Magna wrote:
I don't use noise cancelling headphones because I have tinnitus and when I've tried them I found that they end up increasing the perceived volume of the ringing in my ears after I take them off which is a problem I avoid at all costs. I've read that others experience the same thing, that they "make tinnitus worse". I'm very glad they're out there and that they work for other people though.
tintinnabulation describes very well what i hear when i am awake and at night if i don't put on a brown noise generator. i have not noticed the effect you described, of amplified ear ringing. when i take off my bose noise cancelling units i am just aware of a vastly increased ambient sound level, is all, that in fact makes it harder to hear my tinnitus.