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Greatest song ever written IMHO.

Sorry, I didn't see this, let me answer you: The chiro does a lot of massage around my head and jaw, plus he uses ultrasound, and some weird contraption that "punches" my jaw to help reposition it. My T is like yours, high-pitched. Quite, frankly, I forgot what it sounds like because I rarely...

Great news Bas! I have to tell you, in my case I didn't even realize all the muscles on the right side of my face even hurt until my ENT touched them and I was like OMG! Thank god for her, because a lot of docs don't believe in the whole TMJ thing. That being said, the constant care from my...

You can do it!!

My drummer recently--albeit reluctantly has been getting on the earplug thing. For practice, he wears shooting earmuffs and then uses in-ear monitors at a low volume in his ears (we use two room mics for his monitors). I checked his setup out and its pretty rad. The sound is good and clear and...

Good luck. I hope it works out! I'd like to know if it does.

I play guitar. 140 Watt Ampeg head through a full-stack. Can you say loud? Anyway, cymbals are THE WORST thing for your ears. Do you use foam earplugs now? The custom molded are a godsend. They are comfortable and have genuine clarity to them. They aren't really "plugs" more like attenuators.

My bandmates won't listen to me about ear protection. I warned them. I always wore protection when playing out live, so I guess that's why my hearing is still above average (and trust me we play loud deathmetal!). I just bought a pair of custom-molded ear plugs, which are fantastic. You hear...

Absolutely I was able to change the pitch by clenching my jaw. When it was at its worst, Chewing food was like listening to a wave of high and higher pitches as I chewed. Annoying as hell I tell ya. I can still make the T active by clenching down hard or just opening my jaw wide. ...Damn, I...

My case of T and my ability to have it virtually eliminated is directly due to three people who truly took the time to listen, investigate, experiment and provide encouragement. I apologize for my long absence, but I needed to stay away from talking about T as I went through this. My ENT...

Thanks Gary. That sure helps!

Well, there is a low underdone, but that doesn't bother me at all. It's the constant high-pitched tone that sucks. It;s been going on all day today. Yesterday it was gone and there was only the low tone, which I can barely hear and doesn't interfere with daily life at all.

Wishful. It's a high pitched whine.

Regarding TMJ, when I went to the ENT, she told me I didn't have permanent tinnitus, but that my Masseter Muscle (sp) was inflamed and since this muscle is very very close to the ear it is what is causing my tinnitus. I went to a TMJ specialist and he took and 360 x-ray. My jaw was fine, but...