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Author: Klaus Podoll, Markus Dahlem, Sofia Greene	30. November 2007
Edited by: Klaus Podoll, Markus Dahlem, Sofia Greene

Distraction techniques

Distraction techniques can be a useful way to help coping with the visual snow (as well as with other symptoms of persistent aura).

Listening to certain types of sounds

"My neurologist recently suggested that listening to certain types of sounds might help both with the dizziness/disorientation and the visual symptoms. Clearly listening to classical music etc. would probably help anyone to relax, but he said it would probably be better to hear sounds that you didn't have to actively listen to. Anyway, I've experimented and found that if you make a cd that contains wave (as in the sea) noises and static noises and listen to that while walking around then the dizziness is alleviated by approximately 80%. As regards the visual symptoms, it’s harder to tell, as they’re varied, but I would say those symptoms are also alleviated by around 40%. I would have thought that extra sensory input would have made the problem worse, but, in fact, these types of sounds seem to positively affect many symptoms of the condition. Hope this helps."

(jane10 [subject #23], Ezboard forum Visual snow or static - Discussion - Sticky - Things that have helped, July 18, 2007)

"I've learned a couple of tricks from other people, like that distraction technique. That's been a good one - not for walking around, but for reading, it's been great."

(SopuliSusie [subject #405], Yuku forum Visual snow or static - General discussion - Beneficial and harmful uses of internet forums, October 9, 2007)

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