Recent content by Poseidon65

That’s true. As much as I want to be there with my family members, I probably would not have been at ease.

I didn’t go myself. I did have my kids wear Peltors and my wife wear foam earplugs.

For the last two years (including this year), my wife and kids have gone to see 4th of July fireworks without me. I stayed home for fear of worsening my tinnitus. Do you think it's safe for a person who already has tinnitus to attend a fireworks show with double protection (e.g., Peltor X4a's...

I really hope it gets better with time for you. I have an air purifier in all of the main areas of my house. The extra noise really helps me. Just an idea to throw out there.

I no longer wear noise generators, but when I did wear the generators, here is something I did. Rather than using the built-in masking function, what I did was to stream masking noise from my phone via Bluetooth, using the myNoise app. This allowed me to experiment not only with the masking...

Personally, I think there is no difference between in-ear maskers and earbuds. Noise is noise, and if both devices are playing at the same loudness (i.e. decibels), then both are equally safe. FWIW, if you're finding that the maskers are causing a spike, try a lower volume. We also know that...

I definitely wish everyone here the best; wish I had some advice. I do still notice my tinnitus a reasonable amount, but not when I'm doing any kind of activity, and when I do notice it, it generally doesn't bother me (it's more like something that's there).

I'm mostly doing better these days, as of ~1 year ago I stopped using my hearing aids (which played white noise). I do still mask in quiet spaces (e.g., I have air purifiers in every room of my house, which are only there for ambient noise rather than for air cleaning purposes). I also play...

Honestly, I would use foam earplugs anywhere with loud, amplified music. It doesn’t sound as good, but much lower risk IMO.

@GBB, hope you’re getting by with at least some improvement these days.

Update at 26 months. Still doing fine except for a recent spike, which was caused by going to a birthday party at a lounge with a DJ playing. I was wearing musician’s earplugs (NRR 14 dB), but apparently the NRR wasn’t high enough. Thankfully the spike lasted only a week, and is now gone (I was...

I was using white noise, and still do so every night (though I no longer feel the need to mask during the day). I use the myNoise app for iPhone for this. MyNoise let’s you customize the sound with frequency sliders, so that you can experiment and find something that’s effective for you without...

I was actually able to mask right away (never had reactivity).

Yes, I’m pretty much doing fine these days in all respects. 2 months in is still very early, and I totally know what you’re going through. With time, you should see some reduction in the noise level as well as some habituation to it.

22 month update. I'm now doing mostly fine, even without hearing aids (which I used to wear). One thing that' s helped is going back into work, rather than working from home. The office is more lively and so there is more natural distraction and background noise than sitting at home in my...