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I have tinnitus. I don't recommend it

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185 points gregsadetsky | 2 comments | 21 May 25 22:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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acjohnson55 ◴[22 May 25 03:58 UTC] No.44058647[source]▶
I get a weird transient tinnitus where my hearing drops out in one ear or the other for about 15 seconds, and is replace by a tone, which slowly fades as my hearing comes back. It sometimes happens multiple times per day, and sometimes not for weeks at a time. I've seen a couple specialists about it, but no known cause.

I also notice a low-level tinnitus when I'm in very quiet places. I keep white noise machines around to cover it.

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1. kaitak ◴[22 May 25 11:49 UTC] No.44061112[source]▶
This happens to me as well, I believe the official term for this is "Sudden Brief Unilateral Tapering Tinnitus". Seems like it is fairly common, and can occur regardless of whether one has tinnitus or not [0].

[0]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21970850/

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2. acjohnson55 ◴[22 May 25 18:35 UTC] No.44065209[source]▶
Oh wow, I have tried to research it, but never came across the name. This is exactly it. The neurologist (who I saw for a cluster of similarly petty symptoms) and the ENT I've seen about it didn't provide that term for me.