Can you train yourself to ignore noise?

For years I have been dealing with tinnitus, and the majority of qualified persons I have encountered have suggested that training your brain to overlook that sound that only you hear is what it takes. The preponderance of solutions we are offered is the insertion of noise, white noise, waves, rain on the roof, or nature sounds. I currently have hearing aids that have a program intended to retrain my brain using generated controlled background sound.
 
We lived across the Highway from a railroad track. We also had a waterbed. It was OK for some of the trains, but then they ran at night too and when the very heavy trains would go by the bed got waves,. Then during the day they were very noisy and got on my nerves!
 

mrstime said:
We lived across the Highway from a railroad track. We also had a waterbed. It was OK for some of the trains, but then they ran at night too and when the very heavy trains would go by the bed got waves,. Then during the day they were very noisy and got on my nerves!
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The bed got waves ?...:ROFLMAO: worthy of a good comedy show...
 
Looking at the pictures of the planes going over top of the homes reminded me of the FAA rule here in the U.S. that all planes must fly at a minimum of 500 feet above any structure. If the wheels are down, the pilot needs to include the wheels and stay the 500 feet above the roof to the bottom of the tire.

I don't think I ever got anywhere near that close to a roof or the top of any structure. I have never flown International, so I don't know if other countries have any rules regarding the distance between the top of the structure and the bottom of the tire or the belly of the plane if the wheels are up.

When I flew in and out of John Wayne Airport in Orange, California, they had a noise abatement in place. That means the pilot had to be at a certain altitude above the ground to limit the amount of noise for the homeowners. Taking off, it almost feels like you're going up in a rocket shop The pilot has to climb in a hurry and we have to forewarn the passengers not to be alarmed that we will be ascending very quickly. On landing, we do just the opposite. We come down to a certain altitude and then once we are near the runway, we let the plane drop onto it. It's a weird feeling for the passengers and some of them get a little nervous because they have never experienced that feeling.

The pictures are great and I am going to have them reprinted and sent to a friend of mine that flies International. I'm going to ask him if he flies that low when landing in Brussels or wherever he is flying into.
 
TennVet said:
For years I have been dealing with tinnitus, and the majority of qualified persons I have encountered have suggested that training your brain to overlook that sound that only you hear is what it takes. The preponderance of solutions we are offered is the insertion of noise, white noise, waves, rain on the roof, or nature sounds. I currently have hearing aids that have a program intended to retrain my brain using generated controlled background sound.
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I had tinnitus for a while and panicked at first. Yet I was able to mask it with soothing music on soft headband headphones at night and slept fine. I adapted. Fortunately it has gone now.
 
Rose65 said:
I had tinnitus for a while and panicked at first. Yet I was able to mask it with soothing music on soft headband headphones at night and slept fine. I adapted. Fortunately it has gone now.
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That's what the hearing aid apps do. Instead of fixing the car just turn up the music.
 

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