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I have had a Tinnitus tone for as long as I remember. I always do well on hearing tests and it doesn’t bothers me really. Someone on HN once mentioned a technique of tapping the back of you skull to give temporary relief. It works surprisingly, but for me it just shifts the frequency of the tone up a bit. I’d be interested to test if this shift is just perceptual or if it could be measured

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I know the skull tapping method you mention but unfortunately I only get very temporary relief using it - 20 or so seconds - and it's quite an unpleasant experience, if we are thinking of the same method. Mine is: hands over ears with fingers wrapping around back of head such that middle finger tips just touch, lift index finger on to middle finger, press index finger down hard onto middle finger and slide it off such that it quickly slaps the back of the head/neck (similar to a standard thumb-index finger clicking motion). Repeat this for 10-20 seconds using both hands to get about 30 taps. It's loud, not quite but almost painful, and doesn't provide very long relief for me so I don't use it much.

It is temporary relief for me as well. More like a gimmick than a solution.

It works for maybe a second or two for me.

Just tried that. Sounds like switching channels on old tube TVs.

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