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The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m t

The way I personally manage my tinnitus is by having fans constantly blowing in various rooms of where I live, for example I have a fan in my bedroom when I’m trying to sleep or in my office when I need to concentrate. The fans don’t totally block out the tinnitus, but they sorta act as an undistracting distraction.

objektif 1y ago
What type of fan is best for this? Box fans or the round powerful ones?
- emil-lp 1y ago
  You can buy an air purifier, like IKEA FÖRNUFTIG.
  - tptacek 1y ago
    Air purifier white noise is the best. I don't know what it is about it.
    - toast0 1y ago
      It's cause the noise is filtered
    - hollerith 1y ago
      Agreed (provided it is a sufficiently large air purifier like Austin Air's Healthmate).
- tptacek 1y ago
  If you're interested in optimizing, the Dohm classic "sound machine" isn't very expensive (maybe 2x what a decent fan costs), is portable/packable, has tunable sound, but is fundamentally just a fan that doesn't move air around your room.
- bwanab 1y ago
  It's different for different people. The air purifier method suggested works for me, but any fan is better than no fan.
tptacek 1y ago
Same, for going on 40 years now. I can sleep without some kind of white noise, but it's really challenging. I have one of those Dohm thingies, which has been relegated to my office; in our bedroom we've got an air purifier and I have a tiny desk fan on my nightstand. I've found that stuff like this site and therapy approaches like it tend to make me hypervigilant about my tinnitus, which is exactly the opposite of what I want. My tinnitus is moderate-severity (it's loud but never competes with real sound) and just by keeping background noise around I'm at a point where I think about it maybe a couple times a week tops; most of the times I'm persistantly thinking about it, it turns out I have a sinus infection or something.
DrewADesign 1y ago
Have you tried the Dohm mechanical noise machines? The original white noise machine AFAIK. Might be a little more power efficient while still making sound by moving air rather than a speaker.
amelius 1y ago
Look up "pink noise".
riedel 1y ago
While I can normally tune out my Tinnitus, i also love the constant city noise and in my office I have a collection of solar toys that keep clicking randomly, which help me focus. Actually I tried the OP site and trying to tune the thing actually made my Tinnitus pretty unbearable ATM. I guess the trick is to use it without trying to directly hear the effect...

objektif 1y ago

What type of fan is best for this? Box fans or the round powerful ones?

emil-lp 1y ago
You can buy an air purifier, like IKEA FÖRNUFTIG.
- tptacek 1y ago
  Air purifier white noise is the best. I don't know what it is about it.
  - toast0 1y ago
    It's cause the noise is filtered
  - hollerith 1y ago
    Agreed (provided it is a sufficiently large air purifier like Austin Air's Healthmate).
tptacek 1y ago
If you're interested in optimizing, the Dohm classic "sound machine" isn't very expensive (maybe 2x what a decent fan costs), is portable/packable, has tunable sound, but is fundamentally just a fan that doesn't move air around your room.
bwanab 1y ago
It's different for different people. The air purifier method suggested works for me, but any fan is better than no fan.

tptacek 1y ago

Same, for going on 40 years now. I can sleep without some kind of white noise, but it's really challenging. I have one of those Dohm thingies, which has been relegated to my office; in our bedroom we've got an air purifier and I have a tiny desk fan on my nightstand. I've found that stuff like this site and therapy approaches like it tend to make me hypervigilant about my tinnitus, which is exactly the opposite of what I want. My tinnitus is moderate-severity (it's loud but never competes with real sound) and just by keeping background noise around I'm at a point where I think about it maybe a couple times a week tops; most of the times I'm persistantly thinking about it, it turns out I have a sinus infection or something.

DrewADesign 1y ago

Have you tried the Dohm mechanical noise machines? The original white noise machine AFAIK. Might be a little more power efficient while still making sound by moving air rather than a speaker.

amelius 1y ago

Look up "pink noise".

riedel 1y ago

While I can normally tune out my Tinnitus, i also love the constant city noise and in my office I have a collection of solar toys that keep clicking randomly, which help me focus. Actually I tried the OP site and trying to tune the thing actually made my Tinnitus pretty unbearable ATM. I guess the trick is to use it without trying to directly hear the effect...