buttmasterflex

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[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 2 points 17 hours ago

Oh man, I know this is shitpost, but icicles are stalactites.

In the immortal words of Emperor Kuzco, "Boom, baby!"

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 5 points 17 hours ago

Short answer: Get an evaluation by an audiologist, if possible.

Long answer: Depending on the personal cause of tinnitus, solutions range from nothing to getting hearing aids with specific software that provides tinnitus relief. I have moderate to severe hearing loss in higher frequencies and have very noticeable tinnitus. The complications from hearing loss with tinnitus can vary, but personally were resulting in increased sensitivity to noise throughout the day, irritability, and diminished ability to communicate (I couldn't hear what my spouse or kids were saying when there was any kind of background noise present). It led me to never want to go anywhere or do anything outside our home because I couldn't hear or enjoy anything.

I went to an audiologist, had a bunch of tests, and was prescribed a set of hearing aids. Said hearing aids play soft ocean noises in addition to boosting the frequencies I have diminished hearing in. The ocean noises allow the brain to train itself to treat the tinnitus as a routine background noise instead of a panic inducing "danger" sound. Over time, it has helped in significantly reducing my attention to the tinnitus. It will never go away, and I have to sleep with ocean sounds playing so I don't go insane.

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 3 points 18 hours ago

Reading the Farseer Trilogy by Robin Hobb. I'm a few chapters into the second book and still enjoying it.

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 7 points 18 hours ago

I use Sayonara for my local music player.

[–] buttmasterflex@piefed.social 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Never underestimate Ohio's dedication to agriculture. They put food on your family.