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You have spent countless of voluntary hours helping the poor victims of T, Dr. Nagler, while carrying a severe version of T yourself - always keeping the morale amongst the troops high. You don't deserve this. I hate destiny and God. There is no justice in the world. Best of luck from Denmark.

That's actually a really creepy test! I wish the ears could learn a little more from the eyes.

I also want to use the occasion to just say thanks. Tinnitus has wrecked my life, but tinnitustalk has helped me hang in there and find a new foundation to stand on. I'm basically "checking in" every day, several times even, to check for new information and just to feel the belonging aspect, and...

@marqualler My audiogram pre-T somehow looks like yours. I have attached: - 1 audiogram before I had T (from 2011) - 2 audiograms after I got T - 1 DPOAE after I got T I'm sure that I have a steeper gap around 6-6,3khz, if it was tested out more finegrained around that area. When I listen to...

Just for curious souls, I have attached my OAE. I'm sure that my tinnitus has a strong reference to the dive at 6khz, and I'm also sure, that I didn't have that dive before my acoustic trauma. Also suits that I have tinnitus slightly more strong in left ear.

Definitely. But it's also that my passion, pride and profession relies on the ability to focus, and that's basically gone. From a society perspective, it would also make sense for society to pump some money in me to fix me, so that I can pay them back in the next 30 years on the working market...

I don't know what scale I should use, but it's really loud and intrusive. Why do you ask?

I would love the AM-101 drug before 2018 (or whenever it's estimated to maybe hit the market). So where's the cashregister? :)

I had the yawn-syndrome-tinnitus before I got my noise induced tinnitus, and I can say the following: The two phenomenas work completely independent. At least for me. I don't think, they are in any way related.

Dear Dr. Nagler, I have learned through time, that people with tinnitus experience it in a lot of different ways. Sometimes they are so different, that one might think, that the "tinnitus" symptome covers a huge palette of different underlying diseases/malfunctionings in our health. I know this...

I didn't actually consider different kinds of masking. When I step out of a shower, I experience c), and when I step out of blue noise, I experience a)

I contracted tinnitus almost 2 years ago. I have the following observations: - 10% better after 2 months: I began to be able to sleep again, and some of my "bonus tracks" in my brain faded. - 10% better after 2 years: I am not panicking so much about my T. So in total a 20% improvement. But I'm...

Thanks for your reply, @tomm . Tinitus complexity simply intrigues me too much.. It's somehow like an identity crisis, and I cannot figure out, how my hearing is working, and how I should react to it.

Dear people, I have two different tinnitus in my head. I just realised, that they react completely opposite, when I end masking. This made me curious to how you people experience it. To this extend I became creative in MSPaint to illustrate my two very different experiences with T. Do you...

@Dr. Nagler I read your short paper about tinnitus, and they are always empathic and thoughtful words. I try not to mask besides having the computer running or the like. If I need a rush of focus for work or other things, I sometimes choose to plug in earplugs with a high volume blue noise. I...

LOL. At least your number generator produces an int between 1 and 100. Mine seems to be broken and cannot produce numbers under 50 :)

Guys, I initially got my (severe) tinnitus from going to the cinema. It was the movie, Die Hard 5. Take care of those speakers and screeching high pitches! There might be a lot of them in the movie.

@attheedgeofscience I would preferably write you a private message, but I cannot because of your privacy settings, which is also fine. I just want to let you know, that your words have value far beyond the ordinary medical service, and that you have my deep respect. Thanks a lot, Mal

@DebInAustralia @dan Ok, thanks guys, I will try it out. Of course with no expectations for an outcome. I'm not very fond of using doctors for more than a gateway to drugs/treatments. They are usually trying to distract my attention from getting to a better state by redirecting me to a...

@valeri I haven't read about that drug before, but I would love to try it out. Do you think there is a chance, that a GP/ENT would prescribe that?

Hi people, Please skip this reading, if you are prone to become affected by depressive posts, because this is one of them (I'm sorry, it's the consequence of being dead honest, and I need to be that for my question). I have now given it almost two years since onset, and I have every day had to...

Hi Cassandra. See below:

Fellow T victims, please take care when you experiment with high volume television. That was how I got my hearing injury and tinnitus. It was explosions, breaking cars/glass, bending metal sounds, etc, from the movie that killed my ear cells.

@Mikey Cliff Is your tinnitus noise induced? And if so, has it been from a sudden acoustic trauma or from noies exposure over the years?

Just wanna add to the statistics: I have had it my whole life as far as I remember. I never feared it, but when it occured, I panicked a little and halted whatever I was doing, waiting for it go go away, and then started breathing agian, when it had vanished.. Because, what if.. Oh well, I...

As I understand it, then House of Hearing is also voluntary work for the people running it. I know that a set of them have private practices in psychology. I was there about around 1,5 years ago. It resides in a "quiet" place in Frederiksberg, and I used to work close to that location. Ok...

You are not wrong, and I can say, that I agree with you. I think that all of us T victims understand what we say to each other to a great degree, but it might spark some frustrations now and then. We only have words to use as communication after all. The following advise is very true, and I...

Okay, now the world suddenly feels very small. I know her from House of Hearing, where I have been 2 or 3 times for group therapy/lectures, and that place was a huge help, when I initially had my noise trauma. It is amazing that this organisation, which introduced me to my new condition far...

Thanks for your response. I think it's more or less the same situation in Denmark. In the end, they cannot perform miracles, and they don't have any general sympathy or empathy with you as a patient. They are heavily governed by a ruleset, which in the case of tinnitus says: "go home and rest...

People new to tinnitus should learn that things like focus on T, mood, anxiety, panic attacks, etc., contribute to your comfort around your tinnitus. It is a good advice for new victims, and I have gained value from that (and can mostly fall asleep with a non-offensive relation to my tinnitus...

Inclusion criteria: 6 months < tinnitus appearance < 18 months Me: 19 months. Of course :) FML

Thanks a lot for that view, Zimichael, it makes me instantly dream myself away to a location like that. It really makes you wonder, if the progress of mankind really IS progress. We always have an urge to go back to nature and enjoy the her beauty and conditions, and yet here we are in our...

Those words. Though they might sound harsh to some people, it helps me understand that I'm not alone in this.

That exact thought!! Using my first 28 years to build a passion for information technology and finish a computer science degree to enjoy 1 year of work before destiny said: "how about NO".

My girlfriend is very brave in my situation, and she will also fight as hard as possible for me to remain in this T-struggle, but we are unfortunately not wealthy. If I could keep my profession, we would be though (Ironically enough ;)). I'm 30 btw. You are definitely right, that it should not...

Software developer here also. I have desperately held on to my profession, because it is my passion, life and way to make a living. I have been stubborn for 1.5 years, but my conclusion is clear: I cannot continue. Mikel, we really feel you. Now I can see, that you have had tinnitus for just...

I try not to get annoyed when people can't understand why I am depressed. My famile and friends have known me for so many years, and since my tinnitus onset I have simply become another person. Of course it must be weird to observe that from another perspective, but I also believe that in times...

This is a coincidence. Since I got my T, I have learned, that it is far more complex than just a 'sound that has to be muted'. Over the 1,5 of having T, I have been wanting to understand it better, because my whole 'sound image' has changed since my hearing injury. Music sounds different, cars...

To me it makes sense, that introverts have a harder time than extroverts. Before my T, all I wished for in my life was to have this dream scenario of a super comfortable office, where I could delve into all the interesting topics of programming, architecture, computer game...

I just now learned the term 'Somatic Tinnitus', and I also have it. That is, when I use my jaw/neck muscles, I hear a spiking tinnitus. However, I have always been able to provoke this sound with my jaw even when I didn't have tinnitus. So my noise induced tinnitus works completely independent...

I just watched a documentary on youtube about assisted suicuide by the Swiss institution, Dignitas. It was inspiring to hear from a Dignitas spokesman, that 70% of the people, who gets approved for the process, chooses to hold on in life. It is like, it gives new energy, if the patient knows...

I was amazed, when I entered the 'tinnitus realm' about the complexity of the symptoms and all the factors, that play a role.. Mood, anxiety, stress, drugs, ambient sounds, etc.. I had always pictured tinnitus as a solid constant tone located in one ear, but damn did I grow wiser. And thanks...

From personal experience, from the experience of almost all people with tinnitus, I have spoken with and from doctors/experts, I can tell you the following: Stress is one of the key catalyzers and triggers for tinnitus. I would strongly recommend, that you cut down on the stress and take the...

Hi all, I'm a sufferer for little over a year now. I got tinnitus from a cinema sitting close to a loud (broken?) speaker during an action movie. Basically after that I had a whole 'concert/jet engine' inside my head. My hearing has a spiky 30db drop @ 6khz as a consequence also. I have been...

Thanks for your reply, Michael. One thing that has been hard for me is to try and put myself on a scale compared to other sufferers. I have quite early in my time with T thought that my T was quite more severe than the average other sufferers, that I spoke to. I was on sleeping pills the first...

So I guess, that the kind of tinnitus, that you both have (Michael and Mark) is residing in the middle of your head? And I guess, that you also got your tinnitus, Mark, from a noise trauma (concert or the like)? In that case, I have it the exact same way with the jaw describings. I got mine from...