Christmas can be a joyous time of year spent with friends and family. It can also be very annoying for people who suffer from chronic severe subjective tinnitus and hyperacusis. It isn't your fault that Aunt Ethel talks in a high pitched voice that causes your tinnitus to flare up. But what can you do? You don't want to be rude and offend her by asking her to tone down her voice.
Christmas choirs, bells, music, crowd noise, delivery trucks, buses, kids crying in the mall, even the tearing open of wrapping paper can all annoy hyperacusis and tinnitus sufferers to the point of experiencing anxiety. We want to flee to a quieter area. Why? It isn't because we don't love Aunt Ethel, it is because the sound of her voice causes our ears to amplify her voice louder and above what is normal. The amplification can cause the tinnitus to flare up. It is the ear and the brain that is the problem not the relative.
You can avoid all of that. Purchase some high quality Bose noise cancellation headphones and you may be able to cancel the annoying part of Aunt Ethel's voice and yet still hear her. The headphones are pricey but well worth the price.
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