Recent content by K_Cbus

Yesterday, I had a huge spike in my tinnitus on the left, and now I am hearing a different frequency in that ear. Basically, when I listen to 2000 Hertz in my left ear, it sounds like a different tone (like 2500 Hertz). My right ear is hearing it correctly at 2000 Hertz. Has anyone had this...

Had 105-110 dB noise in my ear the other day and the T is killing me. Have some dampening as well. Just ordered some NR and will be starting it. Fingers crossed.

Right, the most important thing isn't how long it actually takes but whether the mechanism of action actually works.

Shinya Yamanaka of Japan demonstrated that you can turn any adult cell into a pluripotent stem cell through 4 virally directed transcription factors. Unfortunately, this technology still has a long way to go before it can be clinically useful, but the science works.

The problem is that most of these companies are not even in phase I... some aren't even in preclinical.

This happens every time you masturbate? I also have split second tinnitus spike with basic loss of hearing but it recovers shortly after. These events occur randomly for me, as I could just be sitting there reading. But yours is permanent? Or how long does it take from your hearing to normalize?

I think Otologic Pharmaceuticals only has potential treatments that can be used in the acute phase after acoustic trauma. It would not useful for the vast majority of us on this forum.

My hearing loss? Or do you mean the OP's hearing loss? Mine was caused by going to an indoor gun range with poorly fitted ear plugs. I was in there for about 50 minutes and when I came out, I couldn't hear anything. I had PROFOUND hearing loss that night. The next morning, I had an audiogram...

I would get on prednisone and NAC as soon as you can. I suffered acute acoustic trauma and ended up with severe sensorineural hearing loss with my 2-4k hertz at 80 db. I literally was not functional. Fortunately, I was able to get myself on a dose of prednisone within 4 hours, then continued it...

What was your initial diagnosis? Idiopathic SNHL? Autoimmune? Noise induced? Perhaps they skipped the MRI the first time given that it was bilateral, but usually they need to rule out structural defects if they don't know the exact cause. For me, it was a classic case of acoustic trauma, so we...

Physiologically significant suppression of your HPA axis occurs after at least 3 weeks of steroid usage. Before then, the risk of adrenal insufficiency without a taper isn't high. If you truly have refractory side effects from the prednisone, then you can just stop it. You may be a bit more...

That's incredible. Thanks so much for sharing! Getting your mind off tinnitus is definitely the only thing that one can do in such a situation. I went to my family's Thanksgiving get-together today and my T was manageable mainly because the interaction with them kept my mind off it. One...

Wait, you were able to dream a tone that became real? Tinnitus is truly one frightening beast.

Do you know anyone that has completely recovered from acute acoustic trauma? Either in the form of full hearing recovery or at least cessation of tinnitus? Thanks.

I was in there for about an hour. I had foam ear plugs but I don't think they were all the way in like they were supposed to (being a newb to gun ranges). On the spectrum of acoustic trauma, I think mine is pretty severe. I'm actually lucky to have as much hearing as I do now... I just pray to...