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I was 46 when my T came on. I was very stressed for four weeks. But after a while I realized that being stressed about my T was taking a lot of energy. And when I forced myself to focus on work, I had small victories - I didn't notice my T for 10 minutes, then 20 minutes, then hours. I...

I run with the yellow peltor earplugs on the treadmill. When outside I don't wear plugs. My tinnitus does seem louder after running, but it's probably due to the increased blood flow, etc. But overall I have not noticed an adverse effect. That's just me, YMMV. Good luck

It might go away, it might not. But the longer you keep worrying about it going away, the longer you will take to habituate. Try accepting that you will have it the rest of your life. It presence is really beyond your control now, but your reaction to it is not. Good luck.

Whatever works for a person. FWIW, one thing that helped me turn the corner was realizing some people have it much worse - dealing with terminal illnesses, undergoing chemo, and so on. Put me in a frame of mind that things were going to be fine, despite the cicadas and hissing I still hear to...

Overprotective.

Hardly judgmental. I just don't want anyone else to think its a good idea to disable a life saving device that deploys in a car accident so they don't risk hearing damage. That makes little sense to me. There are many conditions that are worse than T, like serious head injuries. And this is...

So your airbag doesn't deploy, your head smashes against your steering wheel, and you live the rest of your days as a quadriplegic. But your T isn't any worse. How about...buy a set of Peltor combat arms ear plugs and leave them in your car if you're that worried about an air bag deploying...

I just decided I had to accept it. When I first got T I didn't sleep much and I was focusing on the noise. After a few weeks I was tired and worrying about T took too much energy. I said "Screw it, I've got to learn to live with this; if I'm lucky, I'll have 45 years left, and I'm not going...

By loud volume I don't mean concert levels. More like a "6" on an amp that "goes to 11." I suppose that's moderate for most people. (Music didn't hear my ears, a gunshot did). All subjective, I suppose, and my post didn't quantify the volume.

Ever since my acoustic trauma four years ago, certain music distorts at high frequency and after moderate volume. Foo Fighters are a group that I can no longer listen to at loud volume. Ditto some violin, e.g., Oliver Colbenson. Is what it is...I don't worry about it, I just keep the volume...

Similar situation. About 4:00 PM on Saturday, March 16, 2013. .357 Magnum from a snub nose revolver in an enclosed space.

It's a sporting event. There are often 70,000+ people. Bring earplugs. Have fun. Hard to get angry about crowd noise when you are going to a game in a stadium packed full of fans. What do we expect, a golf or tennis crowd?

Hopefully your T is only temporary. My wife had a bad sinus infection resulting from a plugged ear during a long flight from India. Her ear rang for about two weeks. She's had sinus problems, and when she gets a bad flare up she'll get T. Yours may clear up, hopefully it does. If not, don't...

When I've had a bad sinus infection my T seems louder. Likely because I'm congested and can't hear as a result. But when that happens I don't notice the T, as I feel pretty lousy from the illness....

Can't change the past. It happened. I got tired of blaming myself, and doing so was accomplishing nothing. Wasted thoughts, energy and time. I decided to just say "Screw it, I made a mistake and I can't do anything about it now."