Category: Tinnitus and technology

All is Calm: Our Hopes for Tinnitus

Gael Hannan 3 Comments Hearing aids and tinnitus / Tinnitus / Tinnitus and social media / Tinnitus and technology / Tinnitus masking / Tinnitus strategies

Silent night…all is calm….sleep in (heavenly) peace…. These phrases from “Silent Night”, the beautiful Christmas carol, are the goal for anyone who lives with tinnitus—especially the rough, unrelenting tinnitus that prevents us from getting to sleep, staying asleep, or getting back to sleep when we awake at 2am and the whooshes and whines roar into…

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How Social Media Can Help Your Tinnitus and Hearing Loss

Gael Hannan 1 Comment Acceptance of hearing loss / Access to Communication / Brian Wallach / Cheryl Strayed / Hearing Loss / Hearing loss journey / hearing loss questions / Peer support and hearing loss / Social media and hearing loss / Tinnitus / Tinnitus and technology / Tinnitus peer support

Yesterday, on a FaceBook group devoted to Tinnitus, I read a heartbreaking post: “My tinnitus is really really bad. I’m leaving this world.” My eyes immediately jumped to see how many comments were made in response and felt relieved. 147! I scanned through some of then: “Hang in there, bro!” “It will get better.” “Get…

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