Hi everyone Has anyone used hearing aids to help with tinnitus and have you had any luck? I have checked on the cost of hearing aids and they certainly are speedy but willing to do anything to help with this ear noise. Thank you.
Hi Shill, I have tinnitus in both ears and I wear hearing aids in both ears. The hearing aids have helped a lot in masking the tinnitus. I bought my aids at Costco and I have been very happy with them. I have had one for two years and the other one for one year. I've had no problems. My aids are Bluetooth enabled so I connect them through my cell phone via a sound gate and I listen to television via a sound converter that connects to the television. I paid $2800 for both of my Bernafon aids at Costco. A huge saving compared to buying them through other market channels. I do know that Starkey makes a hearing device that cancels out the tinnitus by transmitting the same tone as the tinnitus that creates a cancellation effect. I'm sure these devices are costly. Good luck!!! Mike
Thank you mike for the information. Ordered my hearing aids today they will b here this week, hope they help!
I tried hearing aids and I loved them but sadly I had to give them back. I couldn't afford them. I will get a pair in August!
Hearing aids only work if it is VOLUME..if you have an issue that is Fullness/sounds like you are on a plane/ Tinnitus..they do not work. I have been to several specialists. I had VNS. It has been a wonderful cure..but if your hearing is because you "can't hear" is one thing, but if it is because things are "muddled" or "fuzzy" no hearing aid will help. My VNS was amazing but have 15% in that ear that I cannot make out certain words..heck I will take that and then some. My specialist just went to a conference in LA and in 2-3 years they will be coming out with a way to regenerate the nerves in those with VNS so my hearing will be back. Not banking on it but will say...VNS has been amazing. I used to be scared of it when I joined this site..but now I have a life, that is amazing..and I will take the hearing loss..because I was always on steroids or some medication that was a quick fix. Now on nothing and no fear of anything happening to me, any day or time.
Conductive hearing loss. Sensorineura hearing loss, due to cochlea or vestibulocochlear nerve damage - while remaining capable of receiving electrical stimuli - may be alleviated with cochlear implants. Subject to the frequency range lost, hearing aids amplifying sounds at preset frequencies may mitigate SNHL, too.
When you're not having attacks, the worst part of this syndrome is the progressive hearing loss. It's isolating and depressing. Hearing aids are your best friend. Having sounds to listen to reduces your tinnitus awareness. My first pair, ( get a pair if you can, they radio each other, and it helps you to hear missing frequencies from the other side. ) were Seimens "Sport" . I chose them because they were rain and sweat resistant, as well as rechargeable, and they were the only ones on the market at that time. I stayed with Seimens when I got my next pair, which I can Bluetooth with the Tv or telephone, and it has more programs for noise, speech focus, etc. They even make ones you can swim in now. What are your concerns about hearing aids?
I am not sure if I am the problem or the hearing aid lol I cannot get the plastic piece to stay in the canal , it pops out in about 30 minutes, I do hear better when it is in but frustrated with having to constantly reset it. It does help when I am one on one with someone but does not help much in a noisy room. I bought the charger for mine and the charge does not seem to last long only about 4 hours then I find I need to replace it. Although it does help me hear what I hear is "tinny" and I do realize this is from the damage that has been done by Menieres. What I find interesting is it does not help with watching tv at all. I realize it is an adjustment period and maybe I am expecting to much but with a piece of equipment that costs over 3000 for just one small hearing aid I think I was hoping for more
Call your audiologist. They make different size tips. When you get new eyeglasses, they want you to take a few weeks for your brain to adjust to them, so that you don't have blurring and headaches any more. Hearing aids are sort of like that. Whenever you get them adjusted, sounds can seem "tinny", or maybe like you're standing in a well or tunnel, at first. Then you get used to it. It may require further adjustment. If they changed things too much at once, the sound would be uncomfortable after not hearing it for so long. Have the hearing aids made you less aware of your tinnitus when they are actually in your ear canal and operating ?
Shill how many channels does it have and if it has a mushroom type end on it that goes into canal get a them change it. I had one of those and it kept popping out. I have tiny canals. Also the tinny sound can been changed unless you only have a 5 to 7 channel aide.
After some adjustment my new hearing aid has helped with hearing but does not help at all with the tinnitus which was my main reason for trying one, but it helps enough with the hearing that I will keep it. I just have not found anything to help with the tinnitus which often makes it hard to concentrate on a thing
[quoteSensorineura hearing loss, due to cochlea or vestibulocochlear nerve damage - while remaining capable of receiving electrical stimuli - may be alleviated with cochlear implants.][/quote] Cochlear implants worked for me. They fixed the distortion, and recruitment, and mask the tinnitus. Jim