Implants and prostethics can never be substitutes for natural hearing. The day natural restoration comes, the market for hearingaids and implants will definitely go down.
...and this is the only thing we're going to have in the next 80+ years probably. Hopefully I will be able to accept the stigma against hearingaids and not feel insecure about them. I know we all have different life struggles, and this is my life struggle, but it hurts knowing that it could...
In my case, although hearingaids didn't lower my tinnitus, they made my hearing better. But after I achieved "catastrophic" level tinnitus, I had to stop using them as they aggravated my tinnitus.
...then don't mess with it. You'll absolutely get used to it in time.
There's not much an ENT can do for tinnitus besides:
Steroids
Hearingaids (for hearing loss within the 250 Hz - 10,000 Hz range)
Maskers
CBT
Antidepressants (which can exacerbate tinnitus, but depends on the individual)...
I didn't know my hearing was as bad as it was until I tried the hearingaids. If you do try them, make sure you try the pair and not just one hearing aid for one ear.
...for tinnitus and/or mild hearing loss? I'm curious about some of these "OTC Hearables" that are coming out in comparison to traditional hearingaids. Seems like some of the hearables offer more innovation that the traditional manufacturers.
I saw a support thread on Nuheara from 2017, but...
...a volume control. By doing this, the tinnitus will usually be reduced. Therefore, it's important you are fitted with a hearing aid(s). Hearingaids can also be fitted with white noise generators.
Tinnitus comes in many forms and intensities; not two people experience it differently. If...
...with tinnitus and/or hyperacusis after that procedure. Is she on any medication? Has her hearing loss resulted in her being fitted with hearingaids?
The healthcare system is in a poor state, and sadly, tinnitus isn’t considered a priority issue. My advice would be to return to the GP and...
...not stay very long.
I had a hearing test, and my ears are a little worse than they were eight years ago, but still not bad enough for hearingaids. I have mild hearing loss.
I feel miserable and depressed, and I cannot see a way forward. I do not know how to deal with this. It is loud. I...
...today I am asking for feedback on my father-in-law.
He has had a history of hearing loss, severe, some occasions of vertigo. He has hearingaids. He would turn the tv up to full volume in order to hear without them, that’s just to illustrate his loss. He is very healthy and independent at...
Dr. Nagler,
First I want to say thanks for answering a question I posted a few weeks back regarding hearing protection and drumming. Your advice was very helpful.
On the topic of sleep and habituation: My tinnitus is mostly noticeable at night when in bed. I've been using a white noise machine...
...go back to the audiologist... they were pretty dismissive, I have normal hearing in the standard range, so I got the well you can't use hearingaids. So I asked about WNG's and got the well those are expensive try white noise on your cell phone. I was only 2 months in at the time so that...