UMS Journal

[Shannon]

The volumes I mentioned were measured using Frequensee right where my ear was located.
When sitting in my work chair, I held it up to where my ear is.
In bed, I held the phone where again, on the pillow where my ear is.

I am about to start the 5th cycle , so I will give the Ultrasonic a good for the 3 days, and see how I am.
I dont really care if the tinnitus is bad, so long as I can go to sleep and so long as over the course of the days that follow it settles down.

As noted, after 4 cycles, nothing is different from before when I started.

Maybe, just to early to think anything might change.. given its jsut over a month. Thoughts?

I measure the volume at the source, or as close to it as possible.  Usually within a few inches.  That means my readings will be different than yours.  You want to set the volume by measuring at the source.

Do a cycle with that adjustment.  If after this cycle you still notice nothing, then you're going to want to start looking at adjusting the usage patterns until you find something that works.

Usually no result means stonewalling, and stonewalling means you're likely to get a much better result from a significantly lower volume.  It usually happens with personalities that are very strong willed and resist "being told what to do", which they tend to associate with higher volumes.  Lowering the volume on ultrasonic, or using masked format, will be the suggestion for that if you see no results after this cycle.  You can use masked format at a comfortable volume, or lower the volume on the ultrasonic.  If you get no results during this next cycle, I would suggest starting with a volume equivalent of 9/15 for the ultrasonic.  If you still notice no result, lower it one click per cycle.  Usually the minimum useful volume for ultrasonic is going to be around 6 or 7.  

If even that doesn't produce results, then you can try two other options:

1. Go loud.  Instead of 13, try 15/15 on a standard Android cell phone for a cycle.  That should at least give you enough results to know there's something happening, but it's likely to give you a lot of tinnitus.  Probably not the best option.
2. Go quiet.  This would be using masked format.  Use it starting at 13/15 equivalent, and then adjust as necessary to be comfortable to listen to.