Recent content by Joseph K

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    New and Worried: Did Alcohol or Amoxicillin Cause My Tinnitus?

    @pc1, still much the same unfortunately. Have the ringing all the time but also being affected a lot by hyperacusis. If I hear any kind of loud sound my ears clog up and start this weirding crackling sensation. Had the unfortunate experience of going back to my ENT in March and he casually did...
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    New and Worried: Did Alcohol or Amoxicillin Cause My Tinnitus?

    @DimLeb, thanks for your reply. Yes, I will definitely protect my ears from now on. Yeah I have heard that about audiograms. I might check if there is a way to do a test that checks high frequencies also. @Simon85, thanks for your reply. The newborn is keeping me occupied for sure. I have...
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    New and Worried: Did Alcohol or Amoxicillin Cause My Tinnitus?

    Hi guys. I’ve been off the forum for a while trying to let things settle down. Unfortunately they haven’t. My tinnitus has got worse over the past few weeks which is quite disheartening. I saw another ENT about 5 weeks ago. Had another normal audiogram. That’s two normal audiograms now. The...
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    New and Worried: Did Alcohol or Amoxicillin Cause My Tinnitus?

    @Michael Leigh Hi Michael. Many thanks for your response and the useful links. I will try give it some time and see how things go. @Jack Straw Hi Jack. Thanks for your response. I know, lots of potential triggers for sure. That antibiotic seems like it is a very common one - hard to imagine it...
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    New and Worried: Did Alcohol or Amoxicillin Cause My Tinnitus?

    Hi all. My name is Joseph and I’m from Ireland. Hope you don’t mind me sharing my story below. Would be very grateful to hear from you guys. I’ve had tinnitus for just over three weeks. I’m very stressed about it and concerned that it’s here to stay. It all started for me from beginning of...