ringing in the ears cure

seannash

apparantly these young scientist have found a way to stop ringing in the ears
(tinintus)
dont know if it cures permanant case of it but check it out
http://mysoundofsilence.com/

PaulBrewer

seannash wrote: »

apparantly these young scientist have found a way to stop ringing in the ears
(tinintus)
dont know if it cures permanant case of it but check it out
http://mysoundofsilence.com/

Where does it show that Sean?

Ardscoil Ris

What cure. I don't see one.

seannash

i got it from here,figured the website would have the info sorry


The runner-up group award went to Rhona Togher, Eimear O'Carroll and Niamh Chapman, all 18 and sixth-year students at Ursuline College in Sligo. Their study involved the development of what they believe could be a way to reduce ringing in the ears caused by the auditory condition tinnitus.

They conducted surveys and found that up to 96 per cent of students experienced tinnitus after high volume sound exposures at concerts and clubs and after using MP3 players. "Tinnitus affects the hairs in the cochlea of the ear," explained Rhona. "It means they are bent and in the worst case they can break."

They reasoned that if the hairs could be brought back up straight, then the symptoms might reduce. Research and experimentation helped them establish that a low tone of between 50 and 120 hertz seemed to reduce symptoms, by restoring the position of the hairs.

They also found that hearing was significantly improved in their test subjects after listening to the tone for about a minute.

They created a website where anyone can try their approach, www.mysoundofsilence.com They received a BT trophy and a cheque for €1,200.

PaulBrewer

seannash wrote: »

i got it from here,figured the website would have the info sorry


The runner-up group award went to Rhona Togher, Eimear O'Carroll and Niamh Chapman, all 18 and sixth-year students at Ursuline College in Sligo. Their study involved the development of what they believe could be a way to reduce ringing in the ears caused by the auditory condition tinnitus.

They conducted surveys and found that up to 96 per cent of students experienced tinnitus after high volume sound exposures at concerts and clubs and after using MP3 players. "Tinnitus affects the hairs in the cochlea of the ear," explained Rhona. "It means they are bent and in the worst case they can break."

They reasoned that if the hairs could be brought back up straight, then the symptoms might reduce. Research and experimentation helped them establish that a low tone of between 50 and 120 hertz seemed to reduce symptoms, by restoring the position of the hairs.

They also found that hearing was significantly improved in their test subjects after listening to the tone for about a minute.

They created a website where anyone can try their approach, www.mysoundofsilence.com They received a BT trophy and a cheque for €1,200.

Interesting.

iquinn

That's so odd, I suffer from mild tinnitus and had read an article about something similar a few weeks ago.
I've been experimenting with different tones and different types of tones, I put a sample up that's been working well for me on Friday for some friends that also suffer:
http://iquinn.net/tinnitus/

It's certainly not a permanent cure, but it does seem to alleviate the symptoms temporarily.
If anyone suffers tinnitus feel free to give it a go and let me know how you get on. Best to play it on headphones at a volume where you can clearly hear all the tones.

iquinn

this was the article I read:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/02/070214221229.htm

seannash

im djing tonight so more than likely ill have a little bit of ringing in my ears(unless theyve changed the set up a bit)ill try it out when i get home.

seannash

hang on iquinn,do you reckon the lads nicked it from thats other fella.
cheeky scamps

Mars Bar

That actually kinda works...and I have some serious ringing in my ears. Nice one...

68 lost souls

Thanks for that. A lot better then the way I used to get rid of it. Ill give it a try later Im sure Ill be suffering, got it pretty bad yesterday.

PaulBrewer

It sounds like it may be a little dangerous to self administer - after all it's sound that did the damage in the first place.

Also unless it's a pure sine wave reproduced as such (i.e. No distortion) it will have higher frequency components or harmonics - if it does, that's not much different than listening to music.

If you have tinnitus you probably listen to music too loud, it's that simple.

i57dwun4yb1pt8

i tried that clip and it did seem to reduce the hiss element in my head - so i will use it a while and see how it goes.

iquinn

seannash wrote: »

hang on iquinn,do you reckon the lads nicked it from thats other fella.
cheeky scamps

possibly!

iquinn

PaulBrewer wrote: »

It sounds like it may be a little dangerous to self administer - after all it's sound that did the damage in the first place.

True, good point, I'll delete the file.

PaulBrewer wrote: »

If you have tinnitus you probably listen to music too loud, it's that simple.

I don't listen at loud volumes anymore, but I wasn't so careful in my youth.

Thankfully mine is only mildly noticeable at bedtime when all is quiet, I think I've just been more aware of it lately, which is why I started looking into causes/treatment etc.

PaulBrewer

True, good point, I'll delete the file.

seannash

dont delete it just put a disclaimer.you did state you were to listen to it at a comfortable volume right.its not like your blasting it away.
just as a matter of interest i presumed it would be high frequencies that would cause the most dammage to hearing or is it a case of all frequencies do equal amounts of damage.

Jimbo808

Careful lads, you're dancing around the "Brown Tone" there!

J*808

brow_601

seannash wrote: »

dont delete it just put a disclaimer.you did state you were to listen to it at a comfortable volume right.its not like your blasting it away.
just as a matter of interest i presumed it would be high frequencies that would cause the most dammage to hearing or is it a case of all frequencies do equal amounts of damage.

http://www.gcaudio.com/resources/howtos/loudness.html

I always thought all frequencies did the same amount of damage, but according to that link;

High frequency sounds of 2-4,000 Hz are the most damaging.

Jimbo808

brow_601 wrote: »

High frequency sounds of 2-4,000 Hz are the most damaging.

That sentence doesn't sit right with me. Maybe a syntax error.
Anyway I think this would be because those frequencies lie within our
critical band of hearing. The spectrum of sound that we, as humans,
have evolved to become most atuned/sensitive to as it is common
with the frequency content of speech?

stesh

Had a look at this for lolz. It seems to be complete BS. You pick 'your favourite sound', and it plays it for 70 seconds. You could do the same with a tone generator!

PMI

yep 2-5k is where it will kill your ears.... hence more guitarists than singers

tinnitus is not usually one single tone its a few.... trust me as im listening to it now and when I go to sleep and when im anywhere....

there is no longer the sound of silence, I have to constantly have sound around me to distract me from it....

its from to many loud gigs in front of 4x12's and im only 34.....

plug them ears or lose them, nothing is worth losing true silence !!

splitrmx

PaulBrewer wrote: »

If you have tinnitus you probably listen to music too loud, it's that simple

It's not that simple. Tinnitus is a symptom of a variety of different things and not just loud music. You can get it from ear, nose or throat infections, stress, different types of medication cause it, allergies etc.

I'd change your original statement to "if you have tinnitus and you're a member of the music production board you probably listen to music too loud".

PaulBrewer

splitrmx wrote: »

"if you have tinnitus and you're a member of the music production board you probably listen to music too loud".

If you're reading this you already are

Mars Bar

What I would give to hear the sweet sound of silence again...

Quiggers

a bad ear infection can cause it too,
I've been DJing for 9 years now and my top end is always ringing,
but since last february, on a cold night in a marque, i have a low tone around 600Hz in my right ear, I wear ear protectors now to save whats left.
I've studied the inner ear and know that the only cure for tinitus is to cut the nerves to create complete deafness. One thing to be aware of, most hearing loss is due to tinitus noise masking the actual sounds in your enviroment so if you keep abusing your ears you
can get so bad that all you'll hear is white noise, not good.

I think this "cure" is myth and may only apply to temporary riniging, which will go away
once your ears pop or after a few hours rest.

If you get the chance go into an anachoic room, anything you hear in there is your long term tinitus.