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I would tend to agree that there are various severities of hyperacusis and that one should be careful in making blanket statements about cures that would allegedly have a 100% success rate. Unfortunately, people's bodies and minds can be very different from one another, and within the medical...

Hi all, I have not been visiting this forum much anymore, my apologies. I have basically been going on with life, and I often find it best not really to think about this chapter of my life anymore. But still I try to visit from time to time, in the hope that I can help others. So I will try to...

Thank you for this interesting success story. Although tinnitus is not entirely understood yet, the commonly accepted theory is that the brain starts to create its own noise at certain frequencies in the absence of actual auditory stimuli. This is why tinnitus is often caused by hearing damages...

Good to hear that you are not letting this condition rule your life, and that you are living it to the fullest while at the same time being careful (but not fearful!) with your custom earplugs. I know that a lot of people reach this stage, but they usually do not stick around on these forums...

I cannot vouch for TRT as I have not actually done 'true' TRT myself. I have, however, used a lot of the elements which are also found in the TRT hyperacusis protocols to treat my hyperacusis. This includes gradual systematic exposure to sound, pink noise, anxiety reduction, not...

Mine is gone for about 95%. It took a lot of time, about 1.5 to 2 years I would say, for me to get to the point where I am now. You can find my story in my other posts on this forum. I do not post as much anymore as I for the most part have simply moved on with my life. I still log in...

Very well written and balanced message. I think especially for hyperacusis it is important that people should realize that improvement, and often (near) full recovery, is very well possible, provided the hyperacusis is addressed in the right way. Message boards are often flooded by people who...

I do not think that a significant portion of the people with H after auditory trauma got it solely because of overprotecting. They got it because of the auditory trauma and the way the nerves and brain respond to it. Because every sound seems so loud, and so painful, they start overprotecting...

I have the exact same thing! On the basis on what I have been able to research, the TTTS symptoms (which are indeed believed to be a psychosomatic, subconscious, harmless, but annoying 'defense' response of the ear in anticipation of loud noises) can irritate the facial nerve due to the close...

@Layla23 I agree that TRT is far from perfect. I have not followed the traditional TRT myself, but used various aspects of it in combination with other sources and methods to work on creating my own desensitization strategies. Unfortunately for this condition the treatment options are limited...

It should also be noted that in many of the studies done wrt TRT, the broadband sound had a relatively low cut-off frequency (due in part to limitations of the noise generators, and also simply because the clinicians chose a certain noise at the time without too much high frequencies). It's...

If it's extremely loud, yes, so you should not keep standing around for 30 seconds to a minute, but cover your ears / walk away / put in earplugs quickly (i.e. within 10 seconds). Of course there are sounds so loud that they can immediately cause damage, such as explosions, which you should...

I have almost exactly the same symptoms. I usually describe it as 'reactive tinnitus', although this is a bit of an ambiguous term as it is also used by some to describe 'regular' tinnitus which simply gets louder after sound exposure, and takes a while to come back down to baseline again. But...

In about 1,5 year I went from pretty bad hyperacusis to only a mild sound sensitivity to certain high-frequency sounds and impact sounds. I continue to desensitize my auditory system with pink noise and sound exposure, and assuming I keep progressing at the same pace I hope to be entirely rid of...

A very inspiring post. My hyperacusis has improved a lot as some might know, but I still have a bit of a residual fear that one day I might be exposed to a loud noise, such as a fire alarm, which will give me a set-back. Therefore I get a bit nervous when I am in a room where there are fire...