The FIRST THING You Should Try To Stop Tinnitus

Whether you are new to tinnitus or have been dealing with it for an extended period of time, you may be wondering "What is the first thing that I should do to stop my tinnitus?" Dr. Suzanne May, one of our audiologists and a tinnitus sufferer herself, discusses the answer to this question!

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[garygodfrey]

My quick story, I came down with Tinnitus in February of this year a few weeks after having Covid. I remember the night it started at 3:00 AM. I woke up from a sound sleep with a loud high pitched sound and I was freaking out. I couldn’t stop this noise and I didn’t know what it was. I should mention I already suffer from GAD so anxiety level went straight to a 10. I started searching on the internet and YouTube to find out what was going on? I found Dr Ben’s videos and was relieved to hear positive information and comments from the videos. I was relieved to find people recover from this and some learn to live with it without interfering in their lives. I also felt I wasn’t alone with this issue. Next day, I got a hearing test, and was told that I had hearing loss and that is what was causing my Tinnitus. I asked what can I do and was told basically nothing. I asked how long would it last and the audiologist said it would probably never go away. I was losing my mind at this point with anxiety. I heard about sound therapy in a Video and I made an appointment and purchased hearing aids since I had some loss. The hearing aids have built in Tinnitus masking and its controlled through Blue Tooth on my phone. My anxiety was still out of control and effecting my mental health. So I started working Treble Health and Dr May. I started getting better but it was slow and has taken several months to get my anxiety down, but I have been able to with help from Dr May and Dr Ben’s videos. Dr Ben offers his videos with a lot of great information for free and I am grateful to him for doing that for those of us who suffer from this health issue. Doctors here in South Carolina have no idea what to do to help I have found. So working with Treble Health was my only choice I felt and I am glad I did. Working one on one with someone especially who also suffers from Tinnitus was of great help for me. Dr May helped track progress and give me information for helping with Spikes, Anxiety, and general well being were invaluable. I have progressed to the point in the recovery chart where I am a solid 3 with some attributes of category 4. I have some days with no sound, and some where it’s still loud but it doesn’t effect my mental health anymore. Sorry, this is longer than I planned I just wanted to say thank you to Dr Ben, Dr May and all the staff at Treble Health. You are helping many people who do not have help with regards to this malady.

[raoulkorba]

This "four stages of habituation" table is the most usefull information you ever provided. Completely true and accurate. In a compact albeit detailled format, it gives key informations on how tinnitus perception is going to evolve, showing that ability to cope with tinnitus will greatly improve over time, which is a much needed positive message for tinnitus newbies. Currently, i navigate within stage 3, hopefully heading to stage 4. Thanks Ben for your effort.

[MrRebelNL]

Thank you, your videos have helped me a lot and helped me deal with my tinnitus and hyperacusis.
I've had it since February this year, a very high pitch sound and very sensitive to sounds in my right ear, and I've been going through a rough time because of this. I found out that stress was the cause for me, my hearing is good according to my ENT doctor. It's getting better and better for a month and a half now. I can still hear it, but I don't react anxiously to it anymore. Most of the time I don't pay attention to it anymore, and sometimes the tinnitus is gone for a while. Sound therapy has helped me a lot (earplugs with different kind of audio, but also just music), but also information on the internet (not negative stories, but useful info and also positive stories), and YouTube channels like this one.
Thanks again Dr. Thompson, you mean a lot to the tinnitus community!
And to everyone who suffers from this condition: hang on in there! Be patient, you get used to it, just give it time. And once you get used to it, the fear goes away, believe me!
Greetings from the Netherlands (Europe) 👋

[jerrytaliercio]

I love my tinnitus. I’m a musician and my high pitch noise ( only left ear ) is in the key of C and I’m able to harmonize my brain waves and make music in my head…….nothing stops the noise. Rather it changes during the day depending on situations. Also sometimes it seems to go away but it’s there..just resting a little quietly. Some people have it real bad with different noises I’m lucky mine is a pain but manageable. I get help falling asleep listening to rain falling videos and I’ve just found one that uses crickets and that was very good. Listening to the Rosary video helps too…

[davidwade]

Thank you for these videos that give us who suffer with tinnitus both hope and help dealing with it on a daily basis. I purchased your sound maskers in May and have been using them ever since. My tinnitus is slowly changing for the better by daily using sound therapy. Again thank you for all you do for this community.

[stephendiamond]

I noticed something with my tinnitus. When I think positive thoughts such as concentrating on things that have been highlights in my life I noticed the tinnitus is reduced. I also noticed when I keep my salt in take down
I also noticed when I get 7-8 hours sleep I try to keep my protein intake reduced towards the evening and not eat within two hours of sleep. Of course exercise is important or doing errands around the house. There is some days where I shut the noise off in the house and I don’t hear my tinnitus at all. But when it’s really buzzing it’s buzzing. I believe we have a mechanism we have the ability to reduce this is just an example . I would think the best way to reduce tinnitus is I remember years ago they talked about sound wave therapy where they could take sound waves and Counteract noise coming out of machinery. Years ago there was a company called noise cancellation technologies. They purchased Freeport copper mines. The symbols were NCTI And FCX. I heard NCT I might have purchased the copper mines to make the mini motors that create the sound waves that counteract the noise. I don’t know what happened to it whatever happened to that technology but could you imagine if they had a device like that

[RainRemnant]

Really can't thank you enough, how dedicated you are to your work and this channel, and to so many people suffering from this. I have given the name of your channel to a surgeon I met last week, he's helping me to eliminate possible medical causes for my pulsatile tinnitus, getting a brain scan next week. This surgeon also has tinnitus, he got it after a Corona vaccination, he was trying different methods too but I hope he will be helped with your channel too. Never hurts to know more and you're the leading expert for me!

[chuckdales]

Thank you again for your sincere love and concern for your patients !

[JC-zllo]

I am 65, have had chronic tinnitus for about 20 years since a 1x Loud Noise Exposure Incident. Continue to seek relief. Enjoy your videos. Appreciate your work.

[Dharmendrasingh-kncz]

Hi Doctor, Thanks for your continuous help and support, I am from India I want to consult with you for tinnitus.

[kbs]

Four stages I’m finding out depends on if I have a head cold or lack of sleep. I can be at 3 but can go back to 1 depending on how I feel.

[MarcoonGenos]

I love your videos doctor. I have tinnitus from 2018 following a rear end collision. I have done a lot of research and self-experimentation. The one thing I do not like to hear however, is using another noise or sound to cover an existing noise. this forces us to deal with 2 noises. I have found a few fixes over time and my tinnitus has become manageable and I have even experienced a few hours of silence here and there. Thank you for your efforts. Marco.

[jasonsoch]

unfortunately my tinnitus got worse trying the hearing aids. i wish they would hare worked but i am one of the unlucky ones.

[sathya]

In holistic medicine such as TCM there are MANY internal patterns of disharmony which can cause tinnitus which have nothing to do with the ears...

[lauramaeda]

Thank you for another informative video. I do find it humorous that the refrigerator hum is listed as a non threatening sound. I have an ancient refrigerator and my tinnitus sounds a lot like my refrigerator. A little bit louder but pretty close. I find brown noise works best for me.

[seasonstudios]

Very interesting. Just how loud or quiet are maskers supposed to be? Does one have the ability to control the volume?

[dalecipperley]

Thank you for this video. My maskers are in now and I'm listening to the frogs.

[tubehepa]

I'm an almost 73 yrs old practitioner of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Transcendental Meditation, from Finland. Been doing TM for almost 45 years now, more or less regularly. Have a mild tinnitus now, prolly somewhat worsened mainly by a mild Corona virus infection, because am a so called pure-blood. Seem to recall having read in Valitut Palat ('chosen bits', Finnish version of Readers Digest) that in some American school for deaf kids, almost 38% of them were Scorpios by Sun sign, when there "should" be some 8 percent of those. Well, that was, I think, over 40 years ago, so I might misremember somewhat...I myself am a Scorpio, both by Sun and Ascendant, and, furthermore, have Pluto, the second ruler of Scorpio quite near my MC (medium coeli, mid-heaven). I guess there are no statistics of the horoscope signs (mainly Sun signs) of people with (disturbing) tinnitus.

[NNM]

I suffer from tinnitus starting a few weeks ago due to lifelong narcissistic abuse Will I have a chance to ever heal?

[stevefick]

I went to a concert on June 9th this year. It was louder than I expected, and I ended up with tinnitus for around 2 1/2 months. It was slowly starting to subside on it's own, when I contracted Covid. After about two weeks with covid, the tinnitus came back, much to my dismay. I haven't spoken to my doctor about it yet. I'll give it another week or so.
Sometimes it can be very distracting and bothersome. Other times it's tolerable. Should I seek treatment or wait it out?