Hearing loss and tinnutus- Help!

Ughh, never heard of that one. Sounds horrid. I get it very very occasionaly but always assumed it was something to do with my sometimes lazy lack of exercise! I normally have high pitched squeal thing going on.

I have never had any high pitch sounds of any description, just a constant loud pulse which I can actually feel vibrating against the pillow when I’m in bed. Article online says it’s sometimes caused by a blood vessel too close to the skin which possibly could be fixed with surgery. I had surgery for a perforated ear drum a few years ago but this actually feels like it’s coming from the opposite ear most times. Appointment in Beaumont hospital a few weeks ago was pointless, doctor in there just said to get a hearing aid as if that would magically cure it!

That costs around about €2600, right? No guarantee of success, no definitive idea as to the cause. Hearing aid type devices just function as a band aid and don’t tackle the root cause. You’re in your forties … you’ve the rest of your life ahead of you! I’d imagine you’re probably suffering from stress and adrenaline with busy lifestyle. I’d certainly go with an alternative therapist -5 sessions for about €240 , would not only treat the tinnitus (possibly 100% , but regardless make a significant difference) also additional factors affecting health ie stress, parasympathetic / sympathetic nervous system. You could be done in a week.

Western medicine treats the symptom ,with tinnitus the symptom is not the cause. Eastern medicine is 2000 years old, -your body’s energetically out of balance, - that can be treated, but not by western medicine.

By all means, struggle on sitting with electrodes on you tongue & headphones each day hoping it goes away! There are other means -less expensive, non-invasive, effective.

Have you anything to back up your assertions that the cause is "your body’s energetically out of balance"? Equally, have you any evidence (not anecdotal) that " would not only treat the tinnitus (possibly 100% , but regardless make a significant difference" ?

Tinnitus can result from abnormal blood flow to the head & neck - perhaps the cerebellum issue may be a factor. Anyway, point is that it’s worth looking at a holistic treatment that looks at the whole body and not just the symptom. I wouldn’t use CBT myself for tinnitus , but from my own experience via different complementary route, I found my tinnitus reduced to about 10% of what it was. I don’t really notice it at all now, and felt my stress levels greatly reduced after treatment (also my focus, mental clarity increased).

I had a hearing test done a few months ago and the guy swore it was just wax causing the hearing loss and sounds I could hear in my head, got the wax removed and back to the same guy for another test and hearing had zero improvement and the guy just shrugged his shoulders and said sorry! I’m now waiting to go back for a scan to see what’s causing my tinnitus, mine is pulsatile tinnitus I think, it’s basically my pulse I can hear thumping away in my ear. It’s driving me demented