Hearing issues/loss/damage thread.

PASTA

Re: Hearing issues/loss/damage thread.

41 by PASTA

cakes wrote: Thu Aug 14, 2025 10:58 am
For tinnitus, I'd like to try sound therapy. I've had it my entire life so I'm good at ignoring it, but it's gotten quite louder in recent years. Sound therapy is supposed to help the brain focus on other things. You can also use hearing aides to help.

Hearing in my right ear is shot bad from radiation. (left ear is practically perfect) I was experiencing awful tinnitus. The hearing aid has definitely retrained my brain to not notice it. It's a really fascinating thing.

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Gramsci

Re: Hearing issues/loss/damage thread.

42 by Gramsci

Has anyone successfully done “notch therapy” or sound therapy?

I can’t tell if it’s woo. Even if it’s placebo woo.

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cakes

Re: Hearing issues/loss/damage thread.

43 by cakes

Gramsci wrote: Fri Aug 15, 2025 12:22 pm Has anyone successfully done “notch therapy” or sound therapy?

I can’t tell if it’s woo. Even if it’s placebo woo.

I asked doctor about it. Its apparently effective, not a placebo. It trains your brain to focus on other sounds. It will not make tinnitus go away, but it can make your brain focus less on it, making it less apparent.