When you go to your audiologist he should check your overall hearing loss and also be able to pinpoint the frequency of the tinnitus itself. Mine is a steady signal at 3khz in the right ear. I had hearing aid made which are programmed to play random tones in the affected ear. The idea is that over time the tones which are repeated [3khz in my case] reduce the sensitivity of the brain to that signal. I found that this therapy worked - to a degree. I do not wear the aids to help with listening, merely as a therapy. Expensive at around $5k about 8 years ago but, on balance, worth it. I rarely use the things now unless I have been in a noisy environment and the tinnitus kicks up. Then the therapy will help bring it back down.
Anyone with tinnitus or hearing loss who is into "high-end" audio?
Over the last few years I have developed tinnitus and also have some hearing issues. I am a long time music and audio fanatic. Years ago I built my own Hafler amp. Before that I had a great AR system. Presently, I have, what I believe, is a pretty nice system in a dedicated listening room (about 60,000.00). My question is if there are others of you out there in similar situations concerning your hearing issues as they relate to your love and reproduction of great sounding music? What are your experiences? Have you found anything that helps and do you have any advice? I would venture to say that we all experience some degree of hearing loss, or hearing anomalies as we age...whether we realize it or not. Thanks, Jim