Recent content by squeek

Of course! It's a conversational starter for one. As a guy, you having those earplugs is a source of intrigue making you likely an interesting/quirky person with a story to tell. I don't bother with ordinary people.

Come to think of it, I haven't seen any peer reviewed paper on the subject. Hearing tests in my opinion are somewhat flawed in testing above 15kHz. The ability of the testing headphones to produce those frequencies diminishes quickly as you head towards 20 kHz. As does human hearing. Next...

How active you are I exercise only few days per week. What sort of exercise you do Low impact. Gentle walks and bushwalking. How loud your tinnitus is Judging by others here I grade mine as 9/10 on the horrific scale. How annoying your tinnitus is Debilitating. So much I walk into walls and...

During the height of my hyperacusis I also had developed hypersensitivity of vision where I could see the individual comprising colours of each individual pixel on the computer screen. I'm glad that 'superpower' didn't last too long. It's unlikely your visual problems are related to your...

No. Not yet. Yes for the most part. It dulls the sound and makes it more tolerable to listen to. I haven't tried any other painkillers. I do however take Temazepam which is also an opiate sleeping pill which I combine it with vitamin b6 (vitamin b6 impacts the nervous system). This...

I started slowly. At first I would remove my earplugs and walk ear-naked for two metres inside the shopping centre and the next week upgraded to three metres. These days I'm okay in most places but the exercise does teach you which sounds are truly aggravating the tinnitus and which are only...

Option 1: Get your doctor to write you a note you can give to the stewardess emphasising you have 'hearing damage' (avoid using the word tinnitus) and that it's a medical requirement. Option 2: Ignore them. Take them off temporarily and put them back on. It's not like they can fine you. I've...

You don't have to give up music entirely. Production and performance you will have to give up, yes. But writing music is still quite possible. Writing and composing doesn't require concentrative deep listening that production demands and it doesn't require volume like performance requires...

Like Michael says, you will need to change your lifestyle. That's the reality of this condition. In answering your earlier question, I'm 6 years into this condition and it hasn't improved a jot. Neither has my tolerance. The only thing that's improved is my fear towards it.

Every time you use Tramadol its effectivity drops. After taking it lots of times its effectiveness reaches near zero. For me, Tramadol lasted 12 months before it hit that point of uselessness. It's reasonable to assume that so long as it's not abused it that anyone else would similarly get 12...

I was on painkillers (Tramadol) for kidney stones but it really had a positive impact for tolerating tinnitus. I continued using Tramadol for my Tinnitus for 12 months and I can heartily recommend it if you believe you can manage addictive substances. If you've beaten an addiction like caffeine...

It takes me 12 times longer to mix a song since I've been hit with this condition. These days I now pass on the production/mixing to others, except for what I can do through rote experience/muscle memory. I've shifted focus to the compositional aspects of writing music. This doesn't require...

Let's get practical. Shower: Use a bath. Computer: Buy a silent computer with no moving parts. Mac and PC variants are available. I have one. It's fricking awesome. Refrigerator: Run it in the hours when you are away from home. Or don't even use one. My fridge isn't switched on. I bring home...

5 years of temazapam every few days and I'm not even slightly addicted. I went through about 12 different sleeping drugs and many aggravated the tinnitus but temazapam works a treat. I take it reluctantly though.

BULLSHIT!