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I\u2019m pretty sure my tone changes over time, so it might not work for me, but I\u2019m at least going to try. I love mynoise, and Neuormodulator masks my tinnitus, but the T is usually worse when I turn off Neuromodulator. The one that has worked for me is White Burst Noise (https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteBurstsNoiseGenerator.php). I\u2019m surprised Step", "context": "has tinnitus", "use_case": "tinnitus relief", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Made Tinnitus My Friend (Then It Disappeared)"}, {"id": 787807888, "item_id": 49237993, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237993", "by": "polymer8563", "date": "2026-08-09", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i love mynoise", "excerpt": "i love mynoise. 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The Neuromodulator[1] is a random-ish noise field that ... confuses? the brain after a while and lets you forget the tinnitus - at lest temporarily. The noise isn't \"real\" it's the brain generating it due to faulty signals, so giving it a bunch of noise helps somehow. 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I\u2019m pretty sure my tone changes over time, so it might not work for me, but I\u2019m at least going to try. I love mynoise, and Neuormodulator masks my tinnitus, but the T is usually worse when I turn off Neuromodulator. The one that has worked for me is White Burst Noise (https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteBurstsNoiseGenerator.php). I\u2019m surprised Step", "context": "has tinnitus", "use_case": "tinnitus relief", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Made Tinnitus My Friend (Then It Disappeared)"}, {"id": 787807888, "item_id": 49237993, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49237993", "by": "polymer8563", "date": "2026-08-09", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "i love mynoise", "excerpt": "i love mynoise. 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It's a noise that your brain is used to ignoring, and other sounds blend into it - even if they are almost as loud -while with the more homogeneous brown and white noise, it has to be louder than the sounds it's trying to mask. Having said that, I'm not sure how well it would do for high pitched tinnitus. Edited to add - now listened to ", "context": "", "use_case": "tinnitus masking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep"}, {"id": 756680320, "item_id": 47292520, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47292520", "by": "theshrike79", "date": "2026-03-07", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "My ear doctor suggested the myNoise app", "excerpt": "My ear doctor suggested the myNoise app[0] for me, specifically the Neuromodulator and Brown noise sounds. The Neuromodulator[1] is a random-ish noise field that ... confuses? the brain after a while and lets you forget the tinnitus - at lest temporarily. The noise isn't \"real\" it's the brain generating it due to faulty signals, so giving it a bunch of noise helps somehow. 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For instance https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/cafeRestaurantNoiseGenerator.php Nothing that your mind has enough edges on to try to interpret, but vaguely human-like.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality"}]}