As the title says. Could silence make tinnitus worse? I know I still react to my tinnitus and sound enrichment surely makes it a lot better. But sometimes (say, when you go to the bathroom at night) you cannot avoid silence. Is that a problem?
Total silence does not give the ears "a break." Total silence puts tremendous strain on the auditory system as it strives mightily to do what it was intended to do in the first place - detect external sounds for protection! Being in the presence of soft environmental sound is the best way to give your auditory system a break. Dr. Stephen Nagler
I've learned to tolerate silence better when everything hurts my ears, but most of the time now I am able to listen to either music, nature sounds or musical neuromodulation sounds at low volume.
Scientists have long debated how we perceive the absence of sound waves hitting our ears. DrPixel via Getty Images From the roar of a crowd to the quiet of a library, sound and silence might seem like ...
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Only Paul Simon could command the sound of silence like this. In the opening act of the first of five sold-out shows on his comeback tour at NYC’s Beacon Theatre, the music legend played the entirety ...