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Re:Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears by JoachimS on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:14AM (#24718005)
(Anecdote time.)

I got myself Airpods Pro last autumn and used the transparent mode. After a few weeks my tinnitus had become way worse. After 3-4 months it had died down a bit (but not to what it used to be before the pods.)

I then used them again for a couple of days. And it became even worse. Haven't used them for 6 months and unfortunately it is still as bad.

I don't dare using them or my Bose headphones anymore. Your comment is the first I've seen relating noise cancelling with tinnitus.

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Re:Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears by jagged-chisel on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:25AM (#24718072)
You mentioned using transparent mode. It's not real transparency: there's a mic on the back/top whose input is added to the other signal coming from Bluetooth. I personally find this mode annoying af.

Have you attempted noise cancelling mode?

Have you attempted turning off the noise control altogether?

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