The Tinnitus Journey Continues
Well, it's been over a year since my last post... and I am still on the tinnitus journey. I finally subscribed to the services of an audiologist from Treble Health ( Dr. Ben Johnson's telehealth service) and have been using Phonak in/over-the-ear hearing aids/sound generators for over six months. I can say that the hearing aids have helped with my hyperacusis... I no longer am bothered by short exposures to street/car noise or normal household percussive sounds (lids snapping, cutlery or pottery clanging) but I still am bothered by louder sounds (like loud, laughing conversations). I wear the hearing aids 3-4 hours per day at a low amplification level at the higher frequencies where my hearing loss occurred (above 4 kHz). I also wear ear plugs when I am in an environment with loud sounds. I wish I could say my tinnitus has reduced, but it hasn't... if anything I seem to notice it being louder than last year. But I do have days where I don't really notice it all that ...