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Originally Posted by Martian
Tinnitus is nature's way of telling you to stop cranking the amp to 11.
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I don't - soundmen always joke that I set my amp way too quiet to be a guitarist. I've had tinnitus since I was pretty young; I remember hearing the ringing at night.
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Originally Posted by funydjane
Surely if you have tinnitus music or ambient noise is preferable to silence which, again, would amplify the tinnitus?
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Ambient noise such as a quiet room as fine. There are low-level hums and so on which mask the tinnitus really well. I keep my computer on in my bedroom for this reason. Your mind tunes it out.
Talking however grabs the brain in a different way, I'm not sure why. Maybe my brain naturally tries to listen and work out what is being said, and I find it distracting when I'm trying to focus on something which is verbally orientated (or with an internal spoken monologue) like reading or thinking in word terms. I'm fine if I'm focusing on something non-verbal such as playing guitar.