Recent content by Danny B

I can't speak too technically to your question, that's probably better left to an ENT you trust. I can just say that in my own anecdotal experience with overproduced earwax, the effect on my tinnitus seems to be shared between my bad tinnitus ear and my less-bad tinnitus ear. I've had a sudden...

Hi Leif! I really feel for you, I know that initial onset period is extremely rough. I remember taking a lot of showers too. I can't speak for the hyperacusis, as I've never had to deal with that, but I've been there when it comes to the high-pitched tinnitus that seems unmaskable. In your...

There's a lot of "here's how we do our research" type discussion, but I tried to skim out the stuff relevant to developing treatments. Stanford created a broad multi-disciplinary group of 90+ scientists dedicated to making the treatment of the inner ear as accessible as the middle ear...

I love this post. Video games are great for tuning it out, I remember the first week I had tinnitus I decided to buy Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice to take my mind off it. When I was in the middle of a boss battle on the verge of either winning or dying for the 10th time, the tinnitus was not even in...

Honestly, that's hilarious. Did you ever think you'd say the sentence "Basically, eating 8 bananas a day seems to have got me to this point" with dead seriousness? Extremely happy for you, savor that feeling for all of us! We'll get there some day!

I had almost an identical situation to yours, I got totally used to my tinnitus and then about a year after it began I experienced the static. It terrified me, I was so used to the tinnitus tone of the past year that it barely crossed my mind at that point. It totally threw off my habituation...

Hey Zach, extremely sorry to hear about the time you're having. I know exactly how those hellish spikes can feel. I had a similar situation happen about a year into my habituation process (an unfortunate up-close encounter with a fire alarm I was trying to replace the battiers of) and it went...

Reading your response to this has been extremely inspiring Billie. I have had ups and downs in my tinnitus and hearing loss path as well, some more shocking than the others, and I'm going to think about these posts and take your attitude whenever I hit a bump in the road of life. I have...

This movie was actually extremely cathartic and helpful to me, even though it addresses deafness and not tinnitus. There are going to be spoilers about the general direction of the plot in this comment, although I won't spoil specifics. Riz Ahmed's performance of someone who is trying to keep...

Huuuge news. A major breakthrough on the path to a cure. Very exciting times!!

A few of your symptoms are pretty normal, I remember feeling strangely dizzy when I first got my tinnitus too. Mine also generally is better in the mornings and worse in the evenings, it's always changing. I had a similar phase to yours when I first got it where I started constantly protecting...

Hello! Really sorry to hear about your experience. I have no knowledge about the medication side of your post, but I can tell you that 22 days is nowhere near chronic. Acoustic traumas take a long time to heal, so don't worry. It is almost guaranteed to fade with time, as hard as it sounds the...

If you want to get really anal about it, there are phone apps you can download that can loosely measure decibels in your environment. You generally don't want to be hearing sounds at above 85 decibels for extended periods of time, although periodic crying and stuff like that isn't the kind of...

1. Get totally comfortable with life and get started on the next chapter, whether it be through an eventual cure or just not caring about a dumb phantom sound anymore (getting there!) 2. Get over my fear of recording vocal tracks and finally put out this giant vat of music I have sitting 90%...

Hello! Sorry to hear you're not doing well. I know how that initial phase of tinnitus feels, it totally sucks but I guarantee you it's going to get better. There are plenty of accounts on this website where tinnitus goes away after an acoustic trauma, check out the success stories section for...