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Originally Posted by ECHOES
Deafness is no guarantee. The noise isn't coming into your ear from the outside.
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Perhaps not, but I desperately want them to look into this:
"Pulsatile tinnitus is yet another of the typical symptoms of SCDS and is caused by the gap in the dehiscent bone allowing the normal pulse-related pressure changes within the cranial cavity to enter the inner ear abnormally. This pressure change thus becomes audible and an existing tinnitus will be perceived as containing a pulse-synchronized "wave" or "blip" which patients describe as a "swooshing" sound or as being like the chirrup of a cricket or grasshopper.
Brain fog and fatigue are both common SCDS symptoms and are caused by the brain having to spend an unusual amount of its energy on the simple act of keeping the body in a state of equilibrium when it is constantly receiving confusing signals from the dysfunctional semicircular canal.
The presence of dehiscence can be detected by a high definition (0.6 mm or less) coronal CT scan of the temporal bone.
Once diagnosed, the gap in the temporal bone can be repaired by surgical resurfacing of the affected bone or plugging of the superior semicircular canal."
It's a long shot, but I want to know.
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Originally Posted by ECHOES
Soft noise can help. There are also 'maskers' that are like hearing aids but instead emit a sound that will 'mask' the tinnitus sounds.
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Yes, I wore a white noise generator for a full year. Don't know about masking. Mine is so loud that I can use it to mask the sound of someone snoring loudly next to me. The noise level required to mask the tinnitus itself would definitely damage my ear.
Good luck, Echoes. I hope you can find some peace with yours.
