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d.roberts@insightbb.com - 21 Dec 2006 12:10 GMT

I have had tinnitus as long as I can remember and thats along time. I'm
52. The ringing is on a much higher scale the past few months that I
went to see a ear, nose and throat Doctor. I have severe hearing loss
of high pitch tones in both ears. I think thats due to working in a
foundry when I was younger. He has suggested hearing aids for both ears
to help with the T. I dont understand how hearing aids can help. For
instants, while watching TV I have the volume up so loud that when my
wife is on the phone I have to lower it so she can have a conversation.
Even with the TV on high volume I still hear the ringing. So if all the
sounds are amplified with hearing aids how will that help with the
ringing? The only time I get relief from the ringing is from music. I
think the music having so many different pitch and tones that it
matches the tone of my ringing......Thx...Don

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Arno Welzel - 21 Dec 2006 14:52 GMT

[hearing aids to deal with T problems]

> Even with the TV on high volume I still hear the ringing. So if all the
> sounds are amplified with hearing aids how will that help with the
> ringing? The only time I get relief from the ringing is from music. I
> think the music having so many different pitch and tones that it
> matches the tone of my ringing......Thx...Don

I think the idea is, that your brain will not concentrate so much on the
specific ringing of the T, if _all_ other sounds are amplified so much,
that you will hear more than just the loud TV or music. It's a bit like
"masking devices" which produce a constant sound which is different to
the sound of the T, so you will not concentrate on the T sound too much.

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Murray Grossan - 22 Dec 2006 06:04 GMT

On 12/21/06 6:52 AM, in article
458a9f9f$0$27613$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net, "Arno Welzel"
<usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

> [hearing aids to deal with T problems]
>> Even with the TV on high volume I still hear the ringing. So if all the
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> "masking devices" which produce a constant sound which is different to
> the sound of the T, so you will not concentrate on the T sound too much.

I have excellent results when T patients get hearing aids, esp when they are
fitted to the hearing loss range. Remmmber you can get a 30 day trial and
retrun them if not satisfied.

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