Recent content by Bertman

I mean it's true to an extent, they do still offer pretty good protection with the caps off because it is an impulse (shooter) style filter which filters out loud noise while letting in quieter noise. However, in our situation there is no way I would rely on them for use as described in the...

Hey Telis, I know this isn't much consolation, but just wanted to share that you are not alone in this situation. After reading your post, I felt much of it could've said my name as the author (save for the hearing loss part). I too have stopped posting on Tinnitus Talk for the most part, just...

Hey Patch, sorry to hear about your incident and I hope it settles down for you. As a former goalie myself I am very aware of what it's like to get hit in the mask. I would definitely suggest wearing earplugs when playing hockey for this exact reason. The ones I wore that I found to work quite...

I think mine would have went away if I hadn't gone out one night without earplugs a few weeks after I got T.

Give it all to Prof. Thanos Tzounopoulos. I bet he'd fix us up in no time.

You're going to be just fine.

@Cityjohn Hope I'm not coming off as rude or anything, but hasn't LLLT already been tested for tinnitus and the results marginal at best? Could this be one of those things that works great in scientific theory but doesn't translate to significant results in reality? I'm open to the idea, just...

I've been a huge fan of the MyNoise website since the beginning of my tinnitus. This makes it even better. Thanks @Steve and Stephane!

best wishes @monacco! Does anyone have a theory if stem cells would affect the frequency/duration/severity of noise related spikes? One thing I've heard a lot is that since we have damaged ears already, sounds that normally wouldn't affect people cause us to have elevated T. Maybe, just maybe...

NRR rating scale is basically the minimum protection which is usually lower because most earplugs are meant to fit lots of people. Therefore they have to include data even though the plugs may not fit properly. In my opinion(which could be wrong) custom earplugs don't have that issue because...

Try and stay calm. I've made my fair share of mistakes that resulted in spikes and I would say it takes around 5-7+ days before things start to settle down. There were a couple times early on that did not return 100% back to my baseline, but one time I wasn't wearing earplugs at all and the...

I wonder how much progress has been made on the pump delivery system. A little off topic but I remember seeing something about one of the problems of stem cells was that there is no way to directly apply them to the inner ear. If something like a pump could effectively and safely deliver them to...

Does anyone know of any way to Prevent ear wax compacting. I seem to have a chronic problem of this now because I wear earplugs at work. I've read that putting in and taking out earplugs creates more wax, and then the other problem is (going to sound kind of gross..) that when it's warm out at...

Can't really say as I've been single since I got T, but it sure makes it harder (on me anyways) to find someone to be in a relationship with.

I agree a loud exhaust on a crap car is dumb. But on a performance oriented car it's fine by me. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's okay to be driving around with a full race exhaust, but in general adding more noise adds to the experience of driving a sports car. Different strokes for...