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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from... by lxgr on Thursday October 12, 2023 @08:32AM (#37856297)
But active noise cancellation removes (perceived) sound. Wouldn't that make it worse, then?
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from... by mettamage on Thursday October 12, 2023 @08:57AM (#37856540)
The way I experience it is as follows.

Normally:

- Tinnitus: 100%

With ANC:

- Tinnitus: 50%

- Bose ANC: 50%

I like the ANC sound more than my tinnitus.

I haven't noticed my tinnitus becoming worse or less worse.

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from... by lxgr on Thursday October 12, 2023 @09:22AM (#37856794)
Oh, by “the ANC sound”, do you mean the white noise floor of the ANC?

In that case, have you tried something like the Bose Sleepbuds? Same idea, much more comfortable to sleep with.

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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from... by wahnfrieden on Thursday October 12, 2023 @10:29AM (#37857681)
Bose recently retired their 2nd attempt. The team behind those have a new one coming out in January, https://ozlosleep.com I'm pretty interested... hard to tell how long the pre-sale discount lasts
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Re:Ask HN: Has anyone gotten complete, permanent relief from... by mettamage on Friday October 13, 2023 @07:20AM (#37869332)
It doesn't seem to have ANC, so it doesn't noise cancel, it only masks. And if ANC is the same as masking then they'd need to put that in their marketing.

Also: yep, that's what I mean by it, the white noise sound.

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