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Hi all, I am considering purchasing custom fit earplugs to better protect my ears. 1. After consulting with my audiologist and learning about the Westone options they work with, I am between two models: the musician's earplugs they currently call DefendEar Concert (Style 49) and the TRU...

@Michael Leigh, many thanks for this fantastic thread. Although I am still less than a month into this nightmare, I do need to find myself a good sound enrichment machine to try and get better sleep. I could not find the Sound Oasis models you mentioned for purchase online (I am in the US). Do...

Thanks for your answer. You are right¸ the sentence became truncated. It seems that they meant: "Acoustic reflexes could not be tested; unable to maintain a seal".

Dear community, I just got a regular audiogram where everything looks normal (it seems that my hearing recovered after SSHL, at least in the standard ranges tested). However, there is a sentence in it that I do not understand: "Acoustic reflexes could; unable to maintain a seal". Does anyone...

Hi @Darrenb111, I am very curious about your case description, because after having sudden sensorineural hearing loss 3 weeks ago (which fully recovered with Prednisone), I was left with tinnitus and what you described as: I have exactly that, including when I speak! That is, when I hear the...

Many thanks for your reply, Mike. Did you also recover from hearing loss (I mean, as far as audiograms are concerned)? Or were you still left with some? Did you have this metallic sound also when you spoke? Hi there. Not at all; if anything, the Prednisone helped me dramatically - it gave me...

Dear tinnitus community, I have recently heard of AudioCardio, a mobile phone app that is supposed to help the ears' health and ameliorate tinnitus, based on the novel-ish techniques known as Threshold Sound Conditioning. I did not try it yet, nor do I know anyone who has. So I came here to...

Hello all, New member here. I wonder if you have any information about this specific situation of mine. So, I had en episode of mild sudden sensorineural hearing loss in the right ear - with a bit of hyperacusis - about 3 weeks ago. I was treated with the standard course of Predinisolone and...