Constant tinnitus: Are there any solutions?

ahh had a mini meltdown this evening with eustachian tube plugging up ears all week but today painful and no hope in that regard, they dont like putting tubes in old ears! plus the other ear issues; then of course the ibs/fecal incontinence worse with just a few extra veggies ... only thing for musical ear is to try and forget it or go along with it, but its the repetitive nature of it, lasts for hours sometimes... i found a good article explaining but wonder why only some of us with hearing loss get it... happy for those who dont... its just have other health issues and ageing and gets me down some times and husband ill.. as I try to joke an say to adult children, i have never been this old before (but inside am not laughing) ... am not ill enough to be in hospital/Home, but not well enough to enjoy many things I used to take for granted that's for sure! J.

Hi Bill, bless you as you move through the cancer. My husband had this also. Our oncologist then lowered his chemotherapy regime 10% and his ringing stopped. That was our experience and worked for him ❤️

I'm sorry I thought I saw Bill somewhere in your post. Bless you, again.

@covidstinks2023 Please don't put off getting those hearing aids. Once you adjust to them you'll be glad you have them. What you describe, is likely progressive sensorineural hearing loss. It creates a problem in noisy settings especially. Social outings get tough. While hearing aids don't correct hearing loss, they do help when they are fit properly.

Hearing loss often accompanies tinnitus. You've identified 2 of the things that often seem to relate to tinnitus; caffeine and sodium. Stress is also a causative factor. Learning to manage stress can help.

You say that you have trouble with low voices. Most people with progressive hearing loss have trouble with higher pitched voices, women and children. Has anyone on your medical team mentioned that you likely have a reverse slope hearing loss?

ah sorry , my ipad not getting all of the conversations, will have to scroll back; both husband and I have had cancer and brutal as it was and even though affected body (late stage pelvic bowel issues) seems as years go by its one thing after another - not life threatening (except when he had triple heart bypass surgery etc.) but life-altering.... as have said before I don't know how many folk "cope" with their painful and/or debilitating illnesses ... I even feel guilty when complaining about mine but added together seems happy or painless times decrease... I do try and think of those having a much harder time than me and never really accepted people saying... God gives the heaviest burdens to those who can deal with them!

Thank you. I am going to check into it soon. I have low sound hearing loss that I guess slopes downward as I can hear something and then it drops off and picks back up as an audiologist explained to me. Bless you for your sweet words of encouragement!

@julio4, volunteer mentor,
Waiting to hear if anyone has tried this. Also wondering if this presenter in the video has tried it since he was so enthusiastic.
Thanks for posting!

Here’s another real popular device that no one has yet to see or try and it’s been promoted for years
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-tinnitus-treatment-alleviates-annoying-ringing-in-the-ears1/
Google Dr. Susan Shore

Take a minute to sign up on this multi country support group. Interesting stuff posted.
https://www.tinnitustalk.com/
Good luck to us all.

I’ve listened to so many of this type of thing. If it were true nobody would have tinnitus