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My tinnitus has actually faded over the years to where I barely hear it anymore. Usually when I do, it’s in quiet and only lasts a min or so. I...

Yeah, the hope is my natural hearing can help my CI ear learn the sound. With the long term deafness on that side I will need all the help I can get.

Just wanted to post an update -- I had cochlear implant surgery this past Friday. It has only been two days, but I'm happy to report that I don't...

Wow. :( I occasionally come back to the forums to read the latest success stories and see what's new. I was not expecting this thread and am...

I'm going through the insurance approval process now for a CI myself, so no personal experience yet. But I have talked with many SSD people who...

Cochlear implant surgery does damage the inner ear hair cells, but not as much as it used to. Surgery has gotten better, to the point where some...

Why not? Is this based on personal experience?

Thanks for sharing. Yes, it sounds like you had very good results at activation. I hope an updated mapping will help with the latest difficulty...

That sort of thing was never a problem for me. Sure, I pay more attention to protecting my hearing these days, but I didn't let T&H keep me from...

My two boisterous kids are without question the best thing in my life. My second came about 6 months after the onset of tinnitus so it was a...

My hearing aid makes my tinnitus better.

I'm not the person you are asking, but I consider mine to be gone now. It took a couple of years, but it eventually faded over time to where it...

That's exactly the model I have as well. You should go back to your audiologist and let them know what it is doing because it should not do that....

The only guarantee that I know being offered about hearing aids is that you can try them for a period of time (usually 1-3 months) and if you...

Hearing aids are the ONLY solution out there that reduces my tinnitus and improves my hearing to the point where I can function normally on a...

She sounds like a prime candidate for a CI. Those who have had normal hearing and speech in their life are the ones who respond to a CI best. -Mike

Exactly! It's the story of the wolf you feed. An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life. “A fight is going on inside me,” he said to...

I do have one web source that indicates "most likely" it would be cured within 10 years. At first the reply was hazy, but I tried again and it...

I would say it's not as loud as it used to be when it bothered me.

In the earlier days with the high anxiety, I could hear it almost all the time. But over time it became less noticeable to the point now where I...

Well the consult went OK for me. I was hoping to leave feeling more confident in one direction or the other. But the audiologist was very...

I wouldn't call it a dirty secret, but you are right. Tinnitus is a possible side effect of a CI since the implantation usually results in damage...

The only time tinnitus affected me was early on when I was still in a state of anxiety over it. But now I can hear it and not be bothered and it...

My severe to profound loss has not affected my thinking or memory. Your slight hearing loss isn't going to either.

@Telis , I feel for you. I wish there was something we could do to make it better. What you describe definitely sounds well beyond what is...

There are no fortune tellers here, so nobody can tell you anything about the future with certainty. Did you watch the video? It's not about...

I've always been a big fan of the Life is Good company. One of the co-founders has given several talks about optimism, life, work, etc. and it...

You speak about hearing aids as if people like me have some dirty disease that people will desperately avoid. Years from now with a little more...

Well, let's be clear about one thing at least: this isn't what you are seeing at all. It's an irrational fear you have designed to keep you in...

I got mine after I was married. But every girl I ever dated knew I would eventually get them and probably even go deaf at some point in my life....

What are you seriously suggesting? That people who wear hearing aids can't date or have relationships just like anybody else? No offense, but...

No girl ever rejected me because I was deaf in one ear and partially deaf in the other. Well, I guess if they did, I didn't hear them. :) One...

It's the "ok this is it, I'm gonna off myself later after work if I still feel like it" mentality is what will turn off the ladies. A single...

I think over time, you could like them. You just seem to be looking for a fault in anything you can lately. So I'm afraid you might put them in...

NYC is where I proposed to my wife 13 years ago! Good luck! :)

I did not wear ear plugs at all. It is loud and there is a lot of honking, but it did not bother me. I was also at Derek Jeter's last home game...

You will not like it right away most likely. And no offense, but you especially won't like it because you have a habit of finding only the...

Welcome fellow Hoosier! :)

I've been twice since I got tinnitus. I did just fine both times with no increase. Just don't stress about it and you will be fine!

Think of it as a short term rehabilitation process. Commit to wearing one for 1 year, or until you reach a calmer state mentally. Then slowly...

Yeah, having it for a long time has definitely helped. Just as time will help you. I would hear my T almost all the time without hearing aids....

It started happening to me around age 4. :dunno:

I don't have any specific advice on how to relieve pressure in your ear, but I'm curious if you know the cause of your hearing loss? Some of your...

You could ask that question about any kind of disease where there is medicine available. This whole suppressing of the cure conspiracy is also...

For starters, how about because 75% of people with hearing loss don't wear hearing aids at all? They simply go without anything. There is an...

Enjoy your beer, you will be fine! Alcohol has no effect on my tinnitus. And even from all the people who I have seen say it makes it worse, I...

I'm an example of that flip side. Spent most of my life with profound high frequency loss in both ears, and profound loss across all frequencies...

When I first got tinnitus, I had a headache that lasted for about a month or so. It eventually goes away, and is likely due to the stress and...

Sorry, jdjd. I apologize for my contribution to the fighting here. I don't want your thread locked, so I'm stepping away from any conversations...

Nah. Badges and fake points on an internet forum have no value to me. It's strange that you place so much importance on your forum ratings and...

I'm gonna have to go with the guy who routinely brags about his ratings on some internet forum: But hey, this rating is what gives you the...

Well, yeah, of course it is a form of self-therapy. This is precisely why people who are suffering seek out support groups. And if you look at...

It's good you may return to school. Hopefully it would be for something you truly enjoy and can take your mind off things. Have you been to an...

Everything? I don't think you've really been paying attention to what he has been saying over the past couple months. There is a reason that a...

No. Nobody is going to tell you the right girl will put up with what you are doing right now. So you are right about one thing -- no girl is...

The point is not what her accomplishments are; it is that she lived a happy life despite her circumstances. She has good advice for you: “A...

In my earlier post I wasn't talking about technology that is yet to come, I was referring to technology we have today. Sure, it's not a...

I used to worry about losing all my hearing. In fact, I'm quite sure that I will lose all my hearing at some point in my life due to a condition...

I haven't been to a concert since tinnitus, but I was inside Yankee Stadium for Derek Jeter's last home game. That was LOUD at many points. I...