DYI hearing tests and tracking improvements, decline, hearing loss, tinnitus

[AnUser]

Does anyone track their hearing over time to measure effects of different treatments? Something that create an audiogram.

I found this which uses calibration.

Online Hearing Test & Audiogram Printout

I think they are called audiometers. Are there alternatives like using mobile apps? What about buying equipment from AliExpress? How do they compare with online tests?

Bryan Johnson:

[John_Hemming]

I track the High Frequency test. It is an easy thing to do.

Extended High Frequency Online Hearing Test | 8-22 kHz

[AnUser]

Why do you use that over a test that produces audiogram for left and right ear?

[John_Hemming]

Because it is easy. hhhhhhh20char

[AnUser]

That test doesn’t differentiate between left and right ear which is important to me.

[John_Hemming]

I am not saying other tests have no use.

[AnUser]

X is left ear.

15 kHz on the other audio test.
I have tinnitus in my left ear from Burow’s solution I used long ago.

[Neo]

@AnUser Have you looked at the thins in the threads about tinnitus? Any thoughts on whether those apps that Bryan Johnson uses to “workout/train” his ears have any merit?

Health Supplements for alleviating tinntinus

Believe Bryan Johnson uses this: Tested by the Stanford University School of Medicine, Threshold Sound Conditioning (TSC) is a non-invasive acoustic (sound) technology that is designed to maintain and restore your natural hearing ability and reduce the symptoms of tinnitus. See also And “It’s like physical therapy for your hearing.” “The app launched about five years ago and received substantial critical acclaim from within the scientific community. By obtaining approval by the FDA, the medical claims of the app can be more expansive, detailed and in-depth pertaining to how it helps users maintain and even restore hearing.”

And eg

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This might also be interesting to look into. Also coming out of Stanford (but I think separately): “Experience bimodal stimulation in daily 10-minute sessions for 8 weeks to feel relief.” Professor David Eagleman is an American neuroscientist, author, and science communicator. He teaches neuroscience at Stanford University Tinnitus affects 10 – 15% of the population. It’s not rare, but it can be difficult to live with. There’s no cure for tinnitus, but new neuroscience research shows that pairing notes with touch (known as bimodal stimulation) can reduce the volume and annoyance of ringing in the ears. This research was originally done with tones plus shocks on the tongue (Marks et al 2018; Conlon et al 2020), but that approach requires going into an audiology clinic every day for treatment. Now bimodal stimulation has a new approach. With Neosensory Duo, we have made bimodal stimulation simpler and more effective. First, no doctor’s visit is required. We mail the wristba…

[AnUser]

Do you have links to papers for the devices?

[Neo]

I don’t have tinnitus so did not look into it too deep at this point, but if I recall right both companies list key literature and I linked to their web pages / articles about them - and I think I also posted one paper on one of the threads after a question from another forum member.

[Vlasko]

Online tests may give some indication of high frequency hearing loss and test for difficulties hearing with background noise, but it’s not a substitute for a formal hearing assessment. Professional audiometers are calibrated to produce tones at specific decibel levels. And air conduction, speech, and bone conduction can be compared.