Tinnitus and Masking

[ZolaPet]

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From 1981 to 2021 tinnitus has gradually disapeared but reoccurs randomly. When it does reoccur i take a 5 mg diazepam to help mitigate panic attacks and also to relax head and neck muscles. In addition i use noise masking which significantly helps with tinnitus management.

This is what I use for noise masking:

I use an iphone with earbuds, i use a noise generation app available on the apple ios app store, its called ¨myNoisë what is special about this app is that it is completely configurable across the sound spectrum, so u can tune it to mask out your tinnitus. It is also free.

I have tried many masking apps and this is by a long stretch the best one.

I wish this technology was available in my early tinnitus days, life would have been very different.

[rabbits65]

great to hear your tinnitus has almost gone and this post will help many that are living in hope of improvement. Mine too has greatly improved , however not as much as yours has done.

[Harper8]

Thanks for this advice. You’ve given me inspiration to buy some earbuds and give it a go. I’ve downloaded the my noise app. Any masking of the constant noise will be a blessing. Hope you’re tinnitus continues to be managed.

[Foxbat2]

Hi there, can you give us some tips on how to configure myNoise to work best for our individual needs. Do we customize a tone opposite to what we hear in our heads or do we mimic the high frequency of T? Cheers

[woodman72 in reply to Foxbat2]

Yes, I would be interested to hear how the sound is tuned in, and is it a tone or white noise .

[CHswim471]

I use My Noise. You can try a range of sounds and modulate them in the App until they work with your T in terms of masking. It's very easy, even for a technophobe like me. I'd been listening to 'Japanese garden' at night through my hearing aids. However recently I've switched to another free App (add-ons can be paid for but there's lots of free choice) called Naturespace and I'm listening to 'Photosynthesis' as I type, as my T is a bit noisy at present. I feel very fortunate that I can wear bluetooth hearing aids at night and I sleep very well with this aid. (I had tried pillows speakers but just couldn't hear the sound well enough, and the headband transmitting sound, which I also bought was just too hot and kept slipping round my head.) Anyway, for masking I highly recommend these Apps however you might listen to them. Good luck!

[Masterfox66]

Crickets are basically the only thing that can even somewhat mask mine, had no luck with any other sounds.