The brain makes its own soundtrack - in fact, each one of us has our own. Who knew?
From the article:
Here's what it sounds like.
Yes, the link goes to the Department of Homeland Security. Our tax dollars at play - or is it playing music with brainwaves?
From the article:
Here's what it sounds like.
Yes, the link goes to the Department of Homeland Security. Our tax dollars at play - or is it playing music with brainwaves?
I have the same thing since I was a child. I have grown to live with it though. Sometimes it seems like its getting worse. Other times I can barely hear it at allBHTX said:How can i get rid of this horrible damn tinnitus that's been torturing me since I was a kid?
I really wish someone would figure it out.
BHTX said:How can i get rid of this horrible damn tinnitus that's been torturing me since I was a kid?
I really wish someone would figure it out.
Well, I know how awfull it can be
The other day I had a few hours where my moderate tinnitus got worse
I found that the noise from freezer and refrigiator just sounded like a ringing in my head
I knew it was noise from the cooling system, but it was just like it was just noise inside my head
I realised that it was in some way problem with locating the actual noise
If you have had the problem since chilhood I wonder whether it could be related to a stress related low hearing tresshold
Not sure I have placed the right words
But I have heard of people working with such children
The cure was strangely enough listening to rather loud music, under control
I know tinnitus is different, and loud is not good, but I still wonder if it could be related
One important thing I have experienced is that listening to good music helps a lot
But its exstremely important that the sound is perfectly smooth, which isnt easy to achieve
But I have found that any kind of problems with amps and speakers instantly triggers my tinnitus
So, a very good reason to "invest" in nice sound
But a warning would be to stay away from too many experiments with speakers that doesnt work properly
Fullrange drivers with tubeamps might be ok, but might not be smooth enough, could work but not so easily as it seems
But maybe Pass FirstWatt amps driving a Manger
Or maybe Magnepans
Smooth natural sound is exstremely important
Artefacts and noise are killers
Just my "expert" 2cent
Fast1one said:I have the same thing since I was a child. I have grown to live with it though. Sometimes it seems like its getting worse. Other times I can barely hear it at all
Mine is always unbearable. It used to be just like yours though when I was younger. At some point during the last several years though, it just got progressively worse. A lot of people can pinpoint the exact date and time, but I can't. Anyway, I don't know how much longer I can take it. I'm only 25. If this is what I have to deal with for the rest of my life, I'm not so sure I want it.
EDIT: Sorry, wasn't planning on taking the thread OT.
Only slightly OT, they’re both ‘tunes’ in the brain, just different causes. I suppose everyone must have a background level of both tinnitus & ‘Brain Music’, it probably just varies from individual to individual… Perhaps an ‘antitune’ could be made to mask tinnitus?
From http://tinnituscause.com/ : “Damaged hair cells will move randomly and … the cells send random electrical impulses to the brain which it interprets as noise, which then causes tinnitus.”
(Mine doesn’t sound random though, rather high pitched, and although it’s there most of the time I only notice it when things are quiet. I put it down to excessive Rock in my mis-spent youth)
Ingestion of C2H5OH will probably disrupt the electrical impulses, but isn’t a long term solution, particularly if you have to drive…
From http://tinnituscause.com/ : “Damaged hair cells will move randomly and … the cells send random electrical impulses to the brain which it interprets as noise, which then causes tinnitus.”
(Mine doesn’t sound random though, rather high pitched, and although it’s there most of the time I only notice it when things are quiet. I put it down to excessive Rock in my mis-spent youth)
Ingestion of C2H5OH will probably disrupt the electrical impulses, but isn’t a long term solution, particularly if you have to drive…
My tinnitus has been with me from early childhood, but listening to loud music and increasing old age have made it worse when it's bad, sometimes tho it goes away, sometimes it is all I can hear unless the other noise is LOUD.
So many of us hear seem to suffer from this malady, I wonder why????
In regard to the first post I know my brain keeps changing rhytm, I'll never make a bass player or drummer, I play what I hear inside my head, really weird
Regards
Ted
So many of us hear seem to suffer from this malady, I wonder why????
In regard to the first post I know my brain keeps changing rhytm, I'll never make a bass player or drummer, I play what I hear inside my head, really weird
Regards
Ted
BHTX said:How can i get rid of this horrible damn tinnitus that's been torturing me since I was a kid?
I really wish someone would figure it out.
Read this, quite interesting.
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=138477
Wish I had more time to disucss, but I have to take my dog to the vet for a byopsy
The latest info and research I have seen points to the root of tinnitus being in the brain and not the hearing system.
Most researchers agree now that it is a problem with the receptors and not with the cochlea (in most cases).
There is also exicting potential for neural-plasticity to give relief.
You need to train your brain to use other pathways, and to stop using the damaged ones.
Rule #1 with Tinnitus: DO NOT LOOK FOR A CURE.
You will only be disappointed there is none.
You have to learn to ignore it.
This is from the Audiology side of things.
Your are not alone.
JR
The latest info and research I have seen points to the root of tinnitus being in the brain and not the hearing system.
Most researchers agree now that it is a problem with the receptors and not with the cochlea (in most cases).
There is also exicting potential for neural-plasticity to give relief.
You need to train your brain to use other pathways, and to stop using the damaged ones.
Rule #1 with Tinnitus: DO NOT LOOK FOR A CURE.
You will only be disappointed there is none.
You have to learn to ignore it.
This is from the Audiology side of things.
Your are not alone.
JR
I'm also in the camp of tinnitis and hyperacusis sufferers. The knack is in learning not to hear the tinnitis or to hear it but not stress/worry about it. If you focus on the sounds and stress/worry about them, you are re-reinforcing the reaction of your neural net to tune in to a perceived threat.
There is good information athttp://www.tinnitus-pjj.com/ about the inner working of tinnitus and hyperacusis.
There is good information athttp://www.tinnitus-pjj.com/ about the inner working of tinnitus and hyperacusis.
Also see: http://www.tinnitus.org/
I have very mild tinnitus - it has to be very quiet for me to hear it. So it doesn't bother me and I don't stress over it. Maybe that means it won't get worse. =)
My wife has it worse, see needs background noise all the time. Some of the linked sites and papers may help here - that's cool.
I have very mild tinnitus - it has to be very quiet for me to hear it. So it doesn't bother me and I don't stress over it. Maybe that means it won't get worse. =)
My wife has it worse, see needs background noise all the time. Some of the linked sites and papers may help here - that's cool.
An anecdote perhaps relating more to the OP.
A while ago on one of the National Public Radio news programs, one of their commentators told of his 'mid-life crisis.' Seems he has always had music running through his head--all different sorts, and always identifiable. Now he has music going through his head that he can't identify. It dawns on him that this is HIS MUSIC, and he needs to get it out and write it down.
So he tells his wife he wants to talk about his mid-life crisis. She fears he is going to say he wants a divorce! When he says, "I really NEED to buy a piano," she about collapses with relief.
Just to be sure about it, he goes down to the local BMW dealer and takes a test drive to see if he would rather buy a sporty car. After the test drive the salesman asked, "So what do you think?" He said, "I really need to buy a PIANO." I suspect that was not the response the salesman hoped for, and one he probably had never heard.
Cheers, Jim
A while ago on one of the National Public Radio news programs, one of their commentators told of his 'mid-life crisis.' Seems he has always had music running through his head--all different sorts, and always identifiable. Now he has music going through his head that he can't identify. It dawns on him that this is HIS MUSIC, and he needs to get it out and write it down.
So he tells his wife he wants to talk about his mid-life crisis. She fears he is going to say he wants a divorce! When he says, "I really NEED to buy a piano," she about collapses with relief.
Just to be sure about it, he goes down to the local BMW dealer and takes a test drive to see if he would rather buy a sporty car. After the test drive the salesman asked, "So what do you think?" He said, "I really need to buy a PIANO." I suspect that was not the response the salesman hoped for, and one he probably had never heard.
Cheers, Jim
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To the original post, Lynn, would that be referred to as "the soundtrack of your life"?
Yes, this has become a lot off topic, but it is an interesting topic. I think a lot less rare than many people think.
I am also 25, suffer from tinnitus from time to time, and so does my dad. My dad is now mostly deaf to high frequency sounds, but somehow can still hear the tinnitus ringing...
There is some interesting information on tinnitus and hyperacusis here. Whoops, looks like this was already linked to by Andre Visser a few posts back...
In my own experience, I have found that the best "cure" for tinnitus is to practise focusing on sounds that do not excite it. I find that the ringing comes and goes as the brain focuses on different sounds. When focusing on very high frequency sounds, it is easy to excite the tinnitus and annoy yourself in a sense. Focusing on something else helps remove it. It is important to always have a little bit of background noise so the brain has something to focus on, or it will keep searching until it finds the ringing in your head.
BHTX said:
Yes, this has become a lot off topic, but it is an interesting topic. I think a lot less rare than many people think.
I am also 25, suffer from tinnitus from time to time, and so does my dad. My dad is now mostly deaf to high frequency sounds, but somehow can still hear the tinnitus ringing...
There is some interesting information on tinnitus and hyperacusis here. Whoops, looks like this was already linked to by Andre Visser a few posts back...
In my own experience, I have found that the best "cure" for tinnitus is to practise focusing on sounds that do not excite it. I find that the ringing comes and goes as the brain focuses on different sounds. When focusing on very high frequency sounds, it is easy to excite the tinnitus and annoy yourself in a sense. Focusing on something else helps remove it. It is important to always have a little bit of background noise so the brain has something to focus on, or it will keep searching until it finds the ringing in your head.
To get back to the topic that Lynn posted about, maybe I should buy that set of bongos i've been looking at and RECORD the sounds my brain is hearing; I can't call it a beat or rhytm as it is discordant and keeps changing, but perhaps by recording it and listening to it I can then train myself to ignore it.
Lynn thanx for some interesting posts this one in particular
Regards
Ted
Lynn thanx for some interesting posts this one in particular
Regards
Ted
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