Comment by BraverHeart
Comment by BraverHeart 4 hours ago
How would replacing a buzzing sound problem with a synthetic buzzing solve the problem of... not hearing any buzzing?
It's like trying to put out fire by lighting more fire, what am I missing?
Because the brain is really weird, and tinnitus is often a completely internal neurological phenomenon.
The sound machine linked here was really helpful for me when I had some distressing tinnitus due to concerts several years ago. If I listened to this somewhat loudly for several minutes, I'd then get about 2-3 minutes of what felt like pure silence. And for a little while after that as the tinnitus came back, my brain interpreted it as a gentle white noise instead of a continuous high-frequency tone. Then it went back to the tone a little while later. So if I was having trouble sleeping due to hyperfocusing on the tone I'd first pop in some airpods and listen to this for a few mins.
Nowadays my tinnitus is much less bothersome. Probably a combination of objectively getting a little better, and me getting more acclimated to it. Plus I've been using good musician's ear plugs for all my concerts and raves since then which stopped it from getting worse.