The company´s name is ANM.

I found this forum ( English language) where they discuss this new device.

http://tinnitussupport922...arket.html

Hope this can help you a little bit. I know tinnitus is a terrible thing....some friends of mine have it, and I have it occasionally, too. But I´m lucky because it always comes and goes. In my case it is often job related.

Lisa10 said:

retina said:

I don't want to hear your horror stories. I want solutions, dammit!

Sorry!

Well my knowledge is very limited (I'm a receptionist at a private Audiologists).

This website is quite helpful. Maybe there'll be some useful stuff there.

http://www.rnid.org.uk/in...2AoddUdwHg

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You work for an audiologist? Well you're the right person to talk to then! Maybe the next time you see him/her you can sneak in a question about the latest tinnitus treatments? Pretty please?

Number23 said:

retina said:

Well, at least you're living proof that it can go away so that offers some hope.

I think too taht if your thoughts are labouring upon it, you can invoke anything or increase its potency. I'm sure it would return if I concentrated on it. I remember pretty vividly. I was reading a test study on baldness last week where the control group were given a sugar pill and the others a pill (quite famous/commercially available/FDA approved/can't remember the name) that cuts the active ingredient in testosterone that kills the follcle. Now, e real pill group reported quite a substantial regrowth after one year, but the control group alzo reported new hair, albeit not as much. Maybe you can think yourself bald or hairy or whistly eared.

Yeah if I think about it that can make it worse but if I don't think about it that doesn't necessarily make it better. Sure, if I'm in a quiet room but also distracted by something that requires my attention that can be helpful, but I just as often find myself not having a thought about the ringing but as soon as I end up in a quiet environment I notice it right away. So the bottom line is that it's in part psychosomatic but only to a very limited extent. Most of it is a very real and tangible ailment that is hard to think away. At least that's my experience so far.

KoolEaze said:

I found this forum ( English language) where they discuss this new device.

http://tinnitussupport922...arket.html

Hope this can help you a little bit. I know tinnitus is a terrible thing....some friends of mine have it, and I have it occasionally, too. But I´m lucky because it always comes and goes. In my case it is often job related.

That's very interesting. Thank you! The writer's English is not exactly the best but I understand that it's meant for temporary (maybe even non-recurring?) therapy with long term effects which is a lot better than the other devices I've heard about that you basically have to wear all the time.

retina said:

Lisa10 said:

Sorry!

Well my knowledge is very limited (I'm a receptionist at a private Audiologists).

This website is quite helpful. Maybe there'll be some useful stuff there.

http://www.rnid.org.uk/in...2AoddUdwHg

wrong link edit

[Edited 9/18/10 7:31am]

You work for an audiologist? Well you're the right person to talk to then! Maybe the next time you see him/her you can sneak in a question about the latest tinnitus treatments? Pretty please?

I'm pretty sure there's nothing new to report, but of course i'll ask for you.

I know the first thing they'll recommend is a hearing test.

This Wiki page is rather long and wordy, but actually explains all this quite well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinnitis

My doctor told me the specific problem I have is related to actual scar tissue from extremely small tears on my ear drums (although when it acts up it's much worse in my right ear). It makes sense that this type of tinnitus would not be curable, but could get better over time if proper care is taken. A lot of the other types (I really didn't know there was that many - seems like they don't really have a full grasp on all this) make a bit less sense to me.

ZombieKitten said:

Cerebus said:

Yes. Too many loud concerts and too many raves standing right next to stacks of pounding speaker cabinets. And I swear I never put my head inside one, either. Mine was so bad at first that it brought on a couple years of panic attacks and added greatly to my already severe insomnia issues. I found nothing that made it any better at the time. But it has definitely gotten progressively better over the years (I'm talking, like, thirteen of them - maybe longer). The biggest change is that I became OBSESSIVE about wearing earplugs. I cannot stress that enough. If you're having ringing in your ears now, it will only get worse if you don't do the same. Plus, it's really an enjoyable experience to walk out of a club or show, pull out my earplugs and have perfectly clear hearing.

I wear heavy duty earplugs when photographing a show, I can get right up to speakers with them and all I feel is the vibration in my chest, but I can't hear it

I go for a type that still allows me to hear the music well, but blocks enough of the damaging waves that I can hear perfectly (and with no tinnitus flare up) when I remove them. They make some great earplugs that are meant to do just that. I've actually had to take them out at shows to talk to people and been shocked at how crappy the sound is at full volume. It actually sounds better filtered through the plugs.

I developed tinnitus years ago as a DJ. Loud music pumping through speakers, along with loud music coming through my headphones directly over the ears. It comes and goes for me.

Like most, I've learned to live with it.

retina said:

Number23 said:

I used to have this when I was wee, way before loud concerts or headphones entered my life. Couldn't sleep for odd whistles, tuning sounds, low level buzzing or humming. I think my parents thought I was making it up. Eventually, they took me to the doctors, who heard me out, diagnosed titinnius and said there was nothing she could do. Bloody NHS, I would have thought if I were a few years older, but at that age you trust adults and have no idea about budget constraints and professional infallibility and sheer laziness. So off home I went with a head full of whirrs and bzzzzzz. Funny thing is, I only hear it now if I've been exposed to loud music. Even then, it goes away after a while. My hearing's very good too, according to some guy the wrok brought in to test us recently. Of course, the cynic in me knows that he would tell the company that was paying him that a cliff could hear the ocean perfectly fine.

Well, at least you're living proof that it can go away so that offers some hope.

This person did not have tinnitus if it went away. Read closely, they said that they had titinnius.

Cerebus said:

ZombieKitten said:

I wear heavy duty earplugs when photographing a show, I can get right up to speakers with them and all I feel is the vibration in my chest, but I can't hear it

I go for a type that still allows me to hear the music well, but blocks enough of the damaging waves that I can hear perfectly (and with no tinnitus flare up) when I remove them. They make some great earplugs that are meant to do just that. I've actually had to take them out at shows to talk to people and been shocked at how crappy the sound is at full volume. It actually sounds better filtered through the plugs.

I wear the foam ones to all concerts, the only way you can actually distinguish the sounds from each other - doesn't sound distorted then