Recent content by kmohoruk

Hello Everyone, Bit of a weird situation here. I had my ears manually cleaned on Friday by a long standing ENT who I've always seen and does a thorough and extremely gentle job at cleaning my ears manually. During my cleaning, I had a fair amount of ear wax right against my ear drum (due to...

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I don't believe that I have ever had a collarbone injury, but I imagine somewhere in my shoulders or neck something is being pressed. Yeah it may be something that I look into. I know that over the years I haven't had the best posture at times, and I have a feeling that may have played into...

Thank you @Greg Sacramento for the very detailed and informative message. This is the first time that I have had a spike that has hung around for this long. The weird thing is there are moments where it is very loud, and then moments where I can barley hear it. I have been trying to sit better...

Hello Dr.Nagler, It is great see you a part of Tinnitus Talk again! I had a question relating to the somatic component of tinnitus. In the past, I have had instances of fleeting tinnitus (i.e. ear pressure, drop in hearing, spike in tinnitus, and reactive tinnitus) that have come and usually...

Hello Everyone, I am looking to see if I would be able to get some help from anyone who has had this happen to them. Long story short, about 4 days ago when I was at work, I was walking around the office when all of a sudden I had a moderate case of fleeting tinnitus (i.e., tinnitus spiked...

I totally agree with this. I remember when I got tinnitus, my folks had never heard about it before and I had to educate them about it. I always remember hearing that you could go “deaf” from loud music/sounds, but I never heard anything relating to tinnitus growing up.

Thank you very much @Michael Leigh for the information. I often use my regular ear muffs when I go to these different sites. If I am around anytime of louder machinery, then I usually throw on some earplugs and muffs as needed. I can see how being in a small environment like a club (that's...

I agree with the CBT clinician /phycologist comment. In my case, a CBT tinnitus clinician is what helped me move forward in my life. They may be hard to find where you live, but if you can find someone who specializes in CBT and tinnitus then that may be really beneficial. If you want details...

Hello @shasta0863 Sorry for missing your message there. In all honesty, for the most part the sensation that I was feeling disappeared. Like you said, it's tough because many people have many different sub types of those symptoms. It sounds like you have some somatic elements going on there...

Through work, I sometimes need to be on construction sites for short periods of time. Of course I always wear hearing protection, but I've heard it mentioned sometimes that hearing damage can happen through bone conduction. I was looking to see from anyone on the forum who has experience or...

Thanks for the reassurance @linearb . I've heard nail guns that have been used for roofing and stuff and I know those are loud, but my goodness those handheld ones can be loud as well - it just really startled me. I was wondering that myself. I could see a nail gun being 125 db if it was...

Thank you for the support Michael. It did cause some discomfort and startled me a bit, but I think overall things have settled down a bit. Yeah that's true. I think this one was an pneumatic one and he was using it for framing, and it looks like he was just putting nails into wood, and the guy...

Hello everyone, While I was out for a walk today, I walked by a small construction site. As I was waiting to cross the street I heard three loud pops and was startled. I realized that someone was using a handheld nail gun about 10-15 feet away from me. As you can imagine I’m a bit flustered...

This. I have a pair of silicone musician ear plugs with high level filters that protect me from most everyday sounds - but allow me to hear my surrounding. They are a life saver and would be appropriate for your situation @MikeO123 .