Recent content by ShaunR

Honestly, don’t waste your breath. If you dare to suggest there might be an alternative to double protection or living in silence as a hermit, you’ll be immediately shot down here. The quote above is accurate. Many people do improve over time, and once they do, they leave places like this. What...

Personally I don't believe in sound generators nor do I believe in total silence or TRT or even CBT. What I do believe in is time (lots and lots of time), avoiding damaging sounds (jet engines, fire alarms etc) and maintaining a positive attitude. Oh and Amitriptyline, Vitamin B12 and...

Last time I checked I don't owe you an answer but I'll indulge. As far as I can tell Brian is one of the unlucky few who gets this sh*t chronically. I honestly feel very bad for any poor soul who's life is ruined by hyperacusis. However that does not mean he is the authority on Hyperacusis nor...

If people's success bothers you that much, then why reply to their post? Like someone said, you're the one in the wrong for sh*tting on their success. Why not be happy for them rather than spreading more negativity? And I'm not sure what truth you talk about. The OP appears to have gotten...

So posts like the above are acceptable? Who is @Brian Newman or anyone else to say those who got better were mild? And please quote where @sjtinguy, or myself, said that 'Everyone can get better'. Personally I've neve made such a statement. All I've ever said is that hyperacusis is a very...

@sjtinguy, thank you for coming on and sharing your success story. The replies you got are why I generally don't bother posting anymore. God forbid you dare say that hyperacusis and noxacusis is anything but hearing damage or that maybe silence isn't the best treatment. Like you, these same...

Unfortunately, this isn't always the case. When I was at my lowest (I'm talking rock bottom, ready to leave this mortal coil low) I promised myself if I got better, I'd come back to the forums and tell my success story and what worked for me. I did get better, I still am better. I'm living my...

Yay Guy Fawkes night. A T and H sufferers nightmare!

IMHO you'd be seriously unlucky for that to cause you hearing damage! I'd suggest it's more likely your ear doing what it's supposed to do and tensioning the tensor tympani and stapedius muscle to protect you from a perceived loud noise. My ear muscles are overly reactive from having a very...

I read it more as @Aleph trying to be positive and trying to help the OP. Nowhere did he gaslight. In fact his argument was constructed of solid facts based on research papers. He was then shot down for having an opinion. Rather than shoot them down, why wasn’t a counter argument presented? In...

How can you say it's objectively wrong when no one fully understands the mechanics of hyperacusis? That's my point. And I believe that @Aleph was trying to make that point and responded in kind when shot down unnecessarily for trying to help the OP. If you don't buy into the affluent hair cell...

Why all the hate for @Aleph? The guy (or gal) comes on here with a solid argument and gets shot down in flames just because his ideas don't fit with others. Jeeezus even professionals don't know what's wrong with us. Maybe an open mind would suit us all well. IMHO no one likes to hear this is...

If it helps, I suffered an acoustic shock and am now much better. It just takes a very very long time. Almost 2 long horrible years in my case. Cheers, Shaun.

I'm almost 100% sure it's psychosomatic and involving the middle ear muscles which in turn irritate the trigeminal Nerve. Like you, if I hear a door slam etc, or anything I perceive as dangerously loud (even though it isn't), the ear closest to the sound becomes full and my face and jaw become...

Hey Abbie, For starters your life is not ruined, not even close to ruined. Even if the hissing/ ringing sticks around you will get used to it. For the majority of people it becomes a none issue. However, chances are that in a few weeks or months the ringing will ease or disappear completely...