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I have tinnitus and I do not see any issues with my WH1000XM4s making it any worse. It does feel like I can hear the tinnitus a bit worse with the headphones on
by jchw 4y ago
I have tinnitus and I do not see any issues with my WH1000XM4s making it any worse. It does feel like I can hear the tinnitus a bit worse with the headphones on, but I think that's just the ANC cutting out low frequency noise as expected. I've been using XM4s and XM3s for years, and my tinnitus has been steady, so I assume not all ANC makes tinnitus worse inherently. It is possible AirPods Max would also not increase tinnitus for me, but I am not going to use them because I do not use Apple products for much currently and so I am sure it'd be a pain to update and configure them. (Not to mention, it's nice being able to use LDAC in Pipewire, or Multipoint, and I don't know if Apple supports either of these options.)
- hardchaos 4y agoThis is my experience too, regularly used XM4’s the past year, and tinnitus is no better/worse, as far as i can tell.
- teetertater 4y agoTry blowing into the xm4's microphone on passthrough mode, and you'll discover it can work as a loudspeaker (it will amplify the noise). This discovery made me a little worried that there's no volume limit that can be transmitted to your ears. Then again, someone blowing directly into your ear is probably worse :D