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| This might seem strange, but i am due to move house in a few weeks and where i currently live there is constant background noise from traffic, birds, my neighbour etc and where i'm moving to is in a really quiet area with no noise. Recently my tinnitus has massively increased in volume which is very distressing and hard enough to habituate a second time round. this may sound odd but In my current house i have a gas fire and i find the sound of the flames soothing and although it doesnt mask my T it offers a distraction. Where i'm moving to has no fire and no chimney for one as its a more modern house, i know in summer u wouldnt use a fire but thats ok as i'm on holidays and doing stuff but in winter when i'm stuck in i can see myself going mad. I have a bedside masker which i use at night (even though my T is so loud it doesnt really mask) and my radio and i pod/speaker set up. What ideas do you suggest for coping strategies during the day/evening when i'm relaxing, watching tv, i have been looking for behind ear maskers but can't find any only custom ones which i cant afford. | halo83 | 09 Mar 2010 17:33 |
| right, a few things come to mind. firstly have you thought that it could be the stress of the move that has flared up your T and that it may well settle down once you settle in? as for the gas fire i hear you! its one of the few things that masks my T so my hubby is going to try to record it for me so i can have it 'on' in the summer! and you can buy sound machines with nature sounds so you never have to be in silence. and i got my hubby a dvd for xmas which is a 'real fire' which crackles away like the real thing, i think i got it from play.com or amazon. i am also looking at an indoor water feature for the lounge as i find that relaxing. try to keep positive, you may find it settles right down when you relax in your new home. | debs | 09 Mar 2010 17:42 |
| also, i have a little wind up ticking clock which i put on the back of the sofa and when the T 'invades' my concentration while watching t.v etc i force myself to listen to the ticking instead. its a trick an old T sufferer gave me years ago when i first got this rotton thing. | debs | 09 Mar 2010 17:54 |
| hi again debs. thanks for you positivity, i guess i can always move my sound pyramid into the lounge and have it play. the water feature idea is fantasitic i would never have thought of that as i too find the sound of water very relaxing and thats good for the T, think i will have to purchase oneof those. also like the clock idea too u have been more than helpful. tinnitus is a living hell but why should we let it win. | halo83 | 09 Mar 2010 18:01 |
| Also you are so lucky to have a supporting understanding hubby. my boyfriend soesnt understand T at all or the distress it causes he moans about my soothing bedtime music when i'm over at his houseand i keep it as quiet as possible, bearing in mind its his fault i got this blasted thing in the first place i think he has a nerve. your prob wondering why am i even still with him, well i guess we have been through a lot together and well love is a terrible curse really. its a good thing i dont live with him though as it means i can enjoy my nature sounds and play what i want at night.;-) | halo83 | 09 Mar 2010 18:05 |
| have you seen the sound pillows in argos? they have a speaker in them so you can listen and not your partner. i got one but my hubby moaned that he likes listening to my sound machine too! so now we go to sleep to the sound of rain (which i play all night to keep me asleep) and a hypnotherapy cd by a guy called Glenn Harold who in my opinion is much better than paul mckenna! i also have relaxing music cds that i play if i wake in the night. How did you get you T? what did it have to do with your fella? | debs | 09 Mar 2010 18:20 |
| I just posted about this is another thread but if you have an iPhone or Ipod Touch check out an app called Ambiance - perfect for setting up background sounds with lots of configurable options. | Jj | 10 Mar 2010 23:41 |
| Hi Debs, not seen them pillows will have to look in the catalog. what sound machine have you got? did u get it from here? i got my T from going to a heavy metal concert that i didnt even want to go to as i hate that music but my boyfriend dragged me to.and as he came to one of my concerts the year before i felt i owed him. he got off scott free without T even tho he didnt wear earplugs and i eneded up wit the loud T. go figure. | halo83 | 14 Mar 2010 22:02 |
| Moved from a flat with an amazingly noisy fridge (was great!) to a quieter flat with less noisy fridge! Believe it or not that was worrying me more than anything. I realised the stress of moving was actually worse for my T, which went up noticeably about a month before having to move anyway. After the paranoia of all the different noises to get use to (planes over head, pipes and fittings, idiot neighbours) i went back to just worrying about the T going up few months before! I use a BlackBerry with a white noise app. I stuck this under my pillow the other day and it's great. Hoping will habituate once again (went up after a painful ear syringe which made me think about my T again). Worse is an ENT now bruised it so waiting for that to heal (yep, loud again!). Best of luck and soon you won't need these tricks to cope. I had T for 20 years and after habituating (took a year or so i guess) i stopped listening to it. In fact, if i wanted i culd listen then shut it off!! Complete control. Miss those days but they'll be back :D | 15 Mar 2010 11:39 | |
| Hi halo83. Did you wear ear plugs at the metal concert? Did you notice anyone else wearing ear plugs at the concert? Just wondering how many people know the risks. | tj | 15 Mar 2010 13:09 |
| hi Halo 83. i got my sound machine from amazon. it is a homedics sound machine, and was about £15. have also seen it on boots online. i love it. the heavy rain has given me my sleep back! it also has the sound of the ocean, rainforest, heartbeat, waterfall. etc. and it can run on batteries as well as power so its portable. | debs | 15 Mar 2010 18:28 |
| Your t is not the problem. Your constant WORRYING about the t is the problem. And your problem is not a problem at all. It's just a situation. Either accept it or change it. Enough psychobabble. Just play some music in the background! Sheesh!' | Guy In USA | 16 Mar 2010 17:26 |
| goodness. why is anybody suffering? you must spread your word guy then people all over this world would need suffer no longer!! i assume you are having a bad day yourself or why else would you get so upset by other peoples threads. for your information some of us may not be quite as strong as you in dealing with T. Tomorrow i go to see a doctor to find out if i have a tumour, until i find out for sure i am not dealing with something nasty i will worry all i like thankyou! | debs | 16 Mar 2010 21:44 |
| Hi Halo, I just bought these: http://www.sleepphones.com/ (external link, opens new browser window) I'd recommend them to anyone who has fairly loud tinnitus in both ears. I use them with my ipod everynight. If you have an ipod touch/iphone, there is a brilliant app called "White Noise" which has many sounds you can use. | MJC | 18 Mar 2010 12:53 |
| these look brilliant and could help a lot of us!. my only concerns are, is it safe to wear them with music/ white noise playing all night? is the volume controllable? and does the cord not get tangled around your neck? i wonder if i could use them for running also! many thanks MJC | debs | 18 Mar 2010 14:29 |
| Tj, no i stupidly didnt wear earplugs as i hadnt even heard of tinnitus at that point and had no idea it would be so loud as i had been to concerts before and been fine. the only people i noticed wearing earplugs were my friend dave who came with me and the guy who was incharge of the sound check thingie, he had them yellow foam ones in, but i didnt notice anyone else. i was right at the back, yet people were up near the speakers, alli canthink is they must be stone deaf by now. i dont think people are aware pf the risks, i certainly wasnt. Debs, can the sound machine be left on all night or is it just on atimer? thanx for the info I hope you get good results from the doctor and that it isnt a tumour, keep us all informed. thanx MJC i dont have an i phone i only have an i pod nano, can you get apps from i tunes like white noise or sounds? | halo83 | 19 Mar 2010 14:56 |
| hi Halo, yep i leave it on all night playing rain. but it also has a timer on it if people prefer. thankfully, no tumour! been referred to a hearing therapist now for a masker or something. | debs | 19 Mar 2010 16:32 |
| Debs is this the sound machine you have?http://www.boots.com/en/Homedics-Sound-Spa-Relaxation-Machine_641262/ (external link, opens new browser window) if i can get that instore i definatley will, thankyou so much for your help you have been fantastic. good luck with getting the masker let me know what its like | halo83 | 20 Mar 2010 18:34 |
| halo, yep thats the on ei have got but i ordered it from boots to have it delivered to store and they really let me down. twice i went into the store to collect it on the given day only to find they had not delivered it. in the end i cancelled the order and ordered it from amazon and it arrived in two days! | debs | 20 Mar 2010 18:42 |
| ah great i will deffo get this. thats bad of boots. i find amazon always fantastic with fast delivery | halo83 | 21 Mar 2010 19:25 |