Recent content by CB7x

Interesting recovery. I have a similar timeframe of trauma around April 2020 with tinnitus increasing immediately and hyperacusis following shortly after as I figured out what was happening to me. I initially over protected and avoided sound too much which made it worse. It has been two years of...

I work in IT... Usually a pretty controlled and relatively quiet office environment but some of my worst acoustic traumas have been on the job in close proximity to jet engines. Granted, that was avoidable if I was paying attention and aware of the dangers, but what's done is done. Most office...

I figured I should provide an update on this. I am less sensitive to loud sounds and have been a bit more adventurous, or perhaps gambling, the past week. As I've said before I'm new to this... but from my limited experience I believe overprotecting will make things much worse in the long term...

Thanks for sharing your experience on Prednisone so far. I'm curious how it will go once you're off of it for a day or few. At this point I'm hesitant to try Prednisone since I've read about a few cases of increased tinnitus and hyperacusis afterward. I think your assessment of coming down from...

@MindOverMatter, how are you doing now farther into the Prednisone regimen? It makes me nervous that you mention a massive spike. Was it just the first day and has since subsided to your normal level? Has the hyperacusis returned to normal? I should be able to get some Prednisone this week. You...

I thought this was interesting, and sad. Before coronavirus I used to somewhat regularly go to a local Texas Roadhouse. The staff there told me the owner had forgone his pay to help take care of the staff, they spoke highly of him even before that without having interaction with him aside from...

This morning my tinnitus was a bit louder than normal. I could hear it in my good ear, which I usually cannot first thing in the morning but do hear it later in the day. Less sensitivity to volume than yesterday and my ears don't feel so full. A hot shower felt good, the water didn't sound any...

I'm no expert, but audiologists have suggested I may have recruitment since hyperacusis is very rare. From my understanding recruitment is when adjacent or nearby hair cells to the damaged ones, for folks with acoustic trauma like myself, will pick up the sound from frequencies our damaged hair...

I'm pretty new at this, 11 months since the trauma that took my mild and intermittent tinnitus up to loud and constant, then developed hyperacusis later (overprotecting may have contributed). I normally work in a fairly quiet environment but occasionally have to go into noisy parts of the...

This is interesting. I can change frequency and volume (slightly increases) when moving my jaw and tensing my jaw muscles, which I learned when it sometimes changed while yawning. I also occasionally get a thumping sound that may be a spasm of some sort followed by the volume significantly...

Does anyone else have random or occasional ear "spasms" for lack of a better explanation, then the tinnitus gets significantly quieter or goes away for a brief time before coming back? If so, what is this? I don't really understand it, but once or twice a week I get this weird feeling in my...

I don't know what ultra high means, but my tinnitus is fairly high around 9100 Hz. I like a fan or other background noise in general and I sleep using Beltone Tinnitus Calmer with ocean, wind, fire and crickets sounds. Low volume, only a few clicks up from mute on my phone. I try to embrace...

As Hazel mentions it could be worth trying Prednisone if this was recent. When my trauma occurred it was at the worst of the draconian government response to coronavirus, there was no way to get Prednisone through normal methods or through the gray market so that was off the table. Looking...

Do either of you recall what types of magnesium you tried and what amount? I took 500mg magnesium oxide. Since I now understand there are several types of magnesium supplements I may try another type once I've been off this long enough to establish a baseline. Since many folks find it helpful...

I've read that Magnesium may help relieve tinnitus, or at least help prevent damage to the ears from exposure. I recently got some Magnesium supplement (Sundown brand, 500mg Magnesium oxide, https://www.amazon.com/Sundown-Naturals-Magnesium-Supplement-Recommended/dp/B0045EHZNC/) and have been...