Re:Electric shocks to the tongue can quiet chronic ringing ears
by WorldMaker on Thursday October 08, 2020 @12:44PM
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> but whether that affects the perceived volume of tinnitus isn’t clear to me
My understanding is that varies by person and "type" of tinnitus, but I know my tinnitus is often an inverse relationship with how quiet a room I am in (though it is a slow, dynamic adjustment) and sometimes a white noise generator is helpful to turn the tinnitus volume down a bit. Noise cancelling headphones can certainly create relatively "quiet rooms" that turn up the "tinnitus volume" for me (and part of why I generally prefer headphones without noise cancelling, personally).
My understanding is that varies by person and "type" of tinnitus, but I know my tinnitus is often an inverse relationship with how quiet a room I am in (though it is a slow, dynamic adjustment) and sometimes a white noise generator is helpful to turn the tinnitus volume down a bit. Noise cancelling headphones can certainly create relatively "quiet rooms" that turn up the "tinnitus volume" for me (and part of why I generally prefer headphones without noise cancelling, personally).