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by janmo 249 days ago
The only way to temporarely get rid of my tinnitus (completely gone or at least very reduced for up to 30 seconds) is to listen to this beep tone from 8 to 12 KHZ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNf9nzvnd1k

apparently the phenomenon is called residual inhibition. If only there was a way to make this work permanently...

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Whoah, that's weird. I listened to the whole sweep just so I could match it to my tinnitus (turns out: about 10khz), but when I paused it to re-evaluate my own tinnitus, it wasn't there. I mean, it's back now. But still, weird.
Works for me, too. Interestingly enough, playing the Tinnitus Neuromodulator for 20 seconds (with certain sliders set and some off) also works.
https://youtube.com/shorts/YyT9ZwWy5Jc?si=PoDNVQ4ox24_RW-l

Also works pretty great. If I need a few minutes of actual silence I use that. I think people using TENS and other therapies are basically stimulating the same nerves to treat it.

I dont hear anything about 13K Hz while my kid claims he can hear it :(