Its worth a try. Let us know how well it works.

Pat

How would you do that?
Sue

I would be careful, you should work with someone medically like your ENT or an Audiologist, you do not want more damage. :)

I have turned by back (after giving the finger) to the ENT's.. a bunch of scammers if you ask me. .. audiologists seem to care and try, ENTs seem to be there to make their mom's proud.

I just moved to my quiet(er) testing apartment, will keep you all posted.

I figured out how to measure my T.. block my good ear and lower the volume on a tone near my T's frequency until I cannot hear it.

If you ever figure out how to do this please post back as I too have often wondered how I will ever get used to this pitch 12KHZ when no natural sounds are at that level.
Thanks,
Sue

"I have turned my back(after giving the finger) to the ENT's." Very well said!

But it's not the brain that can't hear the high noises, it's the ear due to dead cilia. You can't make your ear(s) start hearing again by playing noises louder or higher.

However, if you can hear high noises if they are played LOUDLY (in other words, lost SOME of your UPPER range, but not all--it's just diminished) I could see how that might satisfy your brain's search for lost sound.

I would think you could do it with a tone set to your T's frequency without having to do it with music. I actually downloaded a tone at the pitch of my T that I can only hear if I turn the volume up loud (my kids hear it fine at very low volume). I've tried listening to it for awhile to see if it lowered my T at all, but I only succeeded in making myself more annoyed by my T sound, lol. I could only stand to listen to it for a couple of minutes! : )

You're right Julie, I remember doing that too and my kids went nuts hearing it and I didn't want to hear it either....the last 2 years of my life I've been searching for ways to NOT hear it:(
Sue

I understand your idea but think it will risk your hearing as a whole and wouldnt consider it. I happened to be at "Jupiter's" a restaurant that is a sports bar of sorts. They have a lot of flat screen tv's on the walls placed a few feet apart, all around the rooms, so that when a game is on everyone can see it and hear it. They had a ball game on silent and then turned all the volume for the tv's on and turned it loud. It was painful to my ears, asked them to turn them down (right, like they were gonna care) and told husband needed to go soon. I tolerated the noise and dont remember if I put in ear plugs (dont think I did). When I got home into silence it was like "wow" my tinnitus seems low, so, I understand that turning up noise can make your tinnitus go damp some, but it is not something I would do to risk my hearing since I only have high pitched mild sensorineural loss. Judy

According to a latest German research study, removing the frequency at which you hear your tinnitus, may alleviate tinnitus loudness. i.e. Notched music therapy.
So listening to music with a one octave notch around your T frequency is supposed to stop the healthy cillia from trying to cross-fire over to the dead cillia.
You're supposed to listen to it for a couple of hours a day for 1 year.
Some folks saw results after a month or so...The study was small however and the folks I think had a mild to moderate tinnitus.
Still some relief is better than none.

The frequency of your T is usually the frequency at which your hearing begins to degrade. In my case its around 8Khz- Its not 12Khz, but its loud as hell.

My question for you guys, does anybody know where I can get music editing program and not spend a fortune, so I could begin my personal sound therapy?

Danny did you search notch music as I remember reading about it on this forum awhile ago. I'm technically challenged and always wanted to try this but can't figure it out and don't know where to go to get help. Where could I go to get help with this as I like the theory?
Thanks,
Sue