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Wow, that second recording (which continued to play in the background after I left the page in the HN reader I’m using) brought on a bout of tinnitus. I only pl
by scoot 8y ago
Wow, that second recording (which continued to play in the background after I left the page in the HN reader I’m using) brought on a bout of tinnitus. I only played it on an iPhone at a modest volume (below half), with the phone a comfortable reading distance away.
- graeme 8y agoJust tried. Could be power of suggestion but I think it temporarily increased my tinnitus.
- scoot 8y agoCould be, but for me at least, I don't get tinnitus too often (that I'm consciously aware of†), and I didn't know that this was one of the supposed symptoms of the alleged "attack" until after I'd played the sound, noticed tinnitus, and written that comment. I genuinely went from no tinnitus to conscious tinnitus after playing the recording. † I get the sense that the brain masks it to an extent, like other background noises, but it comes to the fore when conscious of it, like now as I write this comment. However in this case, it came to the fore, or was brought on, depending how you think of it, as a result of playing the annoying noise. The tinnitus came before the thought of tinnitus, if that makes sense.
- spydum 8y agoThe power of suggestion is amazing. I didn’t notice my tinnitus until reading this comment..
- graeme 8y agoOh I meant for me, not for you :) You obviously had no suggestion. Where I did, reading your comment. And I always have some tinnitus, so it's a bit subjective to say if it increased it, as paying attention to it also makes it louder.