Recent content by Katarina

@VRZ78 unfortunately, there is no way to turn the beeping sound off. He tried but it is part of the package .. If I knew that a huge spike in tinnitus is normal during the first session and that it always gets better with further applications, I would get the home kit designed by Wilden and try...

@Bobby B, no, you are getting things muddled up. I did not mention any test in 1986 (I think you are referring to the Acoustic Reflex Threshold Test, which I mention in my profile, which was performed on my ears in 2011 and which indeed caused me permanent Hyperacusis and Tinnitus). Here I am...

still scared

Hello everyone. A month ago I tried laser in my country, with Dr. Procházka, who has published several papers on the success of LLLT in the treatment of tinnitus in his practice. I only had 1 session, which unfortunately made my tinnitus significantly worse! I have been struggling with Tinnitus...

Hello! Please advise: can Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy make Hyperacusis worse? I have heard that it is quite noisy inside the chamber and you can can hear your breathing - through the mask - extra loud. I am tempted to try it (as a treatment of my tinnitus) but I am anxious about the noise levels...

Hello there! How many have had considerable success with HBOT? Thank you, Katarina

We really cannot avoid loud sounds ... not even by moving to a sleepy abandoned village like I have! (I suffered a MAJOR acoustic trauma when I entered an empty bar nearby ... the owner, bless her, is half deaf and she had a very loud alarm system set up at the entrance to notify her that...

Hello Gosia, I definitely recovered from the alarm but have had many many other "acoustic traumas" since. This just confirms what others have said: that we ALWAYS recover from loud sounds. The challenge is to learn NOT to panic (like I do) and to gradually teach the ears to react less...

If I were to run to the doctor every time my ears encounter what I think is a dangerous level of sound, I'd have to take oral corticosteroids every month or two! I mean, it's impossible to avoid unexpected sounds like someone blowing their car horn, or a siren going off nearby, or someone's car...

Thank you, @billie48. This is most encouraging. I will follow your advice and read up on the success stories too to give me faith ... It's just that I have been dealing with this for 4 years now! .. but yes, I should not be thinking of how hard it is and has been, but at how things can get...

Thank you for that, @Rhea. I am not sure if the ringing was 70 db ... it seemed super loud to me .. but it is also the TYPE/FREQUENCY of its sound, which was particularly hurtful. There are a lot of deep sounds (like the bang of a big wooden gate closing shut) that do not bother me, but then...

@Street Spirit I did look at Danny boy's page but I found a couple of recent posts where he says he still struggles with T https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/do-i-have-middle-ear-tinnitus.8998/

:) we can talk more about it. Perhaps my medieval tower could one day become a commune for "sound-challenged" people like us!

@quietatnight and @Street Spirit thank you so much for your encouraging stories. I managed to sleep for 5 hours .. badly but still. My tinnitus is dreadful however. I cannot even go to the toilet without carrying my sound machine with me, with the soothing sound of the sea ... It is very...

You've made me smile, dboy. That's quite something given my situation! My ears are so "puffed up" now ... listening to rain sound to drown the din in my head. What an utterly maddening condition this is.