I’ve been plagued with Tinnitus for a number of years…left year and measured it to be at about 7390 hz, using AudioNotch → Link (For this, I find testing through headphones to be the most effective).
While I can’t be 100% sure that this has been a consistent frequency throughout the years, it’s what I’d most recently tested at.
For over the last week or so, I’ve played around with a number of straight waves and a number of binaural beats as well as the frequencies for different tasks and find that Delta has been best.
I’ve tried to keep on a set of headphones to go to sleep with, but don’t find this necessarily conducive to being altogether comfortable, will most likely try and find something that is NOT A POD to sleep with, my ears don’t take kindly to buds or pods and so I prefer to not wear them.
Saturday, had family over…did listen to some beats throughout the day, shopping, on the treadmill…but was free of them for the evening. Sunday afternoon…I noticed that my Tinnitus wasn’t present and wondered if this was an impact of the beats…prayed that this was my cure for once and for all.
And in this, while I didn’t hear the constant 7390 squelch, there was a noticeable hole in my hearing, like my brain was expecting there to be something there, like I was…didn’t find it, but kept an opening for it.
Monday morning, unfortunately, when I woke…the ringing had returned.
SIGH!
Because I’ve no actual consistency and just kinda of keep these playing in the background, even while reading, writing and exposure to other media, I wasn’t sure which would have done this but had nailed it down to 2 frequencies - 4hz and 7hz…2 frequencies that I have loaded on my phone for regular playing.
Last night…having zero success with wearing the bone conduction headset from the night prior…I switched over to a full set of earmuff style headphones and just listened to the beats while watching a movie on TV with CC to go to sleep, playing the 4hz - delta tones.
This morning…I was pleasantly surprised to hear that the tinnitus is mostly silent and at worst been back in only spells of a more muted version. I can hear at lower volumes because what sounds I am listening to, aren’t having to compete with the louder and more regular volume of my tinnitus.
One of the most common strategies to eliminate or at least try and combat tinnitus is to ignore it. There are a few techniques that I’ve tried and have been unsuccessful and this only seems to work out for me on long drives with my window open - left ear being the culprit, me always being the driver, the conflict of tones seems to drown it out. When I get back to non-mobile, it fires back up again.
What I am hearing and not hearing, isn’t my better ability to ignore the tones…I have intently tried to listen for them. When they are not there, they are simply not there…and when they are…a lot quieter.
Having had full intent to play these during one of my video segments, I’ve not gotten around to doing any video and with the meeting tonight and a few others throughout the week, not sure when I’ll have time…but was so excited to find this, figured it’d be worth a share.
The soundscape that I am listening to is 100% free…I have converted it from Youtube to a proper MP3 to load onto my Iphone and can be found here:
Let me know if you’ve started mucking around with the Bins…if you have tinnitus or have had successes in other aspects of your life with them - in the comments below.
By way of quick survey, anyone have tinnitus that does not have a root canal? How about mercury fillings?
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• My nursing home patient's panic disorder had been causing a great deal of somatic stomach pain, so much so that the nurses said her call light was almost constantly lit. She also had severe hearing loss. When I started playing Pain Management at her bedside she said, "Honey, I can't hear it." "It doesn't matter," I told her, "just relax and I'll check back with you in ten minutes." When I looked in on her, she was deeply asleep. Later on, waking from the best nap she had had in weeks, she said, "I didn't hear a thing but I feel wonderful."
• My constant anxiety was very tough for me to live with. I was anxious about going out, anxious about staying home, anxious about going to sleep, anxious about not sleeping, anxious about everything. The tapes you recommended (Relax, Sleeping Through the Rain, Let Go and Möbius West) are helping me lead a more normal life. For the first time in a long while, I'm optimistic about the future.
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• A retired Naval Officer states: Perhaps we get sick because we don't know how to stay well. My focus has been on seeking ways to stay well, and the Monroe Institute tapes have been a big part of my efforts. The H+ tapes work for me as a direct mind-to-body experience. Initially I used one or two tapes every day at the same time, but now I listen when I feel the need. The tapes are a support mechanism, playing a dominant training role in the beginning and a less frequent, but important, refresher role when one becomes familiar with the techniques. They play a significant part in my continuing state of overall well-being.
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• A patient whose hands always felt cold due to poor circulation used the H+ Circulation tape. A biofeedback machine indicated a very quick raise in temperature at a fingertip sensor from 32 to 37 degrees centigrade.
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• "After working your tapes, (Opening the Way), during the last four months of my pregnancy, I was able to completely slip into a clam and meditative state where I was aware of the pain, but understood that it was good. The labor took 20 minutes, the pushing portion 12 minutes. I was calm, in control, and it was beautiful."
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• An investigation into the relevance of Hemi-Sync binaural beat signals for use with ADHD populations supported the conclusion that the audio signals facilitate the ability to attend and persevere at routine motor tasks and facilitate improved attention.
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Learning / Memory
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• Research on Hemi-Sync has reported that teachers who have used it in their classrooms noticed a decrease in student distractibility and an increase in academic performance. A study conducted with an introductory psychology class found significantly higher scores in the experimental group on five out of six tests. A study conducted at a government training center found a 30% increase in scores for Morse code students and a 75% increase on mental-motor skills. The U.S. Army reported positive results in using Hemi-Sync to improve acquisition of a second language.
Asthma
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• It's been interesting to note how Hemi-Sync® helps families who have a child with asthma. Not only is an attack a scary event, but there's often a tension connected to anticipation of the next attack that might indeed stimulate the next attack. I've recommended to several such families that they keep Hemi-Sync® playing at home day and night. Remembrance, Concentration during the day and any of the sleep tapes for nighttime use. This seems to have a cumulative effect over time, with the entire family calming down.
Brain Injury
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• Travis, born with severe brain abnormalities, was expected to live in a vegetative state if he survived at all. By age four, receiving every kind of support the medical profession had to give including physical, occupational and speech therapy, he was unable to walk, talk, feed himself, or communicate his needs or wants. His mother began to play Remembrance at his bedside throughout the night. After a few days, his father noticed how much more alert and active Travis was becoming. Within two weeks of consistent playing of the tape, Travis began to feed himself.
Shortly after, the therapists at the day care center Travis attends asked his parents what they were doing differently to account for the marked improvement they were noticing. When the physical therapist learned about the tape, she said she had long known about Hemi-Sync® technology. She had repeatedly recommended that parents use Hemi-Sync® with their brain injured children but stopped trying after countless failed efforts to convince the families that something so simple could have so much potential value.
Within weeks Travis' mother told me, "He's talking, and I don't mean baby talk! He's telling us what he wants to eat. He stayed with his grandparents while my husband and I went on vacation and when we returned could clearly call their names. A woman at the mall held the door for me as I maneuvered Travis inside in his stroller. I thanked her and then Travis echoed my words and said to the woman, "Thank you." Now when I tell him we're going to day care, he replies, "Yeah, OK."
Further breakthroughs come often now for Travis. He sings his favorite songs, can pull himself up to a standing position and holds onto furniture, much like a child who is about to gain the skill of balance and walking. Hemi-Sync® has facilitated a life rich in communication with family and friends and the pride of doing more for himself than anyone thought would ever be possible.