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Mickey

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Any tinnitus getting better after AN treatment?
« on: July 30, 2008, 08:17:30 am »
 Just liked to know for the future in making my decision some day to have AN treatment.  I guess you can say I`ve gotten used to it over the years but sure would like to know what its like to experience quiet other than when I`m sleeping. Thanks, Mickey
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Jim Scott

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Re: Any tinnitus getting better after AN treatment?
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2008, 02:03:13 pm »
Mickey:

I can't blame you but to be honest, I wouldn't count on losing your tinnitus after surgery.  Of course, anything is possible and I'm sure that has happened....but not very often.  Sorry.  I wish I could be more positive but false hope (like resistance to the Borg) is futile.

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Re: Any tinnitus getting better after AN treatment?
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2008, 05:22:18 pm »
I have moments when I try to remember silence, but the quiet is gone from me, too!  My best times are listening to the ocean and listening to little birds chirping in the morning.  I can forget tinnitus for times like these. 

Sound masking machines work for some people in the same way that nature sounds work. 
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Mickey

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Re: Any tinnitus getting better after AN treatment?
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2008, 07:09:07 pm »
I do Neuoromics as of now which kind of tones down the noise. Got to do what we can and accept the rest I guess. Thanks, Mickey
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Tamara

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Re: Any tinnitus getting better after AN treatment?
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2008, 06:56:58 am »
I seem to be the oddball in so many ways...but one of them was that the tinnitus is greatly diminished or possibly gone after surgery.  No guarantees on that though...

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