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Hello, Earplugs cannot worsen your tinnitus and hyperacusis, especially not because your primary cause of tinnitus was loud sound. On the contrary, the earplugs can contribute to the gradual improvement of the condition. Please use earplugs wherever you do not feel comfortable due to loud sound...

Thank you very much! At first (i.e., before 6 years), I had extremely severe hyperacusis, but no ear pain (if no sound was present). However, if the sound level exceeded the critical value, I felt pain and the perceived sound was distorted. Initially, this threshold was very low, in my case just...

Hello Lane, I completely understand your situation. You may be right about your primary reason behind your hyperacusis. However, even in this case, it is only a matter of probability that this is the main cause. Sometimes some things are happening at the same time, but they may not be related...

Hello an1992, Changing the intensity of tinnitus over a period of time is a common fact for the tinnitus. A little less often, tinnitus changes as drastically in a very short period of time as is the case with your tinnitus. You may find it strange, but strongly changing tinnitus in such a...

Hello Capstan, If the hyperacusis is very severe, it is a much bigger problem in the initial stage than tinnitus, regardless of the severity of the tinnitus. The good side of hyperacusis is that, while avoiding dangerous circumstances, it slowly fades away. Sometimes it may takes several years...

Hello GBB, I take occasionally a very small dose of Bromazepam (1.5 mg) and/or a very small dose of Mirtazapine (about 7.5 mg or less) before sleep. Insomnia due to tinnitus can be very stressful and only exacerbates tinnitus. However, great care should be taken when taking drugs. Each patient...

Dear friends, It’s been over five years since onset of my tinnitus and hyperacusis. Back then, I was convinced that my life was over, as the tinnitus was extremely loud, and my loudness discomfort level (LDL) was extremely low - only around 30 dB. Even my own voice was too loud for me, so I...

Hello Emanuel, Thank you for your post. I'm so sorry that your condition has not (yet) improved. Please note that virtually every person perceives tinnitus in a different way, and there are as many specific types of tinnitus (and the ways of treatments) as there are tinnitus patients. As I...

I'm experiencing a very similar issue. Person with tinnitus (in most cases) much easier tolerates its own voice than the voice(s) of other people, especially in case if the source of these voices is either the crowd of people or the crowd of people and other noises in the shopping centers...

Hello Juan! I have similar problems. Background noise impedes good understanding of words and ability to focus on the speach I want to hear. However, this problem doesn't affect too much to my life to much because I can't attend at too loud group events, because of my hypeacusis and tinnitus...

Hello, Just a short update after almost three years after onset of tinnitus and hyperacusis. Hyperacusis slowly decreases, however there are also days when it increases temporarily due to unknown reasons. But in general I made a huge progress in the past two years regarding hyperacusis...

Many people ask me how long does it take to recover from hyperacusis. It is very difficult to answer this question, because there are: 1. A large amount of different reasons to develop hyperacusis, 2. Many different intensities and types of hyperacusis. In addition, each person responds...

It is well known that about 40 % of sufferers with tinnitus (please see the www pages focused on hyperacusis) have also different types of hyperacusis (from mild to severe, with or without ear pain). There are many initial causes that trigger tinnitus, including stress. Some sufferers (not all)...

Hello Hidde, I was in the same situation some 2.5 years ago. It is most important to have a good night's sleep, especially for the patients with tinnitus/hyperacusis. In many cases, the hyperacusis develops because of the massive stress caused by tinnitus and consequently of the absence of...