What Would You Give Up to Have Your Hearing Normalized?

What would you give up to have your hearing normalized? By normalized, I mean the ability to hear clearly and distinctively without the brain generated noise, electronic hang-on devices, or drugs.

 

Loud music

 

All my money, my home..possibly a limb or two on the really bad days :|

 

Oh I do this mind game too much

 

Nothing

 

I would give up two or three fingers in a heart beat..

 

At onset:
I would have traded ANYTHING (house, limbs, pets, cars -- anything, and in no particular order -- just get this 'dental tool' out of my head!)

Now:
IF a 100% guarantee was in place (with no side effects) I would part with up to 5k; but it would have to be on my terms and in my time

 

I would give up worrying and specially won't give up on living life once again because of T

 

Why give up something when what we want is readily available to us? Money? I wouldn't give up Monopoly money. Hey! I wouldn't give up your Monopoly money.

The original poster asked what we would give up in exchange for being able to hear clearly without hearing tinnitus and to do so without having to depend on headphones, wearable generators, or drugs. It's a great question, and the distance between some of the answers from folks who are struggling with tinnitus and the answers of people who once struggled with tinnitus but no longer do can be instructive.

In important ways, difficult days and what we do when they occur are a huge part of the habituation process. Every difficult day with tinnitus contains an opportunity and a lesson. When tinnitus is front and center in our awareness, do we make despairing predictions about the future and assume the way it is now (and how we feel about it) will continue indefinitely? Or do we draw a different lesson?

For many people with tinnitus, there is a point where the brain disregards the tinnitus as meaningless and of no importance. When we reach that point, a lot of time can pass when we are unaware of tinnitus regardless of what it is doing.

here2help

 

It was when I stopped wishing and hoping that my hearing would 'normalize' that I started accepting my tinnitus and getting on with living my life. I don't know if I can explain, it but when I think back on social events or quests for old tea tins or other antiques, I don't remember how my T was that day--just that we had a great time.

 

My cars,any amount of money and my house without even thinking twice.

 

If you had asked me at the beginning of the year I might have said nothing or very little because i got used to T long ago,
but then the dreaded spike and now would probably give up most things for silence again or even to the level it was before!

 

I would give up anything. I don't have much, but I would give up every memory in my lifetime, all the way from birth to my current age. I would rob banks and give up all the money and take whatever time in jail for it as well. In fact I'd rather be in jail than suffer from this. I feel like I'm in hell.

 

I don't know what I would give up to get cured. But I do know what I would give up if I don't get cured. My life.

 

right testicle

 

Both legs. Don't need 'em to play videogames.

 

MY TEETH.

 

I would have said any number of things in the beginning, but today i would not give up anything of any significance in my life.

 

The responses in this thread are quite interesting. To help in understanding my answer my perceived T level on a 1 to 10 scale is around a 2 or so in my estimation. More than 20 years in.

At this time I may be willing to give up a pinky (not a thumb!) and $20,000. Would gladly give up owning a car (don't own one now...wink wink). Three months ago I told someone I'd pay $50,000, but now not so sure. And also said I would undergo deep brain stimulation procedure. But, again, now that my recent spike has mostly abated I'd probably pass on the DBS, unless I felt there was a 100% chance of a total cure.

 

In the beginning (sounds Biblical!).................. ANYTHING!!!

Now, not so much. Kinda like @cullenbohannon , nothing of significance.

Danny, ! Not your left?? Interesting!

 

Interesting choice @mmacabre !! Definitely original!!

 

I would give up my life to save all of yours. But I'd first want a big parade and statue of me in Central Park after I'm gone.

 

Bro! I'd give you a statue before your gone!

 

Tinnitus has been a blessing and a curse. I believe if it wasn't for tinnitus I'd be dead today. Might would have hurt my family? It has mellowed me. Don't get me wrong I'm hurting now(T is high) but I have habituated before and life was great. So I don't need normal hearing just want to habituate. I'd give 5 years of my life to habituate and keep that level till I die minus 5 years.

 

Every time you have a spike is it easier to habituate?

 

Not too bad living with T when it is accepted. It is a life changer.

 

I've only had just the one recent spike in 20+ years. With N=1 can't say. But I do think the longer one has this affliction the easier it is to deal with it. I also believe age is a factor. By that I mean that once one gets on the other side of 50yo or so you just learn to roll with what life delivers. Personally I figure I'll only hear ringing for another 20 years or so, not for an eternity...

 

hey,hi epin,you are back? i had been reading your goodbye message months ago, back!

 

Nice to see someone else from the UK. I don't know why, it just is.

 

Really interesting seeing the answers here.
From giving life to nearly nothing.
I would give all money I have. And this would be a lot.
If I would give my life?
Hmm, If I do not habituate, currently I can't imagine how to live with this for some more years.
My family keeps me up fighting.