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Hi all. I gave in today and was fitted for hearing aids. Can't get over feeling like it's giving up hope that things will ever get back to normal... and, yes, I fully concede vanity is in play, as well. I'm past three years now with T, had a right side stapedectomy last November, and have been...

...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...

In my opinion, they are a poor treatment for hearing loss. It’s essentially the same as using a magnifying glass to improve vision. The branding and marketing are just ways to make money off you. Cochlear implants offer a good solution, but they aren’t suitable for most people. It’s almost...

...that your tinnitus is now making this awful time even more difficult for you. I would recommend that you don't worry too much about the hearing aids at the moment. Waiting a few months or so is not going to make a difference. That said, it's not a bad idea to use hearing aids preemptively...

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...

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...

I’m in the same boat. I actually have a counseling appointment tomorrow and a group session at another time. I’d love to hear normally without hearing aids—I don’t want to go deaf. I’m also trying to connect with others who are hard of hearing or deaf, and I’m hopeful that will be helpful as well.

Are there hearing aids with amplification up to 10-12 kHz to compensate for the loss at these frequencies?

...I’m almost deaf in my left ear and have tinnitus in both ears. I hear buzzing in my left ear and ringing in my right ear. I need these hearing aids, and the quality is amazing! I hear buzzing in my left ear and ringing in my right ear. I hear two distinct sounds. I went to Miracle Ear...

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...

Maybe I’m mistaken, but I was under the impression that there are no hearing aids on the market that can physically produce sounds above 8 kHz. We can certainly create notched audio files above 8 kHz, but I thought hearing aids were not capable of generating sound in that range.

...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...

...hearing loss in my right ear, and I also have hyperacusis and tinnitus. However, it has improved over time. I cannot give you advice on hearing aids, as I found that structured, gentle sound therapy helped me immensely. I also used in-ear sound generators but have since stopped using them...

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...

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...

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/

I asked because many people here use Widex, a brand often recommended by audiologists for tinnitus. However, I have not found it helpful and am looking for a better option. Glad to hear that Miracle Ear works well for you.

...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...

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

...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...

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...

...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...

...joke! 2003 was a long time ago, and your hearing may have worsened since then. When was the last time you had an audiogram or had your hearing aids adjusted? Hearing aid technology is constantly evolving. It might be worth giving them another try, even though they didn’t work out the first time.

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...

@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.

...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...

...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...

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

...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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

...months went by and I was a nervous wreck, treating TMJ was successful for my jaw and ear pain but useless to stop tinnitus. I read about hearing aids and figured I'd give those a try, even though my hearing had tested perfect 3 times since getting tinnitus. I go to an audiologist and get...

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...

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...

Do you experience any hyperacusis or sound sensitivity?

...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...

...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...

...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?

How did your appointment with Dr. Maison go?

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

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.

I will be going for a new round of hearing tests and plan to request hearing aids for the first time. My last test about a year ago showed fairly severe hearing loss in the high frequencies in both ears. I also have had tinnitus for over 10 years, which is somewhere in the 3500 Hz range. I...

...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...

...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...

...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...

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?

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.

...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...

...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 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...

...haven't been able to find too much on the forum regarding audiometry, is if anyone has benefited from audiology treatment in the form of hearing aids, etc., because that's the next step that I'm considering taking, but would like to hear other views of people that have had success or not had...

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)