In this wide ranging and very hope-filled conversation about my work with tinnitus patients, I sit down with Louis Korczowski who is the CEO of Siopi, a new app designed to help tinnitus sufferers find new treatments. Louis and I discussed many topics including: My personal struggles and journey with tinnitus and Meniere’s How and why I became a tinnitus …
Tinnitus: Change Your Response (My Interview on the Hear Me Out Podcast)
Last week, I was honored to be the first official guest on a new podcast called Hear Me Out. In this wide ranging interview, we discussed many important topics: The importance of hope for tinnitus sufferers How tinnitus clinicians can better serve their patients and how the wrong doctor can make tinnitus worse What it means to habituate and why …
Tinnitus, Meniere’s Disease, Parenthood, and Cancer: Living with Uncertainty
**A slightly modified version of this article originally appeared on my other website – MindOverMenieres.com** Parenting a newborn baby is hard. Parenting with tinnitus and Meniere’s disease is a lot harder. As some of you know, my wife Megan gave birth to our first child, Zack, on August 12th at 3:05 pm. After a difficult 40+ hour labor, our little …
Acceptance is Not the Answer to Tinnitus
Acceptance is the emotional outcome of habituation. When I talk to tinnitus sufferers, people often tell me, “If I could just accept my tinnitus, it wouldn’t be so bad.” I know exactly what they’re trying to say, but it’s not helpful to think about tinnitus in those terms, because severe tinnitus isn’t something you can just magically accept. To be …
Facing the Fear of Making Plans with Tinnitus
When you live with tinnitus, or any other chronic illness, fear can infiltrate every aspect of your day. It’s not irrational fear either. When our tinnitus can spike at any moment, it affects the decisions we make, it keeps us locked in houses, and prevents us from making plans. Part of my philosophy of chronic illness is to fully understand …
Trekz Titanium Bone Conduction Headphones for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
I’ve been fascinated by bone conduction technology for a long time and always suspected it could be wonderful for people with hearing loss and hearing disorders like tinnitus. Because with bone conduction audio, the vibrations of sound are transmitted through the bones of the head and face directly to the inner ear. Now you still need to have a functioning cochlea …
Tinnitus and Suicide: Shining Light into the Darkness
From day one, my message has always been: “If you suffer from tinnitus, there’s hope.” It was never meant to be a platitude. I truly believe it with every fiber of my being. I’ve seen too many people find relief from debilitating, life-ruining levels of tinnitus to think otherwise. And I’ve endured my own trials and tribulations. I wasn’t always …
This is How I Sleep with Tinnitus
It’s no secret that tinnitus can make it hard to fall asleep. A loud, stressful noise is the last thing most of us want to hear as we’re trying to get some rest. Though not everyone with tinnitus has this problem. As I connect with more and more patients, I’ve been somewhat surprised to find that many people can get to sleep without …