Recent content by JohnFox

Sorry, bro. Here are a few things to keep in mind: Tinnitus is very varied. It's almost like a fingerprint—no two cases are exactly alike. There is noise-induced tinnitus, and then there are those who get it for no "apparent" reason. In both cases, some degree of hearing loss is usually present...

I have been living with very significant hissing static noise in my head for nearly four years now so I know what you're talking about. It never goes away. It is part of my life. I hear it over everything, and I also have hyperacusis to deal with. 100% deaf in my right ear. Can you ever...

Yea, what a deal. If you read my post, you know that it just clobbered me one night while I was asleep. Life's never been the same since. I guess I am better at coping with it now than I was 3 years ago, but I would walk across the country to get rid of it. Do you also have significant tinnitus?

A short history. 3 1/2 years ago I experienced what they call SSHL (Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss). One night for no apparent reason I lost 100% hearing in my right ear, leaving me with significant tinnitus inside the dead ear. It's the loud hissing static untuned radio noise with some...

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I have very severe tinnitus and total hearing loss in right ear, with hyperacusis in left ear. I have tried to explain what I am dealing with to my closer friends. I have a tinnitus app that I have played for them on my phone that pretty closely mimics the hissing, static, idling 737 noise...

I have significant reactive tinnitus and hyperacusis. At times my tinnitus is quite loud because it is reactive to environmental noise. It's been 2 1/2 years now. I'm not sure what real habituation is, but I can say that I deal with it better now than before. In certain situations I can go for...

I'm pretty sure that the tinnitus (high pitched static noise) you are experiencing on your right side, is due to the hearing loss you have on your left side. Yes, my tinnitus is located on the same side as my deaf side, but you need to remember, in my case and likely in your case too, our...

My situation has not changed at all. It is permanent. Yes, I have complete hearing loss in my right ear with significant tinnitus on that same side. This all happened very suddenly one night while sleeping over two years ago. My "good left ear" has severe hyperacusis which causes the tinnitus on...

I would think your chances are very low. Getting tinnitus from taking Ibuprofen is simply conjecture. Most tinnitus is caused by noise damage such as wearing headphones with the volume turned up too loud.

Hi Steve, Good to hear form you. A few days ago I was in the middle of replying to you and I stopped for awhile and when I returned to this site the next day to continue writing, I could not retrieve what I had started writing. I assume that it was lost somehow. If you did get it, then this...

Hey Steve, Thanks for sharing the details of your "event." So so similar to my own. I'm beginning to think more and more that it didn't have anything to do with my accident. I have heard of too many accounts of it simply happening. And it always seems to be just the one ear going deaf. It...

Hey Steve, I'm really glad that the new headphones are working for you! I suspected that they just might help a little since your experience with tinnitus/hyperacusis so much mirrors my own. For you to say that you felt a "sense" of normality is simply awesome! That made me think about when I...

Steve, so glad my words have offered some encouragement. You are in the early stages of this mighty challenge, a stage I might refer to as tinnitus/hyperacusis boot camp. The humour I seem to be able to muster I think finds its source again in total acceptance, which I have previously addressed...

Steve, thank you for the kind words. If I can be of some help to others with tinnitus/hyperacusis, then this is therapy for me too. I really mean it. It's just another "positive" that I can absorb. In spite of the crippling seriousness of this affliction, your attitude seems to be pointed in...