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Mar 29, 2011, 03:05 AM
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Member Since: Feb 2008
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Originally Posted by lavieenrose
Wednesday at 9 PM Eastern would be fine for the next meditation. Could you post the guided meditation link again, or else I'll try to find it here. Also, SS, you referred to an article with treatment ideas, for tinnitus? Where is the article located?
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Tinnitus Retraining Therapy Treatment
The Tinnitus Retraining Therapy is about retraining your sub conscious to accept a different meaning behind tinnitus in order to distance the reaction to tinnitus away from the specific sound that your mind relates it to.
So how is this done? Through habituation
Habituation is when your brain and nervous system ignore sounds and feelings because they are not necessary for your survival and everyday life. So with the example of the ticking clock it is not necessary for you to hear it therefore your subconscious has made it background noise.
TRT treatment is about retraining your subconscious to make tinnitus a part of your habituation therefore turning it back into background noise that is ignored. Counseling and sound therapy are used to achieve this;
the counseling is about teaching the subject how their hearing works and how it relates to their tinnitus occurring (very much what we are doing now with the information provided here) and then at the same time using sound therapy.
Sound therapy uses a sound generator that can be either portable in your ear at all times, or used in counseling sessions, or at home when you are doing self therapy. The generator creates a broadband sound that forces your auditory nerve (connected to the cochlea) to fire faster than normal. This sound becomes background noise and at the same time drowns out the tinnitus ringing in your ears therefore making the tinnitus background noise also.
It is important to note that recovery depends on many things such as how healthy you are, stress levels, negative environments and being diligent with your treatment.
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http://www.treatmenttinnitus.org/tin...aining-therapy
The one that jumped out that might be worth your consideration was the one about the sound therapy. Also, if you go to the website there are links listed in the right hand column about treatment options too. I hope you find something useful in there. I hope beyond hope that soon you will find some relief. The fact that you have managed as well as you have (even if you don't think you have) is amazing to me given the challenge you are presented with. I am believing for you that relief is on its way to find you.
Here is the link to the guided meditation I am suggesting we use this Wednesday (tonight) 6pm PST, 9pm EST. It is optional of course but I am going to use it and if anyone else find it appealing too then that cool. Looking forward to some synchronicity happening. Seems we could all use some quality TLC right now. That would be an understatement!!
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