Recent content by MissYouSilence

I'd like to give some advice to help others but I have none. There is nothing you can do about it. It's small steps towards whatever end.

Somewhat functional again after nearly 3 years since the worsening. Still tortured by my screaming various tones. No choice but to endure.

Obsession being the most apparent comorbidity of tinnitus, we end up as psychiatric patients. I ring therefore I'm not.

Soon two years since the worsening. Still bothered by it most of the time.

I hope our symptoms can significantly improve with time. Having to live like this for at least 50 more years is not the most welcoming idea.

I'm still mad at myself for having blasted my ears for years with headphones.

The real issue with tinnitus is noise volume. After a certain threshold it successfully parasites your brain and disrupts other pathways.

More than one year with this vacuum cleaner noise. I still hope for its disappearance. As time passes by the less likely it is to go away.

I'm getting ear pain and burning when in silence. Hyperacusis would be the reverse?

I'm starting to think that more than noise caused the worsening. I'm getting headaches that spread to the ears since then. Never before.

Is the rate of tinnitus the same between ARHL and NIHL? I know several elderly people with moderate to severe ARHL who report no tinnitus.

Playing some frequencies in one ear calms down several tones of the other ear for a few seconds. I wonder what tinnitus does to our brains.

My guess is that fleeting tinnitus is early trauma. Modern life is very noisy and it's very likely that everybody gets damages. Now that everybody has it they call it normal. I have had tinnitus for a long time and I got at least 3 times more fleeting tinnitus on my 'worst ear' regarding...

Hi Michael, I already have an high-end computer I assembled myself and I set up the fans so that they activate only when under load, the computer makes no noise 98% of the time. Noise discomfort from fans started a few years ago. I remember having no discomfort the years prior, maybe this is...