Glenn Schweitzer

2 weeks ago | healthyhearing.com | Glenn Schweitzer

When you live with bothersome tinnitus, hyperacusis, or any other chronic condition that severely affects quality of life, the world can seem a lot more menacing. As symptoms fluctuate or progress over time and normal life starts to feel more like a distant memory, it can become very difficult to feel positive about anything at all. With tinnitus and other sound tolerance conditions, recovery is always possible through a process known as habituation, but there is no quick fix.

Jan 8, 2025 | healthyhearing.com | Glenn Schweitzer

Tinnitus is a solvable problem. If you’re suffering right now, it may be hard to believe, but it’s true. No matter how loud it feels or how it began, complete and lasting relief is always possible through a process called habituation. But the journey isn’t easy, and the road to relief is never linear, where each day feels a little bit better than the day before. Instead, it feels like taking three steps forward, two steps back, over and over again.

Oct 20, 2024 | healthyhearing.com | Glenn Schweitzer

If you talk to enough people who have chronic tinnitus, one thing becomes clear quickly: It’s a challenge to get a good night sleep when you live with constant ringing in your ears. In the dark stillness and quiet of the bedroom, tinnitus takes center stage night after night, and it can quickly turn your life into a living nightmare. Note: If you have not read Part 1 of my Sleeping Well With Tinnitus series—Tinnitus keeping you up at night?

Jul 7, 2024 | healthyhearing.com | Glenn Schweitzer

www.HealthyHearing.com Strategies, tools, and advice Table of contents Overly quiet workplaces Noisy workplaces Managing acute tinnitus distress at work Federal worker protections for employees with tinnitus Requesting accommodations from your employer When you suffer from bothersome tinnitus, there are few environments more challenging to navigate than the workplace. Fortunately, a number of strategies can make it manageable. For many tinnitus sufferers, showing up for work can start to feel...

Apr 7, 2024 | healthyhearing.com | Glenn Schweitzer

3 tools to end the cycle of negative thinking When you live with bothersome tinnitus, the sound never stops, and many sufferers find themselves in a downward spiral of negative thoughts and catastrophic thinking. It’s easy to see why – the sudden onset of a loud sound that no one else can hear can be terrifying.