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I personally don’t see any difference except for increased ringing and sensitivity to sounds. Which as I said subside after withdrawal. So :dunno:

Hello everyone! Does anyone here have a strange sound, like foam bubbles bursting inside your ears? It started at night 2 weeks ago and doesn’t look like going away. It was triggered by a middle ear spasm (thumping) and then turned into constant and very light crackling, like bath foam... I...

Please do if you can, I’m interested!

And believe me it was BAD. Sometimes I wanted just to shut everything down and put myself into a soundproof cabin. I hated watching TV, especially when a background music was coming, because that was the most whistling part. But I kept watching and telling myself that this will pass, I will get...

Yes, it was absolutely the same for me - a noise was so real and felt like it was coming from a real source. Even flushing a toilet was a torture (sorry!). And I also prayed for having just my ordinary T back. I know easier said than done, but don’t worry and treat it as... as my husband said...

I know, it’s super frustrating. But just try not to focus. I must say that I just woke up one day, forgot to check on a sound to see if it’s still there, and later realized that it’s not. Do you take anything like Flonase? I have to say that I used it for 3 months as prescribed, and things got...

Yes! But it took around 3 months. I had a VERY noisy flight yesterday, after which it seems that the sensitivity has returned a bit, but I don’t focus on this anymore.

The first audiologist whom I reached told me that there is a condition often associated with basically just hearing yourself, your body working. No one knows why brain plays this on us, so yes, you can be hyper aware and start hearing internal sounds. Because human body IS loud :)

It may be an indication of autophony due to an open tube, not closed (in case you have issues with Eustachian tubes)

Balloon dilation! I’ve been offered this lately for autophony and ETD! Thanks for sharing, so much food for thought

Same for me. I have difficulties not to actually pop my tubes, but to close it - they tend to open during any physical activity. So whenever having cold I feel T and sensitivity diminishes greatly.

@SilverSpiral thanks for explanation. It’s just so sad, I can’t... I’m habituated to T, but this extra layering of sounds out of nowhere... how can someone habituate to this? The moment you’re done with one sound and tone, here you go - threat yourself with another challenge :arghh:

I know it’s different for everyone here, but I can drink anything, nothing causes a spike for me in terms of drinks

1. Mine is better when I’m having cold! 7. I was shocked such thing exists

What noise do you thing a classic surgery performed on septum can produce? I’ve done mine and actually even if you opt for a laser, surgeon still will make couple of hits and only then they clean the rest with laser. So it will be noisy anyway.. if that’s the sound you’re scared of.