Search results for query: noise cancelling

Maybe try noise-cancelling headphones instead? My earplugs make that sound, too, so I pull on one side, then the other very gradually. My ENT said that wearing earplugs doesn't make your tinnitus worse.

All the ones I’ve seen only protect against sounds greater than ~80 dBA.

Would noise-cancelling headphones be useful? I use them for flying and they are very helpful. Unfortunately, while they are excellent for cancelling background noise, other sounds can be heard but the headphones do mute those sounds to a degree. I would consider getting a pair with Bluetooth and...

...the volume was all the way up. I got blasted and ripped my headphones off within one second. These headphones are the new Bose noise cancelling ones. I usually play them at the near lowest setting on iPhone. I got hearing loss in both ears, one more than other, already. Do I really need to...

Perhaps it's the noise-cancelling headphones causing the worsenings? They produce artificial sound which causes some people's tinnitus to get worse.

Thank you! I'm thinking of only wearing noise-canceling headphones at night because my bedroom faces the road. I'll probably wear the foam earplugs under the headphones as well. Is there a specific make and model you would recommend?

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...

I just flew from Amsterdam to Bangkok, about 12 hours. When going to the bathroom, I used earmuffs and foam earplugs. They did hurt, but they were all I had, and they worked. I popped Valium for the occasion, which provided sleep and eased my flying discomfort. I watched Dune with subtitles...

I forget my T for most of the day until I put on my noise cancelling headphones. Then it sounds like laser beams are crossing each other.

Hello all, I hope all of you are doing well. Since I am fairly new to tinnitus, I guess this will be the first question I will ask. I was wondering about your thoughts on noise-canceling headphones and whether or not they can help tinnitus and prevent hearing loss? Although my tinnitus...

Hello Everyone, I was curious if I could get some advice regarding headphones. (I read some of the other notes here, but wanted to post regarding more so to my situation) Long story short, I will shortly be returning to continuing my studies here in Vancouver. This will require me to transit...

Hi all, I’m a big lover of music and although I’ve recently began experiencing tinnitus, I am now convinced that in order to listen to any music safely I will need to do so at safe volumes with noise cancellation. Question: I’m thinking of investing in the Sennheiser Momentum 3 headphones...

If I understand correctly, there's no way to prevent the bone conduction noise. I was told that the drill used for implants is a lower RPM than the one used for drilling and is less noisy. Is this true? Apparently, it's only 1K RPM vs. 300K RPM for the normal drills. That's a massive...

I wonder if wearing foam earplugs and dealing with the occlusion from bone conduction would be safer than exposing your ears to the drill's ultrasonic frequencies. I've read that drills are designed to cause as little vibration as possible. I also wonder if noise-cancelling headphones would be...

I am posting on behalf of my son, Kevin. He developed tinnitus ten years ago after firing a gun without ear protection. He eventually habituated. In September, he attended an outdoor concert with what he believed was sufficient ear protection. However, the exposure caused a tinnitus flare, and...

Yeah, it did with mine after one day.

Hey... I lurk here from time to time but decided to create an account because I'm losing my mind. I need to talk with someone who's had a similar experience, if possible. I've had moderate tinnitus in both ears for a little over 5 years I'd say — or anyway, that's when I became fully aware of...

I used the term noise-cancelling headphones very loosely. They are noise-cancelling headphones, but I never have them switched on. They provide a small amount of protection when I am out but it seems to help and prevents me needing to wear earplugs (which seems to cause other issues in me). I...

I’m so sorry to hear about your son, Linda. This is a truly cruel condition that takes so much. Is he currently taking any medication to cope with it? Some medications are known to make it worse, which can be a difficult balance to manage given how distressing tinnitus can be. There are a...

So, I have to wean myself off of earplugs because I think they are causing vasospasm in my ears (scary, I know). But for the same reason, I cannot get exposed to loud noises of any sort. This includes driving, walking around traffic, etc. So I still require some form of hearing protection...

When tinnitus becomes severe, it can be a very cruel and demanding condition that few people, even those who "have tinnitus," can understand. You're doing the best you can. You have to keep living your life.

Hi, I have a couple questions about flying that I hope you experts can help. I stopped flying after I got tinnitus and hyperacusis. I would say mine is pretty bad at times. However, I am stuck in an awful place and must make a 12 hours flight to reach a place that I should have never left. My...

Noise-cancelling headphones are generally quite good at blocking out low-frequency noise such as road noise, engines etc, but less good at high frequencies. I've tried Bose noise-cancelling headphones for car rides and they were good at blocking out low frequencies but the noise-cancelling...

The idea is that they protect from impulse sounds, but yet you can still have a normal conversation when the gunshots are not going off, since they have the ability to amplify quieter sounds. They are very different to your normal Peltor X5As.

Hi, how do you feel about using ANC headphones during dental work? Do they help you? Do they lower the loudness of the dental work a bit? How about the occlusion effect, do they cause it? I need to take off glue from my teeth and the only way is through drilling or polishing it out. We can't do...

Fail #1. Fail #2. Fail #3. Sorry for being pessimistic, but all this was said over a decade ago when I first got tinnitus... Do not vacuum, PERIOD, even with hearing protection. Even so, noise "cancelling" is deceptive, you can't cancel noise, it isn't a math equation. Just because you...

...cortical area that is negatively correlated with tinnitus awareness percentage, and then the area may be regarded as the core of the noise cancelling system that is defective in patients with tinnitus. Methods and Findings Using resting-state cortical oscillation, we investigated 80 tinnitus...

How do you equalise pressure with foam earplugs during take off and landing?

Hard to tell but mine started when I was on tour and wore noise-cancelling headphones or earplugs inbetween every show - so it was either the shows (I played fully plugged) or the constant protection that sent things over the edge for me.

Hi, I have read a few reports of people thinking their tinnitus was worse after wearing an active noise reduction headset. Some believe that some ANR headsets don’t have as much passive protection and the ANR has limits as far as what frequencies, especially higher ones, can be eliminated...

Wearing noise-cancelling headphones caused my tinnitus to spike. They were extremely expensive and I only lost $100 on their sale.

Noise Cancelling vs. Noise Isolating: Which Is Better?

I will share my experience and the research I have done regarding this subject, hopefully this will shed some light and help some people understand these valuable resources. While I will not and cannot comment to replace any medical or individual advice, I will point out what’s worked for me...

I wanted to ask something (: Do you own a pair of noise cancelling headphones?

Hi, I recently read your posts about the low pitch hum, and I’m really struggling with it. I was wondering if yours has improved at all. Does yours come in bursts, like a hummm every few seconds, or is it constant? I’ve also noticed an increase when driving, even for short distances. I believe...

Similar issue, I was exposed to a faulty alarm. I very foolishly dealt with the problem by first removing the batteries (which didn't work) and then unfastening the hardwired alarm. I cannot believe I didn't use my noise-cancelling headphones but it was late and I was tired and sleepy. My head...

Hmm, okay. I started using them after my tinnitus began and I noticed silence helped it. I'll try and go back to earplugs again and see if it affects anything.

Would never use earplugs myself either on the flight, and no fear of occlusion with my noise cancelling headphones - just use my work ones (Jabra Evolve 75) which are "open" rather than cupped. The noise cancelling are really good on them - don't block everything out but makes the cabin noise a...

I got severe hearing damage whilst wearing noise-cancelling headphones, due to acoustic feedback from a PA system. I later learned that noise-cancelling headphones are great at damping down low frequency sounds like engine noise, but they don't handle high frequencies so well and could even make...

Those active noise-cancelling headphones and earbuds do not provide 100% noise cancellation, and in fact, they are not even consistent across the frequency spectrum. Where I have used them effectively is when riding as a passenger in a car for a longer drive. I find that if I put some good foam...

I can't remember if mine beep a "power low" alert but they do announce "power on" or some such when first turning them on as well as "power off " when turning them off, so you might want to first turn yours on before wearing them. I would experiment at home to ascertain as many quirks as...

I hope your ENT is right and that you'll go back to baseline. :) On a side note, I think I've read on Tinnitus Talk that electrical noise cancelling earphones or headphones don't actually prevent noise from entering your hearing. I could be wrong, though.

Yeah ok, it would be the music that is affecting you, not the noise cancelling IMO. So it can still be used to reduce noise only.

I don't think we're talking about the same thing. I am not talking about noise masking using white noise but noise cancelling. "The technology, known as active noise-cancellation (ANC), works by using microphones to pick up low-frequency noise and neutralise it before it reaches the ear. The...

I feel your pain and you are truly one of the more serious cases on this forum. That said, I agree with what others have said; you are extremely young and very much have age on your side. You have the best chances of healing/improving, the best chances of benefitting from a cure in the future...

Noise-cancelling headphones work for me at the dentist. Earplugs would make everything louder internally.

Fully agree. One of my biggest mistakes was amping up the volume of my earbuds when I was outside (going out for a run, for instance) to drown out the environmental noise. I'm sure my prolonged exposure to loud music in 10-15 years time attributed to my gradual onset of tinnitus. Active...

Can anyone else relate to the persistent feeling of being a bad friend because so much to do with social events etc depends on how loud it will be? I have fairly mild tinnitus and suffered a bout of hyperacusis last year, however, both have died down to a manageable level and I want to keep it...

I haven't tried earbuds, but foam earplugs + noise-cancelling headphones is probably the best protection you can get when driving a car. It's also more comfortable than normal double protection as the noise-cancelling headphones do not sit so tight on the head.

Been using for many years at night to block out noises from environment. Can this make T worse? Very very low volume. Wondering if the technology in the headphones can cause and damage? They are Bose and you must turn them on to work. Anyone have any info? Thanks.

I have 2 noise-cancelling over-the-ear headphones. One is Bose, the other is Sennheiser. Both cancel airplane noise, lawn mowers, and such, but the Sennheiser's controls are incredibly confusing and unlabeled. I have to pull out the instructions every time just to use them, so I seldom use them...

...as well to have protection against impulse noise for which noise-cancelling headphones are subpar because of the delay of the active noise cancelling). But if you have to use earplugs anyway, noise-cancelling headphones maybe are not what you're looking for. Noise-cancelling headphones with...

Hello everyone, I have a long history of ear issues (otitis and traumatic otoplasty during childhood, things like that). I started to feel pain overusing the old Nokia 3100 (2003). After that, I could never touch a cell phone to my ears. Then, I had episodes of hyperacusis during a period of...