# Possible help for Tinnitus? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 5, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122 "2022-08-05T01:06:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![bobsmom101](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobsmom101/32/2867_2.png) [@bobsmom101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobsmom101)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/61 "2025-11-19T15:42:07Z")
Worked for me too, but only very briefly. Even so, it’s a nice reminder of the good old days before the cicadas invaded my brain! ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/62 "2025-11-19T17:07:47Z")
People who have tinnitus should have their hearing checked by an audiologist. If your hearing is impaired, hearing aids can reduce tinnitus. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/63 "2025-11-19T21:45:18Z")
Bummer, nothing here (or should that be hear?). I’ve an audiologist, I’ve spent ~ ten thousand dollars on hearing aids. All they do is increase ambient sound, voice music whatever to help overcome the tinnitus. But it allows me to hear in areas that aren’t noisy. Bars and restaurants are usually not good for this. My best bet is facial clues and context. I can usually puzzle things out. I’m not a guy that likes to go to big parties anyway, so I have a damn good excuse now. Work meetings too. I can CC those at least. One of my previous coworkers called another coworker the mumbler. Seriously, ENUNCIATE for god sake, don’t mumble to me from a different room. Now it’s not a problem, I work from home. Sixteen days to retirement! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/64 "2025-11-19T21:52:29Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > My best bet is facial clues and context. Yes, I have to ask my wife to talk to me, not to the floor or her shoes. But I can get more normal conversations, unless the noise ir really bad- and my noise comes and goes, ---
**Author:** ![sb1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@sb1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sb1953)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/65 "2025-11-19T22:13:51Z")
I get labyrinthitis every few years. I treat it with anti-inflammatories and add Zyrtec for the nausea ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/66 "2025-11-19T22:34:06Z")
I was sort of scared to even look that up. Never had heard of it. Bummer, but at least it’s a bit treatable I guess. Our ears are a very important control system of our body in many ways. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/67 "2025-11-19T22:36:24Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Sixteen days to retirement! Woo hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Yosh99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ccd318/32.png) [@Yosh99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yosh99)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/68 "2026-01-10T17:01:49Z")
I’ve had severe tinnitus for years and only found relief after using the Lenier device. It’s expensive, but I would have paid 10X to get relief. Lenier retrains your brain to ignore the sound. There’s a lot of good research to back this up done by some people at the U of MN. They have YouTube videos on the theory of how the blend of audio and tactile training works. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/69 "2026-01-10T21:04:43Z")
I found this article on the Lenire device, which pokes holes in the methodology used by the company to prove the device works: > **[The Lenire Device: A Critical Review | NeuroMed Tinnitus Care](https://neuromedcare.com/lenire-device/)** > > Considering the Lenire device? Read this first by Dr. Hamid Djalilian, otologist and tinnitus specialist. ---
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2026, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122/70 "2026-04-11T13:20:48Z")
Resurrecting this well-used thread to say that after a respite of months, the tinnitus is back and the hypersensitivity to sound (hyperacusis) is back in spades. I’ve been using the Flonase my PCP prescribed back in August, but so far, no improvement. I suppose I’ll go back to my PCP and make sure it’s not a bacterial infection. The ringing is bad, but the hyperacusis is really horrible. Almost all sound, especially lower sounds, crash into my head as if they were super loud and it makes me cringe. My husband has a deep voice and is loud, and sitting on the sofa with him speaking to me from a couple of feet away is a torment. I read on Wikipedia that Beethoven’s description of what was happening to him before he went deaf sounded a lot like hyperacusis - that he couldn’t bear even slightly loudish sounds. I can’t go cringing into my bedroom in search of a quiet environment all the time. I hope the doctor can do something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-help-for-tinnitus/969122.md?page=3)