Tinnitus Level Is Reduced After Work Meetings

Quite often, I find that after having a meeting at work, my tinnitus is at a *much* lower level than its usual baseline. Eventually it comes back up to baseline of course.

If I had to guess as to why, I'd say maybe the act of talking brings auditory stimulation to my ears, and this causes the tinnitus to back off. I wish there were a way to reproduce this without talking to myself all day (lol).

I'm curious: does this same phenomenon happen to anyone else after having a meeting?

 

Generally conversation in an otherwise quiet room seems to suppress my noises a little, as long as everyone isn't talking over one another. I call that the "reverse reactive" aspect of my reactive tinnitus. A similar thing happens when I eat crunchy food; the sound is just stimulating enough but not overstimulating.

 

Same here.