Living with tinnitus

A tinnitus symptom tracker for the days the sound takes over

A chronic illness tracker and gentle companion that already knows what tinnitus can involve — so you do not have to explain it from scratch.

What tinnitus can involve

Tinnitus is sound with no external source: ringing, buzzing, hissing or humming that only you can hear. What varies is not usually whether it is there but how much room it takes up. Tiredness, stress, a quiet room or a bad night can each move it from background to foreground, and that shift is what makes concentration and sleep hard.

Because nobody else can hear it, the distress is easy to underplay and difficult to describe. Recording how loud it seemed and what it interfered with, day by day, turns something private into a record. It also shows the days it receded, which is worth knowing when it feels constant.

How a day can feel

If your days sound anything like this, taluvu was made with you in mind.

  • “It is not the noise, it is that it never stops.”
  • “Quiet rooms are the worst, which nobody expects.”
  • “I cannot concentrate and I cannot explain why.”
  • “Some days it is background. Some days it is everything.”
  • “Nobody else can hear it, so I stopped mentioning it.”

These are the kinds of things taluvu invites you to say in your own words — never a checklist of what anyone “should” have.

What taluvu helps you keep track of

Choose Tinnitus and it starts you with a palette, not a blank form.

These are things people living with tinnitus often want to keep an eye on. Remove any you do not need, add your own, and check in with a few taps on the days you have very little to give.

  • Ringing or buzzing
  • How loud it is
  • Difficulty concentrating
  • Sleep disruption
  • Distress
  • Sensitivity to sound
  • Fatigue
  • A journal in your own words, not a score
  • A plain-English week view of what stands out
  • A Doctor Summary you own and can print
  • Your care team’s details in one place

taluvu never claims one thing caused another. It shows what is worth noticing and leaves the medicine to your doctor. See how a check-in works.

A calm, colour-coded week view of someone's health story in taluvu, showing gentle patterns rather than a raw score.

Trusted information and support

Places we point people to for tinnitus.

The same sources and communities taluvu links to inside the app. They are independent of us; please check anything important with your own care team.

Information sources

Communities

Questions people ask

Tinnitus and taluvu, in plain answers.

Short, honest answers about what taluvu does and does not do for tinnitus. Nothing here is medical advice.

Is taluvu a tinnitus tracker?

Yes. Tinnitus is built into taluvu with a starting palette of ringing or buzzing, how loud it is, difficulty concentrating, sleep disruption, distress, sensitivity to sound and fatigue. You can add your own words for the sound itself.

Can I record how intrusive it was rather than how loud?

Yes, and that is often the more useful measure. Every check-in has room for a line in your own words, so you can note what it stopped you doing rather than only rating the sound.

Does taluvu make tinnitus quieter?

No. taluvu does not offer sound therapy or any intervention, and it makes no claim about changing your symptoms. It keeps a record of how things have been, which you can read back or take to an audiology appointment.

Why record something that is always there?

Because it is not always the same, even when it is always present. A record shows the days it receded and what tended to come before the worst ones, which is hard to see from inside a bad week.

Getting taluvu

Carry tinnitus with a little more company.

taluvu is an iPhone app. A membership comes with a free trial, and the price and terms are shown in full before you are ever asked to pay.

Download on the App Store See how taluvu helps See a real Doctor Summary

Other conditions

taluvu understands more than one thing at once.

Over a hundred conditions are built in, including living without a diagnosis yet. Choose as many as apply.

taluvu is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Nothing on this page is a substitute for advice from your own doctor or care team. taluvu helps you organise and describe your own experience — see the Medical & AI Disclaimer.

If you are in crisis or need urgent help, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line. In the UK, call 999 in an emergency, NHS 111 for urgent advice, or Samaritans free on 116 123.