Potential relief for tinnitus?

@dynacohum LOL 

There's no such thing as a free lunch, or TANSTAFL from Heinleins masterpiece "The Moon is a harsh mistress".  Most people on "hear" have more audio gear but I will claim to be one of the top sufferers of tinnitus.

As there no real understanding of its origins it's hard to find a cure.  I got mine at twenty from not using hearing protection.  One single event doomed my left ear forever (I am 60).  Using  a signal generator app I found mine is about 3000 hz.  It is LOUD.  People cannot believe I hear it as long as I am awake.  Not in dreams which seems to common among people on those threads.

It is worse than hearing loss imo.  The tone masks anything lower in volume.  I would not rather hear in that range than ALWAYS hear something.  Sometimes it morphs into a eaten cassette or a million birds.  I have no doubt it is bad for my brain.  I could go to the said Moon and never know silence.

Saves on cables ;) though always look UP

Good listening

@cooperdude6 Sorry to double post but did your hearings help?  

I am starting to buy into the brain compensating for a loss of input.  It would explain why mine has persisted for decades.  I have had the benefit (?) of annual baseline OSHA hearing tests since the incident until recently.  The damaged left ear never recovered.  Interesting how it the different frequency of consonants that make some more difficult to discern.  I maintained my right ear successfully and was always quite thankful it was always quiet on that side.  Now it is slowly creeping into my right brain.  I suspect my last job as it was quite and consistently noisy but no testing.

LOL about richer than BG no doubt!  Not to whine (ouch) but this stuff is a curse.  The unrelenting nature is wearing and has to be experienced to believe. 

A fascinating book on how the brain creates our world is " Visual Intelligence:  How we create what we see"   by Donald Hoffman. Seems off topic but the author touches on all aspects of our senses and the rules used to literally provide us all generally the same world.  And if you think our hearing is complex learn a little about how we see.  

Ear wax.  Gross.  Check for it anyway...

HAPPY LISTENING