what I call a white noise. When I asked the...

...and then goes back to the high pitch. It’s there 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. I eventually just learned to live with it after trying multiple therapies, including masking hearing aids, which offered no help at all. I honestly don’t know what complete quiet is anymore. Anyway, that’s my...

...hear my masking sounds (it sounded very 'real' to me) He shook his head. I didn't expect to feel so relieved. I've put off getting hearing aids because of the financial cost, but also (I think, looking back) as a form of denial. I always told myself 'this is just temporary'... but it's not...

...got some relief with ACRN (thanks to you all & Generalfuzz) ENT Jan 2018: you have 84% speech recognition & hearing loss; you need hearing aids that will cost $4000 & will cure your tinnitus, if you don't buy them you have a highly increased risk of Alzheimers. I told them I would check on...

I am actually going to give TRT a try (meeting is in NY on Tuesday) with Dr. Susan Adams- she says they like to use general hearing aids- has anyone every tried noise generators & TRT? (excuse if there are a thousand threads dedicated to similar questions)