Does This Tone Alleviate Your Tinnitus?

Discussion in 'Support' started by Steve, Jun 12, 2017.

    1. Steve
      Creative

      Steve Member Benefactor Hall of Fame

      Location:
      Sheffield, UK
      Tinnitus Since:
      2003
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Flu, Noise-induced, Jaw trauma
      Wondering if this simple sweep of tones helps out many people? I've added a few more sounds to experiment with.

      I was playing with some sounds at the weekend and made a sine wave sweep. I've slightly altered it but in essence it's sounds from the bottom to the top of the hearing spectrum. The others are the result of some weekend experimentation too :)

      You need to wear headphones to listen because computer speakers won't play much of the sound properly.

      Give me suppression and not harsh to listen to, although the notch filtered noise file may be unpleasant for some people.

      Also on request I added a 10 minute version of the Sine Sweep file.
       

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    2. Bidyut saha
      Cloud9

      Bidyut saha Member Benefactor

      Location:
      73000 chambery, France
      Tinnitus Since:
      11/2016
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Unknown
      Hi Steve, thx for sharing this clip.

      Today my head tinnitus is bothering me very much and no masking music is working but this clip you shared makes me relaxed.

      Could I please get this sound as a longer version?

      God bless you.
       
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    3. grate_biff
      In pain

      grate_biff Member Benefactor

      Location:
      Moss, Norway
      Tinnitus Since:
      09/2014
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Acoustic trauma using headphones
      You could try this as well. Makes me relax, and has a slight residual inhibition effect as well.

      If I'm not mistaken, this is also the work of @Steve.

      http://generalfuzz.net/acrn/
       
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    4. Zug
      Woot

      Zug Member Benefactor

      Not really, I have a tone in each ear, it actually drew my attention to each tone as the recording progressed. Didn't bother me, but didn't feel much difference either. Maybe people with different sound will have different reactions.

      Best,
      Zug
       
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    5. john mccluskey

      john mccluskey Member

      Tinnitus Since:
      10/10.2013
      Thanks Steve could you possibly put that on maybe a 10 min loop ?
       
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    6. AUTHOR
      AUTHOR
      Steve
      Creative

      Steve Member Benefactor Hall of Fame

      Location:
      Sheffield, UK
      Tinnitus Since:
      2003
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Flu, Noise-induced, Jaw trauma
      That's not me, it's from a member here. He put in an awesome effort and created that site.

      Longer version added to the original post up top. I am also adding additional sounds to see if they help some people out.
       
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    7. Gary P

      Gary P Member

      Tinnitus Since:
      2000
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      exposure to loud noise over the decades
      I've read that tinnitus sounds like 7800 Hz. Given it's nerves firing and not really hair cells moving it would be interesting to learn if an out of phase signal in that range can be dialed in for specific ringing.
       
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    8. john mccluskey

      john mccluskey Member

      Tinnitus Since:
      10/10.2013
      Thanks Steve
       
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    9. jacob21
      Amazed

      jacob21 Member Benefactor

      Tinnitus Since:
      2008 > 2009 "cured" >2nd onset June 2016
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Noise Induce ( loud music )
      Thank you Steve.

      Sometimes I found this tone attached helping me.
       

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    10. Bidyut saha
      Cloud9

      Bidyut saha Member Benefactor

      Location:
      73000 chambery, France
      Tinnitus Since:
      11/2016
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Unknown
      Hi grate_biff, thx to sent d link. It makes me relax also. Best of luck.
       
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    11. AUTHOR
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      Steve
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      Steve Member Benefactor Hall of Fame

      Location:
      Sheffield, UK
      Tinnitus Since:
      2003
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Flu, Noise-induced, Jaw trauma
      Could be very difficult but in principle it's a sound idea. To be able to play out of phase you would need to match up to the tinnitus sound perfectly and then shift the phase of the sound you're playing. Without a true objective tinnitus measure I think it will be very difficult to do, even then tinnitus is a phantom signal so would an out of phase signal actual be able to achieve phase cancellation?

      That's an interesting sound. First play it annoyed me but I played it again and I can see it has a certain quality to it. Still made me spike a little but I wonder, is this tuned to your particular frequency? It feels like the sort of sound that is dependent on being tuned to the specific frequency of the listener.
       
    12. Holly1987

      Holly1987 Member Benefactor

      Tinnitus Since:
      09/2017
      Cause of Tinnitus:
      Unknown
      I found the very helpful, thank you.
       
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