Peter Studenik

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Hi, I am Peter, a tinnitus expert and dog, hike, sea, sport, good company, and psychology lover. I am 44, finished 2 universities, worked for a few corporations in management positions, and was competing in extreme sports. All changed when my tinnitus started and this is my story:

My life was turned upside down after attending a loud concert, as I began experiencing constant whistling and ringing in my ears, also known as tinnitus. This made it difficult for me to concentrate on anything, and even sleep. I felt overwhelmed and frightened, and after two weeks, I forced myself to visit an ENT specialist who confirmed that I had tinnitus and hyperacusis. Despite being prescribed medication to alleviate the acute tinnitus, I did not see any improvement. My condition deteriorated to the point where the doctor told me that I had chronic tinnitus and that I should learn to live with it, which left me feeling hopeless.

Refusing to give up, I sought out help from various specialists, including neurologists, homeopaths, Chinese medicine specialists, nutritionists, and body movement specialists. However, none of them were able to provide any relief.

After three years of trouble, I started to look at tinnitus from a broader perspective and found out that tinnitus is being investigated by Pawel J. Jastreboff, Ph.D., Sc.D., Professor at the Department of Neurology at Yale University. I immediately read all his research and understood what tinnitus is, how it starts, and why standard treatment fails. I got in touch with him and he confirmed, that my tinnitus could be cured. I began believing I could cure my tinnitus, and together we found the way. At the same time, I started therapy with a psychologist to resolve my long-term stress, sleeping problems, work overload, and also relationship problems.

Reflecting on my experience, I realized that resolving the underlying causes of my tinnitus was essential to my recovery. This included addressing long-term stress, work overload, anxiety, and relationship problems. The therapy I underwent was two-fold, focusing on physical and psychological relief. This included TRT sound therapy to break the fixation of my brain on tinnitus, physiotherapy to fix my cervical spine and jaw, and stress and emotional relief to restore balance in my life.

I have summarized everything that helped me achieve complete relief from tinnitus into six steps.