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  • #32
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,815 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    faceman wrote: »
    Have you visited your GP/ENT about it? You're not alone with your afflication, I was your age when I was at my worst with the condition.

    There is an Irish Tinnitus Association and the British Tinnitus Association is also very good.

    Well, I've been in denial about my hearing for a very long time so it's probably time to bite the bullet. I haven't been to anybody about it since I was 14.
    I've been suffering from slight anxiety recently so I don't think it's helping. I'm seeing a counsellor so I'm thinking of telling her as she might be able to do something to help me.


  • #33
    johngalway
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,271 ✭✭✭✭johngalway


    http://www.hrb.ie/about/media/media-archive/press-release/release/113/


  • #34
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,815 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    johngalway wrote: »
    http://www.hrb.ie/about/media/media-archive/press-release/release/113/

    Anybody who is anyway struggling with tinnitus probably has heard of that and got excited by it. :)
    The website appears to be gone now though and there doesn't seem to be any more development on it.


  • #35
    eyescreamcone
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,562 ✭✭✭eyescreamcone


    Some relief from Tinnitus can be got by
    Cutting out ALL caffeine -tea, coffee, soft drinks etc
    By getting a boost of Vitamin B12 from your GP. This is best done in injection form rather than orally.

    There is radical new laser therapy treatments available that have shown impressive results in clinical trials

    No 100% guarrenteed cures are available but certainly improvements can be made.


  • #36
    Conas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭Conas


    I have tinnitus five years now. It's an awful condition, and it's at night time that it's the worst. I've had loads of tests done and being on loads of meds but nothing worked, so I know I just have to accept it to be honest. It was really scary at first having this awful hissing noise like a fuzzy tv that's out of tune.

    You can go to all these remedy shops and they'll tell you to take Vitamins, certain foods etc. To be honest you're at nothing only wasting money.

    The cause of your tinnitus could be anything. You'll go to your GP, he'll send you too an ENT, they'll check your ears, do a hearing test and if everything is normal you're sent home and that's the end of it. Just live with it pretty much!

    They say it's not the ears that's causing the noise, it's the brain itself. What part of the brain? Don't think science can tell us yet.


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  • #37
    ene
    Registered Users Posts: 731 ✭✭✭ene


    i have tinnitus on one side.... i lost my hearing one day on the same side and it has been ringing ever since... the ent could come up with no reason for any of this and cannot do anything

    sometimes the ringing is so bad it hurts and i have to lie down but most of the time i can zone it out but it is there constantly

    this doesnt just happen to older people... i am 20 and permenantly have no hearing on one side now


  • #38
    Conas
    Registered Users Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭Conas


    I used to listen to alot of loud music at home with my stereo, for a long time in my bedroom. However I never noticed anything different or felt a difference. My first exerperencie with Tinnitus was from taking a drug overdose as a matter of fact, It ringed badly and i have it ever since, No cause was given but it ****ed up things in my head with that buzzing, Take Sertonin is the only answer, that overdose emptied me of my serotonin level to nothing. BUild it back up and you will be happy


  • #39
    jcro
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭jcro


    Has anybody used the device being advertised on radio for tinnitus treatment. Somebody mentioned it about 4 years ago here. The package costs about 2500 eu. It reminds me of a tens machine for tinnitus. They call it mutebutton. Seems very expensive ! But does it work and do you treat yourself for life with this .


  • #40
    Dave!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,857 ✭✭✭✭Dave!


    There's another one called Restored Hearing - https://restoredhearing.com/

    I don't know anything about them, but Restored Hearing supposedly give free trials, so it's worth a try.

    Both Mute Button and Restored Hearing are (made by) Irish companies!

    http://www.mutebutton.ie/


  • #41
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    Dave! wrote: »
    There's another one called Restored Hearing - https://restoredhearing.com/

    I don't know anything about them, but Restored Hearing supposedly give free trials, so it's worth a try.

    Both Mute Button and Restored Hearing are (made by) Irish companies!

    http://www.mutebutton.ie/

    I use Restored Hearing's product and can vouch for its effectiveness.


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  • #42
    jcro
    Registered Users Posts: 44 ✭jcro


    faceman wrote: »
    I use Restored Hearing's product and can vouch for its effectiveness.

    Thanks faceman. The chap who developed the device was on mooney yesterday and gave an honest account of it. He said it can reduce
    the db by around 40% +- . You treat yourself for about 10 weeks after a professional consultation in their clinic in dublin.
    i wonder does vhi cover this.


  • #43
    faceman
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 16,584 CMod ✭✭✭✭faceman


    jcro wrote: »
    Thanks faceman. The chap who developed the device was on mooney yesterday and gave an honest account of it. He said it can reduce
    the db by around 40% +- . You treat yourself for about 10 weeks after a professional consultation in their clinic in dublin.
    i wonder does vhi cover this.

    I think that's the Mute Button. Restored Hearing is different. Neither products are yet covered by the health insurers yet.

    Restored Hearing is done via sound therapy played through your phone/MP3 player or computer. It's cheaper than Mute Button. I haven't seen or tested Mute Button yet.

    Price is proving a disincentive as Mute Button is not covered by health insurers and its very expensive. Given how many bad therapies are out there for tinnitus and everyone's tinnitus is different, I wouldn't be comfortable committing the money without a trial. But that's just me.


  • #44
    dutopia
    Registered Users Posts: 583 ✭✭✭dutopia


    I have it maybe 3 years or so, in one ear only. Sometimes it seems super loud and other times I barely notice it.

    I feel like the more tired I am, the worse it gets.


  • #45
    otnomart
    Registered Users Posts: 4,065 ✭✭✭otnomart


    Hope is OK to bump this.
    Started having tinnitus over a month ago, finally went to GP and have a specialist appointment next week.
    Don't know what to expect really.
    I went for hearing tests before, a few years back when I had otitis, so I am assuming the tests will be similar.


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