Recent content by biggy312

Looks great!!!

It has been almost eight months, and I think I am starting to habituate. My tinnitus is still elevated, loud, annoying, and intrusive, but I have not been aware of the sounds for more parts of the day now, and it is bothering me a bit less. My improvement started when I began to sleep better and...

I stopped wearing the hearing aids after about a month of consistent use. I was too focused on the hearing aids, changing from white noise to pink, changing the volume, etc. I don't have much hearing loss. I will live my life and subject my healing auditory system to regular noises so I can...

I am three weeks into hearing aids with tinnitus masking. There is no change in tinnitus volume or intrusiveness. In fact, I hear the white or pink noise and my tinnitus, which is pretty annoying! I think if the hearing aids help the habituation process, it will probably take many months. I am...

I really hope the hearing aids help me deal with my tinnitus; I have never had as loud tinnitus as I have now, and I do not have much hope of improving at this point.

My tinnitus is still as loud, annoying, and intrusive as when the accident and spike occurred. I am getting hearing aids in a week. I hope the correction for my high-frequency hearing loss and sound therapy will help. I am going to give my auditory system some time to improve. If not, I will go...

Almost 4-month update: One bit of good news, along with continuing stress and anxiety. Since the spike, there have been 2 new low-frequency pure tones that are loud and intrusive, along with my pre-existing high-frequency screaming sound along with an oscillating high-frequency sound...

I really appreciate your response and support: It means a great deal to me.

Thank you so much for the encouraging words: I am very glad that your tinnitus returned to baseline and you have given me hope that mine will as well!

I am not able to deal with my current spike anymore: I simply cannot get away from it and I am going crazy. Everything that worked with prior spikes is not helping at all. The only thing that helps is Valium, but that is not a solution. I have an audiologist appointment on March 12th: I hope...

I have a cautiously optimistic update. January 27th will be 2 months since the spike and today, for the first time, my tinnitus is slightly lower in volume, intensity and intrusiveness. I am extremely surprised as all of my prior spikes took much longer to improve at all. I am not yet ready to...

I was way too optimistic in my prior post: firstly, I thought more time had gone by when I posted my last update. The noise exposure occured on November 27th, so it will be only 2 months on January 27th. It is still extremely loud (8/10) and intrusive. I have had one decent day a few days ago...

From my long-term journey (40 years now) I can say that with the passage of time, and doing all you can to not subject your ears to loud noises, you should continue to habituate and improve. Good luck!

I can concur: I am about 6 weeks into my 11th spike over the past 40 years and I have habituated to all of them: they all took about 12 months to settle down...

This is Merci: absolutely the best help in managing my current tinnitus spike! Instant happiness whenever she's around!