Recent content by FellowSufferer

No problem about the length, mate. It definitely sounds like you’re dealing with something that nobody seems to fully understand. It seems to go beyond just hyperacusis and resembles a kind of sensitivity or intermittent chronic pain centered in your ears. I believe some writers, like Dr. Howard...

March Update: I have been more consistent with the sound therapy this month, and there is definitely objective progress, which is encouraging. At the start of the year, I measured my minimum masking level in the late 20s to early 30s on my MP3 player, but now I am reliably getting readings in...

Sorry to hear that, mate. Stay strong. Have you tried custom moulded earplugs? You should not have to force those in.

February Quick Update My tinnitus progress seems to have plateaued a bit. I’ve continued using the MP3 player with earphones, but I admit I haven’t been as consistent as I’d like. I also haven’t been using my mouthguard to prevent teeth grinding at night or taking my supplements every day. I’ll...

I’m glad to hear that you’ve truly habituated, and that’s definitely a great point about protecting your hearing!

Hi everyone, This is not a success story, at least not yet, but I am posting because I have had a noticeable reduction in my tinnitus over the past month. This gives me a great deal of hope. I developed tinnitus in February 2022 from listening to loud music on headphones. After some initial...

I’m glad to hear that you’re recovering, but I recommend using earplugs less often. Overprotecting your ears in environments that aren’t very loud can lead to increased sensitivity to sound, known as hyperacusis. For many people, hyperacusis is actually worse than tinnitus because even normal...

Yes, I’ve run a couple before. I’m planning to take this one nice and slow—haha! Nothing in particular, thanks. I’m currently in email correspondence with @Hazel about a GoFundMe page.

Ah, it's actually £110 to purchase the Textbook of Tinnitus (published in 2024), a collection of articles by various authors, including Rauschecker. His chapter spans pages 221–230 and costs only £19, which I might buy out of curiosity. I've downloaded your Tinnitus Gating Model and plan to...

Fair enough. I’ve just started properly reading up on the theory behind tinnitus after three years of dealing with it, and his work was the first academic material I’ve come across. I hadn’t heard of Rauschecker’s theory before, so I’ll definitely take a look at it. I also read Peter Studenik’s...

Hi All, I'm thrilled to have secured a spot in the London Marathon this April 27th, and I'm excited to use the opportunity to raise money for a tinnitus charity. I've had tinnitus for three years now, with a medium volume level (6/10), along with very mild hyperacusis in my right ear. I've...

I’m planning to run a fundraising marathon for a tinnitus charity, and I already have a spot. Do you think Tinnitus Quest would be the best option for me?

Isn’t the underlying mechanism broadly what Pawel J. Jastreboff has proposed since the 1990s? In most cases (about 90%), doesn’t it involve an acoustic trauma, such as exposure to a very loud noise, causing hearing damage or temporary hearing loss? As a result, neurons in the auditory nerve...

Well done, mate!

Sorry, not really. I only met the guy once at a nightclub, and that was when he told me his story.