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HI Friends ,
I blocked my ear ears with my forefingers in the ear channel .
and started whistling with my mouth .
Tinnitus sounds reduced for the greater sound ear and gone away for the lesser tinnitus sound ear for 1 minute and came back .
Let me know your views if u try it .
Regards,
Joybaby
Last edited by joybabu (01-06-2012 07:34:39)
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Hi Joybabu
I can report on the two following things, which are somewhat similar to what you describe.
1) If I whistle on a high-pitched tone, I notice that my tinnitus completely goes away... but for 2-3 seconds only.
2) I learnt from a yoga course a technique that is called the "humming bee". I close the ears by pushing the earlobes with my indexes and I then do some humming with the mouth closed. It creates some vibrations that I can then direct in the head. I can also modulate the vibrations by slowly moving the jaws (but always keeping the mouth closed).
In my case the "humming bee" technique reduces very significantly the volume of my tinnitus... but for 30 seconds or so only. So I tend to do the "humming be" only for emergency cases when the noise has been loud for days and I get really tired of it.
Maybe it would be a good thing to try the "humming bee" for longer periods of time, say, one hour in order to get more permanent improvements?
Kaa.
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Hi Kaa,
Welcome to the forum.
There seem to be quite a few techniques to suppress the tinnitus for a few seconds.
Did you try whether one or two painkiller tablets (Paracetamol or Aspirin) can suppress the tinnitus for longer (at least a couple of hours) and/or bring an overall improvement.
Thomas
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Hi Thomas
No, I did not. I took Ginkgo for weeks at some point to try to get rid of tinnitus and the doctor had recommended not to take aspirin at the same time because of the blood thinning effect that is dangerous.
Kaa.
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Okay Guys .
a new medicine doc prescribed me amixide (amitriptyline + other ..) 50 MG ,
One tab before dinner
and one odimont Ed after dinner .
tinnitus has reduced 80% ( i have CHL) from jan 2012.
Please reply after your doc consultation
Regards
Joybabu
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Hi Thomas
Isn't aspirin (salicylate) supposed to generate tinnitus instead?
http://www.jneurosci.org/content/23/9/3944.full
Kaa.
Thomas wrote:
Hi Kaa,
Welcome to the forum.
There seem to be quite a few techniques to suppress the tinnitus for a few seconds.
Did you try whether one or two painkiller tablets (Paracetamol or Aspirin) can suppress the tinnitus for longer (at least a couple of hours) and/or bring an overall improvement.
Thomas
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Hi Kaa,
All medicines have detrimental side effects if taken in over-abundance, and tinnitus is often one of them.
If you read the reference you quoted, then it says there:
"It is well known for at least a century that a large dose of aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) produces hearing loss and tinnitus that recover after stopping treatment".
So first of all, you need rather large doses, and secondly this usually disappears again if you stop taking them.
If you don't exceed the maximum recommended dosage for normal use (as mentioned in the pack leaflet) and take them not more than a few days in a row, then this shouldn't be an issue. For me personally, Aspirin has on the contrary always only reduced the tinnitus.
Thomas
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