Instructions from Dr. Poon
Perform the following steps:
(1)sleep with a chiro pillow or use a wrapped towel to support your neck when
you sleep.

About 5 months ago I developed Tinnitus after going on a holiday to
Ibiza. Basically I spent 4 nights going to very load clubs, and when I
left at the end of each night my ears we always ringing. For most of
the holiday the ringing has gone after a good nights sleep. After the

I developed what is apparently tinnitus a week and a half ago after
three months of wearing headphones to sleep at night to block out
construction and other noises in the mornings. I spent the night at my
parents and didn't wear the headphones for the first time in about a

I've found the link below quite useful. The last page includes a
concise summary. It is on the web site of a reliable source (the
Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Miami School of
Medicine). It is also quite recent (February 2005).

How long must tinnitus perdure in order to be called "chronic"? I've
read 2 weeks on a site or six months+ in another.
Is there some documented case of people who've had tinnitus for a bit
and then it disappeared?

As part of research into another subject, I need a crash course
in hearing related issues for background reference.
Specifically, I am looking for known conditions/causes for a
person to hear a tone in one ear that lasts for only a few

I've had constant bilateral tinnitus for a week now, so here I am. I'll
post my complete story in the future. For now, just some questions:
- Does tinnitus develops all of a sudden? Being a swimmer and a very
active music listener I could easily track the cause on one of that, but ...

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My tinnitus is bilateral, it comes and goes along with a slight sense of
pressure on both ears. For many hours it remains quiet, then it starts
again from one or the other side. The audiologyst said that there's
nothing wrong in my hearing or ears, so what I need to do now? Some

Anyone out there using noise canceling headphones?
If so do you like them or not and do they work well?
What brands?
I have a friend who paid big bucks for Bose and has had nothing but

I ride everyday, and I wonder if the low handle bars are causeing neck
stress.

I've had tinnitus many years and every now and again I will experience
severe episodes. It starts out like a feeling of slight pressure in
the ear, like changing altitude and having to yawn.  It increases with
intensity to a point that I've temporally lost about 60% of my hearing

I have had this ringing in my ears for about a week or more (I'm 62.)
I have recently become a nose breather to help offset my lifelong
anxiety problems and halt my almost constant hyperventilating.
As I am a daily runner (all seasons, right now cold and windy)  of 5 -

I had a hearing test done today, and there is a 20 db difference
between 1k and 3k, a 40 db loss at 4k going back up to 30 and 20 db at
6k and 8k respectively.
the doctor prescribed a supplement with lipoic acid 400mg.