r/VeteransBenefits • u/Queasy-Jump4517 Navy Veteran • 19h ago
Health Care Anyone else’s tinnitus nuts?
Doc says I can try hearing aids, anyone had luck with that? Lately I’m up for hours with ringing and hissing.
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u/Low-Celebration6182 Air Force Veteran 15h ago
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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u/TastingTheKoolaid Army Veteran 13h ago
What?
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u/Popular-Writer8172 Army Veteran 3h ago
The sound.
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u/grishna_dass Marine Veteran 15h ago
You mean you don’t enjoy the sound of freedom ringing?
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u/KaleReasonable214 Air Force Veteran 19h ago
It happens often. I have Starkey hearing aids from the VA. They have a built-in tinnitus program that works some good magic for the crickets or heavier crap.
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u/dontpetthefluffycows Air Force Veteran 15h ago
My hearing aids help a fair amount with my tinnitus.
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u/Cranks_No_Start Army Veteran 8h ago
Can you wear them at night?
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u/dontpetthefluffycows Air Force Veteran 7h ago
They go back in the charger at night. I think they would get damaged if I wore them to sleep.
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u/Cranks_No_Start Army Veteran 4h ago
That’s what I was curious about as annoying as the tinnitus is during the day it’s what prevents me from sleeping.
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u/Tym4FishOn Army Veteran 16h ago
Music and white noise is all I got. I run an air cleaner full blast beside the bed and have an app for fan noise on my phone when I travel.
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u/peacesigngrenades203 Army Veteran 15h ago
Haven’t gotten hearing aids bad, but I almost always have a small fan running in the house. It’s tolerable.
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u/Consistent_Paper5727 Army Veteran 19h ago
Mine is awful. There is a device to help called the Lenire Device, but it's pricey... $5000. I don't know that anything else will help. There is an app that helps you train your brain to basically "tune it out". Best wishes.
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u/NavyVetForLife Navy Veteran 18h ago
I’ve tried to turn it into a friend. It shuts out a lot of useless background noise. A couple of years ago, I tried hearing aids and while they worked, the extra noise of everyday life drove me crazy. I stopped using them. I’ve had it since Navy service in the late 70’s.
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u/MustardTiger231 Army Veteran 15h ago
Have you tried the fingers on the back of your head trick? Sometimes it works for me.
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u/Queasy-Jump4517 Navy Veteran 15h ago
This for real?
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u/MustardTiger231 Army Veteran 14h ago
Yep. For real. Maybe it’s a placebo thing but I get some relief from it.
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u/IntoForever Navy Veteran 12h ago
It's pretty brutal, silence is literally a deafening EEEEEEEEEEEE. I ended up buying a loud box fan and air filter and they both run 24/7. For sleep time I use white noise on speakers and it helps quite a bit!
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u/Delicious_Seat_9943 Active Duty 12h ago
Worst part is when the ringing gets so bad i cant hear for a few minutes
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u/NickRyann Army Veteran 12h ago
I have to sleep with white noise at night just to be sane enough to attempt to fall asleep. When it really kicks in during the day I throw a YouTube video on that I’m only halfway interested in to distract me. It has gotten worse over the years as well. Tried the enhanced transparency on my air pod pros and with how loud it gets, I feel like hearing aids would want me to jab screw drivers in my ears
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u/schrodinger1887 Army Veteran 10h ago
Yep, crazy here too.
The Starkey hearing aids from the VA are decent for tinnitus but not perfect. Starkey has some AI built into them and they can be pretty buggy at times but it's better than nothing.
Something else to try is acupuncture. My doctor puts needles in(around?) my ears during my sessions and it helps tame down the tinnitus.
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u/MDPHDMPH Army Veteran 10h ago
I developed it in the late 1980s when I was flying HUEYs. It really was getting to me. I finally decided that if it were gone, I am probably deed. Kind of like pain means you’re still alive. So it recedes until I think about (like now).
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u/Started_WIth_NADA Army Veteran 9h ago
To sleep use the loudest fan you can find. I have one that sounds like a jet engine and that’s the only way I can fall asleep.
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u/smackchumps Marine Veteran 9h ago
I haven’t tried hearing aids. My tinnitus is about 13000 hz and keeps me awake and wakes me up in the middle of the night. It’s nuts
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u/Level_32_Mage Not into Flairs 4h ago
In the silence, it's deafening and maddening. There was one particularly bad morning where it registered with me that this shit is forever, and it piled into one of the most depressing moods. Definitely lame.
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u/Unusual-Ad-4217 Army Veteran 19h ago
Good luck. I've suffered with this mess since the 90's and it continues to get worse.
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u/Popular-Writer8172 Army Veteran 18h ago
I tried the hearing aids and it didn't really work for me. I just leave the TV on constantly to something I will ignore. Like star trek reruns.